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   PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY

                                    
                                    Structure: Quantum theory - principles and
                                    techniques; applications to particle in a
                                    box, harmonic oscillator, rigid rotor and
                                    hydrogen atom; valence bond and molecular
                                    orbital theories and Huckel approximation,
                                    approximate techniques: variation and
                                    perturbation; symmetry, point groups;
                                    rotational, vibrational, electronic, NMR and
                                    ESR spectroscopy.


                                    Equilibrium: First law of thermodynamics,
                                    heat, energy and work; second law of
                                    thermodynamics and entropy; third law and
                                    absolute entropy; free energy; partial molar
                                    quantities; ideal and non-ideal solutions;
                                    phase transformation: phase rule and phase
                                    diagrams- one, two, and three component
                                    systems; activity, activity coefficient,
                                    fugacity and fugacity coefficient ; chemical
                                    equilibrium, response of chemical
                                    equilibrium to temperature and pressure;
                                    colligative properties; kinetic theory of
                                    gases; thermodynamics of electrochemical
                                    cells; standard electrode potentials:
                                    applications - corrosion and energy
                                    conversion; molecular partition function (translational,
                                    rotational, vibrational and electronic).


                                    Kinetics: Rates of chemical reactions,
                                    theories of reaction rates, collision and
                                    transition state theory; temperature
                                    dependence of chemical reactions; elementary
                                    reactions, consecutive elementary reactions;
                                    steady state approximation, kinetics of
                                    photochemical reactions and free radical
                                    polymerization, homogenous and heterogeneous
                                    catalysis.


                                    INORGANIC CHEMISTRY

                                    
                                    Non-Transition Elements: General
                                    characteristics, structure and reactions of
                                    simple and industrially important compounds,
boranes, carboranes, silicates, silicones,
                                    diamond and graphite; hydrides, oxides and
                                    oxoacids of N, P, S and halogens; boron
                                    nitride, borazines and phosphazenes; xenon
                                    compounds. Shapes of molecules, hard-soft
                                    acid base concept.


                                    Transition Elements: General characteristics
                                    of d and f block elements; coordination
                                    chemistry: structure and isomerism,
                                    stability, theories of metal-ligand bonding
(CFT and LFT), electronic spectra and
                                    magnetic properties of transition metal
                                    complexes and lanthanides; metal carbonyls,
                                    metal-metal bonds and metal atom clusters,
metallocenes; transition metal complexes
                                    with bonds to hydrogen, alkyls, alkenes, and
arenes; metal carbenes; use of
                                    organometallic compounds as catalysts in
                                    organic synthesis; mechanisms of
                                    substitution and electron transfer reactions
                                    of coordination complexes. Role of metals
                                    with special reference to Na, K, Mg, Ca, Fe,
                                    Co, Zn, and Mo in biological systems.


                                    Solids: Crystal systems and lattices, Miller
                                    planes, crystal packing, crystal defects;
                                    Bragg's Law; ionic crystals, band theory,
                                    metals and semiconductors. Spinels.

                                    
                                    Instrumental methods of analysis: atomic
                                    absorption, UV-visible spectrometry,
                                    chromatographic and electro-analytical
                                    methods.

                                    
                                    ORGANIC CHEMISTRY

                                    
                                    Synthesis, reactions and mechanisms
                                    involving the following: Alkenes, alkynes,
arenes, alcohols, phenols, aldehydes, ketones, carboxylic acids and their
                                    derivatives; halides, nitro compounds and
                                    amines; stereochemical and conformational
                                    effects on reactivity and specificity;
                                    reactions with diborane and peracids.
                                    Michael reaction, Robinson annulation,
                                    reactivity umpolung, acyl anion equivalents;
                                    molecular rearrangements involving electron
                                    deficient atoms.


                                    Photochemistry: Basic principles,
                                    photochemistry of olefins, carbonyl
                                    compounds, arenes, photo oxidation and
                                    reduction.


                                    Pericyclic reactions: Cycloadditions,
                                    electrocyclic reactions, sigmatropic
                                    reactions; Woodward-Hoffmann rules.


Heterocycles: Structural properties and
                                    reactions of furan, pyrrole, thiophene,
                                    pyridine, indole.


