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NAME OF DEPTT./CENTRE: Department of Chemistry

1. Subject: CYN- 201M Course Title: Physical Chemistry -1
2. Contact Hours: L-2; T-1; P-0
3. Examination Duration (Hrs): Theory 02 Practical 00
4. Relative weightage: CWS 25 PRS - MTE 25 ETE 50
5. Credits: 03 6. Semester: Autumn
7. Pre-requisite: CY-101
8. Subject Area: BSC
9. Objective of Course:
To make students familiar with the essentials of Physical Chemistry and to build foundation for learning
advanced topics in the area.
10. Details of Course:
S.No Particulars Contact
hours
1 Colloidal state: Introduction, coagulation, kinetics of coagulation, sensitization, 5
protection, stability of sols, electrophoresis, electro osmosis, origin of charge,
determination of charge and zeta potential, emulsions, gels, Liesegang ring
phenomenon, sol-gel transformation, thixotropy.
2 Chemical kinetics: Introduction to its concepts, differential and integrated rate 7
expressions for various reactions, methods for studying the kinetics of reactions,
theories of reaction rates, complex reactions.
3 Phase rule: Concepts and derivation of phase rule, phase diagrams of 1,2 and 3 7
component systems, Lever rule.
4 Electrochemistry: Introduction, anomaly of strong electrolytes, interionic attraction 9
theory, Debye Hckel Onsager equation, Wein effect, Debye Falkenhagen effect,
types of electrodes, galvanic cells, liquid junction potential, concentration cells with and
without transference, polarization, decomposition voltage, over voltage.
Total 28

Suggested books:
S.No. Authors/ Title/ Publisher Year of
Publication
1 Levine I.N, Physical Chemistry, 5th Ed., Tata McGraw-Hill Publishing Company, 2001
Ltd., New Delhi.
2 Silbey R.J. and Alberty, R.A., Physical Chemistry, 3 rd Ed., John Wiley and Sons, 2003
Inc.
3 Atkins P.W., Physical Chemistry 6th Ed., Oxford University Press. 1998
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NAME OF DEPTT./CENTRE: Department of Chemistry

1. Subject: CYN-202 M Course Title: Organic Chemistry - 1
2. Contact Hours: L-3; T-1; P-0
3. Examination Duration (Hrs) Theory 03 Practical 00
4. Relative weightage: CWS 25 PRS - MTE 25 ETE 50
5. Credits: 04 6. Semester: Spring
7. Pre-requisite: CY-101
8. Subject Area: BSC
9. Objective of Course: To develop concepts of stereochemistry and organic reactions.
10. Details of Course:
S.No. Particulars Contact
hours
1 Nature of Bonding in Organic Molecules: Delocalised chemical bond,
hyperconjugation, tautomerism, hydrogen bonding, aromaticity of benzenoid and
nonbenzenoid compounds, Hckel rule, energy levels of pi-molecular orbitals in 08
simple systems.Brief discussion on the strength of organic acids and bases.
2 Stereochemistry: Configuration and chirality, optical isomerism of compounds 14
containing chiral centres optical isomerism of compounds without chiral centres
(allenes, spiro compounds, diphenyl derivatives, and compounds containing exocyclic
double bonds), R, S- convention. Prochirality, enantiotopic and diastereotopic groups,
methods of resolution.
Geometrical isomerism in acyclic, cyclic, condensed and bridged systems and oximes
(Beckmann rearrangement) E, Z-convention.
3 Reactive Intermediates: General methods of generation, their reactivity and stability. 04
4 Aliphatic Substitution: SN1, SN2 and SNi mechanisms, stereochemistry, relative
reactivity in substitutions, effect of substrate structure, attacking nucleophile, leaving 08
group and reaction medium, neighbouring group participation, competitive reactions.
Introduction to SE1 , SE2 and SEi reactions.
5 Elimination Reactions: Introduction, discussion of E 1, E2, E1cB and E2C
mechanisms, stereochemistry, relative reactivity in elimination, effect of substrate 08
structure, attacking nucleophile, leaving group and reaction medium, competitive
reactions, orientations/orientation of the double bond, Saytzeff and Hoffman rules, -
eliminations (Fritsch-Buttenberg-Wiechell rearrangements).
Total 42

