IChO

The International Chemistry Olympiad is an annual academic competition for high school students. It is one of the 13 International Olympiads. 
The competition consists of two examinations, a theoretical examination and a practical examination. Both have durations of up to 5 hours, and are held on separate days with the practical examination usually being before the theoretical examination. The theoretical examination has a value of 60 points and the practical examination has a value of 40 points. Each examination is evaluated independently from the other and the sum of the results of the examinations determines a participant's overall result. A scientific jury, which is installed by the host country, suggests the tasks. The international jury, which consists of the 2 mentors from each of the participating countries, discusses the competition tasks and translates them into the language of their students' preference.

The official syllabus for this olympiad is https://www.pianetachimica.it/olimpiadi/39icho/39icho_Syllabus.pdf.
This is one of the previous official sites of the IChO https://50icho.eu/.

The books generally read for this olympiad are..
  • Physical Chemistry Clayden
  •  Organic Chemistry by Solomon and Fryhle/Paula Bruice
  •  Organic Chemistry by Carey
  • Organic Chemistry a brief course by Atkins and Carey
  • Concise Inorganic Chemistry by Lee
  • Inorganic Chemistry by Housecroft
  • Physical Chemistry by Atkins
  • Physical Chemistry  by Wiley Publication
  • Basic Inorganic Chemistry by Cotton,Wilkinson&Gaus
  • Analytical Chemistry by Christian
  • Fundamentals of Analytical Chemistry by Skoog& West
  • Biochemistry books and some practical textbooks are also preferred.


All the best!

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