UPHESC Chemistry 2021 syllabus has been released. UPHESC 2021 syllabus designed for UPHESC CHEMISTRY Exam comprises 10 units.
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UPHESC ASSISTANT PROFESSOR Chemistry Syllabus |
STRUCTURE AND BONDING
Atomic orbitals, electronic configuration of atoms (L-S coupling),periodic properties of elements
Ionic radii, ionisation potential, electron affinity,electronegativity, concept of hybridization
Molecular orbitals and electronic configuration of homonuclear and heteronuclear diatomic molecules. Shapes of polyatomic molecules and ions
VSEPR Theory
Symmetry elements and point groups for simple molecules, character tables and its application
Symmetry consideration in coordination compounds and symmetry aspects of molecular orbital and ligand field theories
Chemistry of Non-transition Elements
General discussion on the properties of the non transitional elements
special features of individual elements
preparation, properties and structure of their halides, oxides etc
Polymorphism of carbon, phosphorus and sulphur
Synthesis, properties and structure of boranes, carboranes, borazines, silicates, carbides, silicones, phosphazenes, sulphur -nitrogen compounds, peroxo compounds of boron, carbon and sulphur, oxy acids of nitrogen, phosphorus, sulphur and halogens, interhalogens, pseudohalides and noble gas compounds
Bio inorganic chemistry
Metal ions in biology, molecular mechanism of ion-transport across membranes, oxygen uptake proteins, cytochromes and ferridoxins
Chemistry of Transition Elements
Co-ordination chemistry of transition metal ions; structural aspects, isomerism, octahedral, tetrahedral and square planner crystal field splitting of d-orbitals, CFSE, magnetism and colour of transition metal ions, John-Teller effect, interpretation of electronic spectra including charge transfer spectra, Orgel diagrams, spectrochemical series, nephelauxetic series, quenching of orbital angular moment, spin orbit coupling
Stereochemistry of coordination compounds, stability constants of complexes and their determination, stabilization of unusual oxidation states
Mechanism of Inorganic Reactions
Substitution reactions, trans effect, electron transfer reactions
Fluxional molecules, palladium catalysed reactions
Organometallic Chemistry
Synthesis, structure and bonding, organometallic reagents in organic synthesis and in homogeneous catalytic reactions (hydrogenation, hydroformulation, isomerisation and polymerisation) π- metal complexes
Ligand Field and Molecular Orbital Theories
M.O. energy level diagrams of octahedral, tetrahedral and square planner complexes, Effect of π - bonding on the energy of t2g orbitals and on Dq. experimental evidences for metal-ligand orbital overlap
Stereochemistry
Element of symmetry, chiral and aehiral molecules, R, S nomenclature, diastereomerism in acyclic compounds
Methods of asymmetric synthesis
Stereospecific and stereo-selective reactions
Interconversion of Fischer, Newman and Sawhorse projections
E, Z isomerism, conformational analysis of mono and disubstituted cyclohexanes
Effect of confirmation on reactivity in acyclic compounds and cyclohexanes
Reaction Mechanism
(a) General methods (non-kinetic) of study of mechanism of organic reactions :
Use of isotopes, crossover experiments, intermediate trapping, stereochemistry
Thermodynamic control and kinetic control of reactions
(b) Reaction Intermediates :
generation, geometry, stability and reactions of carbocations, carbanions, free radicals, carbenes & NHC, benzynes and non classical carbocations
(c) Substitution reaction :
SN1, SN2, SNi, SN1' and SN2' mechanisms, Neighbouring group participation in aliphatic nucleophilic substitutions
Electrophilic and nucleophilic aromatic subtitution reactions
(d) Elimination reactions :
E1, E2 and E1 cb mechanisms
orientation in E2 reaction (Saytezeff and Hofmann), Pyrrolytic syn-elimination
Stereochemistry of elimination reaction
(e) Addition Reactions :
Electrophilic addition to carbon-carbon multiple bond and its stereochemistry
Nucleophilic addition to carbon-oxygen double bond and activated Carboncarbon double bond
(f) Common Organic Reaction and Mechanism :
Aldol, Perkin, Dieckmann condensation, Reformatsky, Benzoin, Wittig, ReimerTiemann, Diels-Alder, Robinson annulation, Ene Barton reaction, Hofmann-LofforFreytage reactions, Shapiro reaction, Sharpless epoxidation reaction, Mannich reaction, Michael reaction, Stroke enamine reaction, Stetter reaction and Baylis-Hillman reaction
Rearrangements : Pinacol-Pinacolone, Wagner-Meerwein, Demjanove, Beckmann, Hofmann, Curtius, Schmidt, Lossen, Sommelet-Hauser, Favoroskii and Baeyer-Villiger rearrangement
Reagents in Organic Synthesis
Use of following reagents in organic synthesis and functional group transformation
(a) Complex metal hybrids : LiAIH4, NaBH4, Sia2BH, mono and dialkyl boranes, disobutylaluminium hydride and tri-n-butyltin hydride
(b) Organometallic Compounds : Grignard reagents, Lithium dialkylcuperate, dialkylcadmium, alkyllitrhium and Trimethyl silyl iodide
(c) 1, 3-Dithiane, lithium diisopropylamide, DDQ, SeO2, Bayker's yeast, crown ether and phase transfer catalysts
Pericyclic Reactions
Classification and examples, Woodward-Hofmann's Rule, Elcetrocyclic reaction, Cycloaddition reaction ([2+2] and [4+2] only)
sigmatropic shifts {[1,3] -shift, [1,5]- shift and [3,3]-shift (Cope rearrangement and Claisen Rearrangement)}, FMO approach only
Photochemistry
Photochemistry processes, Jablonski diagram, exciplexes, photosensitisations
