Chemistry (CHEM)
6 units: Electrochemistry, Chemical Kinetics, d- and f-Block Elements, Coordination Compounds, Aldehydes, Ketones and Carboxylic Acids.
Detailed syllabus
Unit 1: Electrochemistry (8 hours, 5 marks)
Conductance in electrolytic solutions, specific and molar conductivity and its variation with concentration, Kohlrausch's law, electrolysis and laws of electrolysis, electrolytic and galvanic cells, emf, standard electrode potential, Nernst equation, Gibbs energy and emf, fuel cells, Li-ion battery.
Unit 2: Chemical Kinetics (10 hours, 7 marks)
Rate of reaction (average and instantaneous), factors affecting rate, order and molecularity, rate law and rate constant, integrated rate equations and half-life (zero and first order), collision theory (elementary), activation energy, Arrhenius equation, homogeneous, heterogeneous and enzyme catalysis.
Unit 3: d- and f-Block Elements (10 hours, 6 marks)
Transition metals: configuration, trends in ionic radii, ionisation enthalpy, oxidation states, colour, catalytic and magnetic properties, K2Cr2O7 and KMnO4. Lanthanoids: configuration, oxidation states, lanthanoid contraction. Actinoids: configuration, oxidation states, comparison with lanthanoids.
Unit 4: Coordination Compounds (8 hours, 5 marks)
Ligands and denticity, coordination number, colour, magnetic properties and shape, IUPAC nomenclature, EAN rule, Werner's theory, VBT and CFT, CFSE, structural and stereo-isomerism, importance in qualitative analysis, metallurgy and biology.
Unit 5: Aldehydes, Ketones and Carboxylic Acids (10 hours, 5 marks)
Nature of the carbonyl group, preparation, properties, nucleophilic addition mechanism, reactivity of α-hydrogen, uses; carboxylic acids: acidity, preparation, properties, uses.
Unit 6: Organic Compounds containing Nitrogen (14 hours, 7 marks)
Nitro compounds (preparation and reduction); amines (classification, structure, preparation, properties, distinguishing primary, secondary and tertiary amines); cyanides and isocyanides; diazonium salts and their importance in synthesis.
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