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Syllabus For Chemistry (CY)
Syllabus For Chemistry (CY)
PHYSICALCHEMISTRY
Main group elements: General characteristics, allotropes, structure and reactions of simple and
industrially important compounds: boranes, carboranes, silicones, silicates, boron nitride,
borazines and phosphazenes. Hydrides, oxides and oxoacids of pnictogens (N, P), chalcogens (S,
Se & Te) and halogens, xenon compounds, pseudo halogens and interhalogen compounds.
Shapes of molecules and hard- soft acid base concept. Structure and Bonding (VBT) of B, Al, Si,
N, P, S, Cl compounds. Allotropes of carbon: graphite, diamond, C60. Synthesis and reactivity of
inorganic polymers of Si and P.
Transition Elements: General characteristics of d and f block elements; coordination chemistry:
structure and isomerism, stability, theories of metal- ligand bonding (CFT and LFT),
mechanisms of substitution and electron transfer reactions of coordination complexes. Electronic
spectra and magnetic properties of transition metal complexes, lanthanides and actinides. 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. Bioinorganic chemistry of Na, K. Mg, Ca, Fe, Co,
Zn, Cu and Mo.
Solids: Crystal systems and lattices, miller planes, crystal packing, crystal defects; Braggs Law,
ionic crystals, band theory, metals and semiconductors, Different structures of AX, AX2, ABX3
compounds, spinels.
Instrumental methods of analysis: Atomic absorption and emission spectroscopy including
ICP-AES, UV- visible spectrophotometry, NMR, mass, Mossbauer spectroscopy (Fe and Sn),
ESR spectroscopy, chromatography including GC and HPLC and electro-analytical methods
(Coulometry, cyclic voltammetry, polarography amperometry, and ion selective electrodes).
ORGANICCHEMISTRY