Topic
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Subtopic
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General Topics
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Concept of atoms and molecules; Dalton’s atomic
theory; Mole concept;
Chemical formulae; Balanced chemical equations;
Calculations (based on mole concept)
involving common oxidation-reduction,
neutralisation, and displacement reactions;
Concentration in terms of mole fraction, molarity,
molality and normality.
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Gaseous and Liquid States
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Absolute scale of temperature, ideal gas equation;
Deviation from
ideality, van der Waals equation; Kinetic theory of
gases, average, root mean square and most
probable velocities and their relation with
temperature; Law of partial pressures; Vapour
pressure; Diffusion of gases.
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Atomic Bonding and Chemical Structure
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Bohr model, spectrum of hydrogen atom, quantum
numbers; Wave-particle duality, de Broglie
hypothesis; Uncertainty principle; Qualitative
quantum mechanical picture of hydrogen atom, shapes
of s, p and d orbitals; Electronic
configurations of elements (up to atomic number
36); Aufbau principle; Pauli’s exclusion
principle and Hund’s rule; Orbital overlap and
covalent bond; Hybridisation involving s, p and d
orbitals only; Orbital energy diagrams for
homonuclear diatomic species; Hydrogen bond;
Polarity in molecules, dipole moment (qualitative
aspects only); VSEPR model and shapes of
molecules (linear, angular, triangular, square
planar, pyramidal, square pyramidal, trigonal
bipyramidal, tetrahedral and octahedral)
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Energetics
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First law of thermodynamics;
Internal energy, work and heat, pressure-volume
work; Enthalpy, Hess’s law;
Heat of reaction, fusion and vapourization; Second law of
thermodynamics; Entropy; Free
energy; Criterion of spontaneity.
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Chemical Equibrilium
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Law of mass action; Equilibrium
constant, Le Chatelier’s principle
(effect of concentration,
temperature and pressure); Significance of ΔG and ΔG° in chemical
equilibrium; Solubility
product, common ion effect, pH and buffer solutions; Acids and bases (Bronsted
and Lewis concepts); Hydrolysis of salts.
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Electrochemistry
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Electrochemical cells and cell
reactions; Standard electrode potentials;
Nernst equation and its
relation to ΔG; Electrochemical series, emf of galvanic cells; Faraday’s laws
of electrolysis; Electrolytic conductance, specific, equivalent and molar
conductivity, Kohlrausch’s law; Concentration cells.
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Chemical Kinetics
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Rates of chemical reactions;
Order of reactions; Rate constant; First order
reactions; Temperature
dependence of rate constant (Arrhenius equation).
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Soild State
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Classification of solids,
crystalline state, seven crystal systems (cell parameters a,
b, c, α, β, γ), close packed
structure of solids (cubic), packing in fcc, bcc and hcp lattices;
Nearest neighbours, ionic radii,
simple ionic compounds, point defects.
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Solutions
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Raoult’s law; Molecular weight
determination from lowering of vapour pressure,
elevation of boiling point and
depression of freezing point.
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Surface Chemistry
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Elementary concepts of
adsorption (excluding adsorption isotherms);
Colloids: types, methods of
preparation and general properties; Elementary ideas of emulsions,
surfactants and micelles (only definitions and examples)
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Nuclear Chemistry
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Radioactivity: isotopes and
isobars; Properties of α, β and γ rays; Kinetics
of radioactive decay (decay
series excluded), carbon dating; Stability of nuclei with respect to
proton-neutron ratio; Brief discussion on fission and fusion reactions.
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Inorganic Chemistry
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Isolation/Preparation and
Properties of the following Non-Metals:
Boron, silicon, nitrogen,
phosphorus, oxygen, sulphur and halogens; Properties of allotropes of carbon
(only diamond and graphite), phosphorus and sulphur.
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Preparation and Properties of compunds
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Oxides, peroxides, hydroxides,
carbonates, bicarbonates, chlorides and sulphates of sodium, potassium,
magnesium and calcium; Boron: diborane, boric acid and borax; Aluminium:
alumina, aluminium chloride and alums; Carbon: oxides and oxyacid (carbonic
acid); Silicon:
silicones, silicates and
silicon carbide; Nitrogen: oxides, oxyacids and ammonia; Phosphorus: oxides,
oxyacids (phosphorus acid, phosphoric acid) and phosphine; Oxygen: ozone and
hydrogen peroxide; Sulphur: hydrogen sulphide, oxides, sulphurous acid,
sulphuric acid and
sodium thiosulphate; Halogens:
hydrohalic acids, oxides and oxyacids of chlorine, bleaching powder; Xenon
fluorides.
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Transistional Elements (3d)
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Definition, general
characteristics, oxidation states and their stabilities, colour (excluding
the details of electronic transitions) and calculation of spin-only magnetic
moment; Coordination compounds: nomenclature of mononuclear coordination
compounds, cis-trans and ionisation somerisms, hybridization and geometries
of mononuclear coordination compounds (linear, tetrahedral, square planar and
octahedral).
