BIRLA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY & SCIENCE, PILANI K.K.

.BIRLA GOA CAMPUS INSTRUCTION DIVISION FIRST SEMESTER 2013-2014 Course Handout (Part - II) Date: 26/07/2013 In addition to part-I (General Handout for all courses appended to the time table) this portion gives further specific details regarding the course. Course No. : CHEM F111 Course Title : General Chemistry Instructor-in-charge : K. P. Jayadevan Instructors: N. N. Ghosh, Ranjan Dey, Anjan Chattopadhyay, Tincy Lis Thomas, Halan Prakash, Mainak Banerjee, Subhadeep Banerjee, Venkatesh S. Thimmakondu Scope and Objective of the Course: The course provides a comprehensive survey of the concepts involved in the study of the electronic structure of atoms and molecules, spectroscopy, chemical equilibrium, chemical kinetics, stereochemistry and reactivity of organic compounds and transition metal coordination complexes.

Text Books: T1: P.W. Atkins, Elements of Physical Chemistry: 5th Edition, Oxford University Press, 2009. T2: T. W. Graham Solomons and Craig B. Fryhle, Organic Chemistry, 10th Edition, John Wiley & Sons, Inc. New York, 2011. T3: J. D. Lee, Concise Inorganic Chemistry, 5th Edition, Blackwell Science, Oxford, 1999.

LN 1-4 5-7

Topic

Learning Objectives

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Quantum Theory Wave function, Schrodinger Equation, T1: 12.1-12.7 Uncertainty, Simple Applications. Atomic Structure Hydrogenic Atom: Energy Levels and T1: 13.1-13.7, and Spectra Wavefunctions, Orbitals, Spectral 13.8-13.11(SS) Transitions, Many-electron Atoms: 13.15-13.16 (SS) Pauli Principle, Orbital Approximation, Aufbau Principle Chemical Bonding: Valence Bond and Molecular Orbital Theories Vibrational and Electronic spectroscopy Thermodynamics : The First, second and third laws Spontaneity and equilibrium Chemical VB Theory: Electron Pair Bond, Hybridization, Resonance. MO Theory: LCAO, Bonding and Antibonding Orbitals, Diatomic Molecules. General Features Vibrational Energy Levels and Spectra and applications; Electronic Spectra: Franck-Condon Principle, Types of Transitions. Thermodynamic Systems, State Functions, Thermal Equilibrium and Temperature, Work, Internal Energy and Heat Transfer, Heat Capacity, Entropy and thermochemistry T1: 14.1-14.14, T1: A4.2-4.3 (SS)

8-10

11-13

T1: 12.9, 19.6-19.11, 19.13, 20.1-20.4 T2: 2.16 T1: Chapters 2-3 (SS), 4.1-4.13

14-16

17-18 19-21

Applications of entropy, Gibbs' energy T1: 5.1-5.3, 7.1-7.4 in chemical reactions Rate Laws, Order, Rate Constants, 1 T1: 10.1-10.9,

Kinetics: Experimental Methods, Reaction Rates, Temperature Dependence 22-24

Arrhenius Equation, Rate-determining 11.4-11.7 step, Steady-state Approximation.

Stereochemistry Isomerism, chirality, origin of optical T2: 5.1-5.13, 5.15activity, stereochemistry of cyclic 5.18, 7.2 compounds, resolution. Conformations Rotation around sigma bonds, conformational analysis of butane, cyclohexane Nucleophilic substitution reactions (both SN1 and SN2) of alkyl halides. Elimination reaction of alkyl halides; Hoffmann and Cope Elimination. Addition reactions to >C=C< bond T2: 4.8-4.9, 4.10 (SS), 4.11-4.12 T2: 6.2-6.13 T2: 6.15-6.19, 7.57.8, 20.12 T2: 8.1 (SS), 8.28.14, 10.9 T2: 14.3-14.7, 15.115.2, 15.6-15.11

25-26

27-28 29-30 31-32 33-34

Substitution reactions Elimination reactions Addition reactions

Aromaticity and Structure and reactivity of benzene aromatic and other aromatic compounds. compounds Some Concepts in Inorganic Chemistry & Introduction to coordination compounds VB theory and Crystal field theory for octahedral complexes Jahn-Teller distortions; Square planar and Tetrahedral complexes Chelates & Isomerism Double salts and coordination compounds. Werners work; Identification of structure by isomer counting. Effective Atomic No. concept. Explanation for the stability of complexes according to crystal field theory

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T3: p194-201

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T3: p202-214

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How do geometrical distortions T3: p214-222 stabilize the system? Stability in other geometries

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Different types of ligands and T3: p222-224, stabilization due to entropy factors and 307,351-352, 389, electron delocalization in the rings. 793, 807.R1 p232235 (SS)

*SS: Self-Study 2

Evaluation Scheme: Component Test I Test II Comprehensive Examination

Duration 60 min 60 min 3 hrs.

Weightage% 30% 30% 40%

Date, Day &Time 16.09.2013, Monday (12.00PM-1.00PM) 26.10.2013, Saturday (12.00PM-1.00PM) 06.12.2013, Friday (AN)

Remarks Closed Book Open Book Closed Book

Chamber Consultation Hours: To be announced in the tutorial class. Notices: Notices concerning the course will be displayed on the MOODLE (photon) / Students Notice Board Cwing.

Instructor-in-Charge

CHEM F111