Biomolecules: Structure, properties and
                                    reactions of mono- and di-saccharides,
physico-chemical properties of amino acids,
                                    structural features of proteins and nucleic
                                    acids.


                                    Spectroscopy: Principles and applications of
IR, UV-visible, NMR and mass spectrometry in
                                    the determination of structures of organic
                                    compounds.

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annu Newbie Joined: 03Apr2007 Online Status: Offline Posts: 19	Topic: Gate Syllabus of CH - CHEMISTRY Posted: 03Apr2007 at 10:45pm
	PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY Structure: Quantum theory - principles and techniques; applications to particle in a box, harmonic oscillator, rigid rotor and hydrogen atom; valence bond and molecular orbital theories and Huckel approximation, approximate techniques: variation and perturbation; symmetry, point groups; rotational, vibrational, electronic, NMR and ESR spectroscopy. Equilibrium: First law of thermodynamics, heat, energy and work; second law of thermodynamics and entropy; third law and absolute entropy; free energy; partial molar quantities; ideal and non-ideal solutions; phase transformation: phase rule and phase diagrams- one, two, and three component systems; activity, activity coefficient, fugacity and fugacity coefficient ; chemical equilibrium, response of chemical equilibrium to temperature and pressure; colligative properties; kinetic theory of gases; thermodynamics of electrochemical cells; standard electrode potentials: applications - corrosion and energy conversion; molecular partition function (translational, rotational, vibrational and electronic). Kinetics: Rates of chemical reactions, theories of reaction rates, collision and transition state theory; temperature dependence of chemical reactions; elementary reactions, consecutive elementary reactions; steady state approximation, kinetics of photochemical reactions and free radical polymerization, homogenous and heterogeneous catalysis. INORGANIC CHEMISTRY Non-Transition Elements: General characteristics, structure and reactions of simple and industrially important compounds, boranes, carboranes, silicates, silicones, diamond and graphite; hydrides, oxides and oxoacids of N, P, S and halogens; boron nitride, borazines and phosphazenes; xenon compounds. Shapes of molecules, hard-soft acid base concept. Transition Elements: General characteristics of d and f block elements; coordination chemistry: structure and isomerism, stability, theories of metal-ligand bonding (CFT and LFT), electronic spectra and magnetic properties of transition metal complexes and lanthanides; metal carbonyls, metal-metal bonds and metal atom clusters, metallocenes; transition metal complexes with bonds to hydrogen, alkyls, alkenes, and arenes; metal carbenes; use of organometallic compounds as catalysts in organic synthesis; mechanisms of substitution and electron transfer reactions of coordination complexes. Role of metals with special reference to Na, K, Mg, Ca, Fe, Co, Zn, and Mo in biological systems. Solids: Crystal systems and lattices, Miller planes, crystal packing, crystal defects; Bragg's Law; ionic crystals, band theory, metals and semiconductors. Spinels. Instrumental methods of analysis: atomic absorption, UV-visible spectrometry, chromatographic and electro-analytical methods. ORGANIC CHEMISTRY Synthesis, reactions and mechanisms involving the following: Alkenes, alkynes, arenes, alcohols, phenols, aldehydes, ketones, carboxylic acids and their derivatives; halides, nitro compounds and amines; stereochemical and conformational effects on reactivity and specificity; reactions with diborane and peracids. Michael reaction, Robinson annulation, reactivity umpolung, acyl anion equivalents; molecular rearrangements involving electron deficient atoms. Photochemistry: Basic principles, photochemistry of olefins, carbonyl compounds, arenes, photo oxidation and reduction. Pericyclic reactions: Cycloadditions, electrocyclic reactions, sigmatropic reactions; Woodward-Hoffmann rules. Heterocycles: Structural properties and reactions of furan, pyrrole, thiophene, pyridine, indole. Biomolecules: Structure, properties and reactions of mono- and di-saccharides, physico-chemical properties of amino acids, structural features of proteins and nucleic acids. Spectroscopy: Principles and applications of IR, UV-visible, NMR and mass spectrometry in the determination of structures of organic compounds. Post Resume: Click here to Upload your Resume & Apply for Jobs

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