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Preparation and properties of the following
compounds
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Oxides and chlorides of tin and
lead; Oxides, chlorides and sulphates of Fe2+, Cu2+ and Zn2+; Potassium
permanganate, potassium dichromate, silver oxide, silver nitrate, silver
thiosulphate
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Ores and Minerals
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Commonly occurring ores and
minerals of iron, copper, tin, lead, magnesium, aluminium, zinc and silver.
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Extractive Metallurgy
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Chemical principles and
reactions only (industrial details excluded); Carbon reduction method (iron
and tin); Self reduction method (copper and lead); Electrolytic reduction
method (magnesium and aluminium); Cyanide process (silver and gold).
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Principles and Qualitative Analysis
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Groups I to V (only Ag+, Hg2+,
Cu2+, Pb2+, Bi3+, Fe3+, Cr3+, Al3+, Ca2+, Ba2+, Zn2+, Mn2+ and Mg2+);
Nitrate, halides (excluding fluoride), sulphate and sulphide.
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Organic Chemistry Concepts
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Hybridisation of carbon; Sigma and pi-bonds; Shapes
of simple organic molecules;
Structural and geometrical isomerism; Optical
isomerism of compounds containing up to two asymmetric centres, (R,S and E,Z
nomenclature excluded); IUPAC nomenclature of simple organic compounds (only
hydrocarbons, mono-functional and bi-functional compounds); Conformations of
ethane and butane (Newman projections); Resonance and hyperconjugation;
Keto-enol tautomerism; Determination of empirical and molecular formulae of
simple
compounds (only combustion
method); Hydrogen bonds: definition and their effects on physical properties
of alcohols and carboxylic acids; Inductive and resonance effects on acidity
and basicity of organic acids and bases; Polarity and inductive effects in
alkyl halides; Reactive intermediates produced during homolytic and heterolytic
bond cleavage; Formation, structure and stability of carbocations, carbanions
and free radicals.
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Preparation, Properties and Reactions of Alkanes
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Homologous series, physical properties of alkanes
(melting points, boiling points and density); Combustion and halogenation of
alkanes; Preparation of alkanes by Wurtz reaction and decarboxylation
reactions.
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Preparation, Properties and Reactions of Alkenes
And Alkynes
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Physical properties of alkenes and alkynes (boiling
points, density and dipole moments); Acidity of alkynes; Acid catalysed
hydration of alkenes and alkynes (excluding the stereochemistry of addition
and elimination); Reactions of alkenes with KMnO4 and ozone; Reduction of
alkenes and alkynes; Preparation of alkenes and alkynes by elimination reactions;
Electrophilic addition
reactions of alkenes with X2, HX, HOX (X=halogen)
and H2O; Addition reactions of alkynes; Metal acetylides.
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Reactions of Benzene
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Structure and aromaticity; Electrophilic
substitution reactions:
halogenation, nitration, sulphonation,
Friedel-Crafts alkylation and acylation; Effect of o-, m- and p-directing
groups in monosubstituted benzenes.
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Phenols
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Acidity, electrophilic substitution reactions
(halogenation, nitration and sulphonation); Reimer-Tieman reaction, Kolbe
reaction.
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Characteristic reactions of the following
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Alkyl halides: rearrangement reactions of alkyl
carbocation, Grignard reactions, nucleophilic substitution reactions;
Alcohols: esterification, dehydration and oxidation, reaction with sodium,
phosphorus halides, ZnCl2/concentrated HCl, conversion of alcohols into
aldehydes and ketones; Ethers:Preparation by Williamson’s Synthesis;
Aldehydes and Ketones: oxidation, reduction, oxime and hydrazone formation;
aldol condensation, Perkin reaction; Cannizzaro
reaction; haloform reaction and nucleophilic
addition reactions (Grignard addition); Carboxylic acids: formation of
esters, acid chlorides and amides, ester hydrolysis; Amines: basicity of
substituted anilines and aliphatic amines, preparation from nitro compounds,
reaction with nitrous acid, azo coupling reaction of diazonium salts of
aromatic amines, Sandmeyer and
related reactions of diazonium salts; carbylamine
reaction; Haloarenes: nucleophilic aromatic substitution in haloarenes and
substituted haloarenes (excluding Benzyne mechanism and Cine
substitution).
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Carbohydrates
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Classification; mono- and di-saccharides (glucose
and sucrose); Oxidation,
reduction, glycoside formation and hydrolysis of
sucrose.
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Amino Acids And Peptides
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General structure (only primary structure for
peptides) and
physical properties.
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Properties and Uses of Some Important Polymers
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Natural rubber, cellulose, nylon, teflon
and PVC.
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Practical Organic Chemistry
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