Suggested books:
S.No. Authors/ Title/ Publisher Year of
Publication
1 Sykes P,, Guide book to Mechanism in Organic Chemistry, Orient Longman. 2002
2 Morrison R.T. and Boyd R.N., Organic Chemistry, 6 th Ed., Prentice Hall of 2001
India.
3 March J., Advanced Organic Chemistry, John Willey & Sons. 1992
4 Eliel E.L., Stereochemistry of Carbon Compounds, Tata McGraw Hill. 2002
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NAME OF DEPTT./CENTRE: Department of Chemistry

1. Subject: CYN- 211M Course Title: Basic Inorganic Chemistry
2. Contact Hours: L-02; T-01; P-0
3. Examination Duration (Hrs) Theory 02 Practical 00
4. Relative weightage: CWS 25 PRS - MTE 25 ETE 50
5. Credits: 03 6. Semester: Autumn
7. Pre-requisite: CY-101
8. Subject Area: BSC
9. Objective of Course: To impart knowledge of structure, bonding and reactivity of compounds of s, p, d and
f-block elements.
10. Details of Course:
S.No. Particulars Contact
hours
1 Periodic trends and its relation to chemical bonding and reactivity. 2
2 Introduction to molecules and their chemical bonding: Simple molecules, 8
macromolecules and supramolecules.
Ionic bonding: energetics of ionic bond, and lattice energy.
Covalent bonding: energetics of covalent bond in hydrogen molecule valence bond
theory, VSEPR concept and hybridization (involving s, p, d orbitals) and shapes of
molecules of higher (5, 6 and 7) co-ordination numbers, elementary ideas of molecular
symmetry; Molecular orbital theory of both homo- and hetero-nuclear diatomic
molecules, resonance and delocalized molecular orbitals; H-bonding, inter- and
intramolecular and their effects; Weak intermolecular forces.
Metallic bonding: band model, soft X-ray spectra and N(E) curves, binding energy in
metals, conductors, semiconductors and insulators, effect of temperature and impurity
on conductivity.
3 Representative chemistry of main group elements: solvated electron in alkali 6
metals, multicentre bonds; structures, bonding and applications boron halides,
diborane, tetraborane, borazines, boronitrides, crown ethers, carbides, fullerenes,
fluorocarbons, silicon halides, silicates, siloxanes, silicon polymers, phosphonitrilic
halides, synthesis, structures and reactivity of compounds of xenon, bonding in xenon
fluorides.
4 Principles and applications of transition metal chemistry: Variable valency, 4
colour, spectral, magnetic and catalytic properties, ability to form complexes, stability
constant of coordination compounds, importance of transition metals in biological
systems and in medicine.
5 Lanthanides and actinides: Separation and isolation of lanthanides, separation of Np, 2
Pu and Am from U, comparison of lanthanides and actinides, and their applications in
technology.
6 Introduction of metal ions in medicine and materials: Preliminary ideas on bio- 6
inorganic chemistry, oxygen transport and storage, metalloenzymes.
Total 28
Suggested books:
S.No Authors/ Title/ Publisher Year of
. Publication
1 Greenwood N.N. and Earnshaw A., Chemistry of the Elements, 2 nd Ed.,
Butterworth Heinemann, Oxford. 1997
2 Cotton F.A., Wilkinson G. and Gaus P.L., Basic Inorganic Chemistry, 3 rd Ed.,
John Wiley & Sons, Inc. New York. 2002
3 Shriver D.F. and Atkins P.W., Inorganic Chemistry, 3 rd Ed., Oxford University
Press. 1999
4 Huheey J.E., Keiter E.A. and Keiter R.L., Inorganic Chemistry, Principles of
Structure and Reactivity, 4th Ed., Pearson Education Asia. 2001
5 Cotton F.A., Wilkinson G. Murillo C.A. and Bochmann M., Advanced Inorganic
Chemistry, 6th Ed., John Wiley & Sons, New York. 1999