Photochemistry of alkenes (cis-trans isomerisation), Photochemical addition reactions of 1,3:1,4 and 1,5-dienes, dimerisations
Photochemistry of Carbonyl compounds : Norrish Type-I and Norrish Type-II of cyclic and acyclic ketones, Paterno-Buchi reaction, Photoreduction
Rearrangement given by β, γ- unsaturated ketones, cyclohexenons and 2,5-cyclohexadienones
Photochemistry of aromatic compounds, skeletal isomerisation
Aromaticity
Huckel's rule and concept of aromaticity
Nonbenzenoid aromatic compounds (Monocyclic aromatic ions, annulene and bicyclic nonbenzenoid aromatic compounds)
Heterocyclic Chemistry
Synthesis, aromaticity and reactivity of furan, thiophene, pyrole, pyridine, quinoline and isoquinoline
Electro -chemistry
Redox potential, electrochemical series, redox indicators
Kohlrausch's law of independent migration of ions
Transport number and its determination, Hydrolysis of salts, pH and buffer solutions, type of single electrodes and elctrode potentials, concentration cell with and without transference, liquid junction potential, fuel cell
Nuclear Chemistry
Radioactive decay and equilibrium
Nuclear reactions
fission and fusion, mass defect, fission products and yields
Radioactive techniques
Tracer technique, neutron activation analysis, counting techniques such as G.M. ionisation and proportional counter
Solids
Cubic Crystal Systems, Dislocations in solids, Schottky and Frenkel Defects, electrical properties, insulators and semiconductors, superconductors, band theory of solids, solid states reactions
Spectroscopy
Basic principles and applications of IR, Ramam, ESR, NMR, Massbauer and Photoelectron spectroscopy in structural elucidation of simple inorganic and coordination compounds including F & P containing inorganic compounds
Elementary principles and application of electronic (UV), vibrational (IR), PMR, C-13 NMR and Mass spectral technique for structural elucidation of organic compounds and Compounds Containing F
Topics in Analytical Chemistry
Adsorption partition, exclusion electrochromatography, solvent extraction and ion exchange methods, electroanalytical techniques, voltammetry, cyclic voltammetry, polarography, amperometry, coulometry and conductometry, ion selective electrodes, annodic stripping voltammetry, TGA, DTA etc
Thermodynamics
Variation of internal energy with temperature and volume, Enthalpy as a function of temperature and pressure, relation between Cp and Cv, Kirchoff's equation, JouleThompson coefficient, Inversion temperature, Important thermodynamic quantities (w, q, ΔE, Δ”H) in an isothermal expansion of an ideal gas and adiabatic expansion of an ideal gas, Spontaneous processes
Carnot cycle, Statement of second law, concept of entropy,Thermodynamic equation of state (Energy as a function of T and V, enthalpy as a function of T and P), Variation of entropy with Temperature and Volume, Helmholtz and Gibbs free energy, Gibbs-Helmholtz equation, Thermodynamic criteria of equilibrium
Clapeyron and Claucious equation, Hoff equation, Thermodynamic derivation of Phase Rule and distribution law, Partial molar Quantities, Chemical potential and other thermodynamic functions
Effect of Temperature and Pressure on chemical potential; chemical potential of real gas and fugacity of real gas
Nernst heat theorem and its application to non-condensed system, statements of third law, The relationship between entropy constant and Nernst Chemical constant, Determination of entropy from the third law
Chemical Kinetics and Catalysis
Differential and integral rate equations for zero, first, second and third order reactions, Half-life period, Kinetics of first order opposing, consecutive and parallel reactions, Effects of temperature on reaction rate, energy of activation and collision theory of bimolecular gaseous reactions
Steady-State approximation, Lindemann's theory of reaction rates
Thermodynamic formulation of rate constant, comparision of collision and absolute reaction rate theory
calculation of transmission co-efficient, Primary and Secondary salt effects, kinetics of homogenious, acid -base and enzyme catalysis, heterogenious catalysis
Chain reactions and Photochemistry
Chain reaction, free radical chains (Rice-Herzfeld mechanism for the decomposition of ethane), Einstein's law of Photochemical equivalence, Quantum efficiency, Kinetics of some photochemical reactions (Decompositions of acetaldehyde, dimerization of anthracene)
Statistical Thermodynamics
Quantum states and complex ions, The combinatory rule, System with definite total energy. Degeneracy of energy levels
Probability and most probable distribution, translational, rorational, vibrational and electronic partition function
Internal energy and heat capacity in terms of partition function
Thermodynamic function for gaseous system, Molar heat capacity of gases, Heat capacity of monoatomic crystal
The Einstein model, Debye's theory of solid heat capacities of Crystal at very low temperatures, Calorimetric entropy, spectroscopic entropies, expression for equilibrium constant in terms of partition functions, BaseEinstein statistics, Fermi-Dirac statistics, Comparision of M-B, B-E and F-D statistics
Fast Reaction
Luminescence and energy transfer processes
Study of Kinetic by stopped flow technique, relaxation method, flash photolysis and magnetic resonance method
Non-equilibrium Thermodynamics
Postulates and methodologies, linear laws, Gibbs equation, Onsager reciprocal theory
Macromolecules
Number-average and weight average molecular weights; determination of molecular weights. Kinetics of polymerization
Stereochemistry and mechanism of polymerisation