Chemistry II

SYLLABUS- B.Sc. CHEMISTRY-II,
INORGANIC CHEMISTRY-II
B.Sc. II Year I Pa
I. Chemistry of Elements of First Transition Series
Characteristics properties of d-block elements. Binary compounds (hydrides, carbides and oxides) of the elements of the first transition series and complexes with respect to relative stability of their oxidation states, coordination states, coordination number and geometry.
II. Chemistry of Elements of Second and Third Transition Series
General characteristics, comparative treatment of Zr/Hf, Nb/Ta, Mo/W in respect of ionic radii, oxidation states, magnetic behavior, spectral properties and stereochemistry.
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III. Coordination Compounds
Werner's coordination theory and its experimental verification, effective atomic number concept, chelates, nomenclature of
IV. Chemistry of Lanthanide Elements
Electronic structure, oxidation states and ionic radii and lanthanide contraction, complex formation, occurrence and isolation, ceric ammonium sulphate and its analytical uses.
V. Chemistry of Actinides
Electronic configuration, oxidation states and magnetic properties, chemistry of separation of Np, Pu and Am from U.
VI. Oxidation and Reduction
Electrode potential, electrochemical series and its applications, principles involved in the extraction of the elements.
VII. Acids and Bases
Arrhenius, Bronsted-Lowry, the Lux-Flood, solvent system and Lewis concept of acids and bases.
VIII. Non-aqueous Solvents
ORGANIC CHEMISTRY-II
I. Electromagnetic Spectrum Absorption Spectra
Ultraviolet (UV) absorption spectroscopy-absorption laws (Beer-lambert law); molar absorptivity, presentation and analysis
Monohydric alcohols-nomenclature, methods of formation by reduction of Classification and nomenclature, Aldehydes,
Nomenclature, structure and bonding, preparation of phenols, physical properties and acidic character, comparative acidic
VI. Carboxylic Acids
Nomenclature, structure and bonding, physical properties, acidity of carboxylic acids, effects of substituents on acid strength
VII. Carboxylic Acid Derivatives
Structure and nomenclature of acid chlorides, esters, amides (urea) and acid anyhydrides. Relative stability of acyl derivatives,
Preparation of nitroalkanes and nitroarenes, chemical reactions of nitroalkanes. Mechanisms of nucleophilic substitution in nitroarenes and their reductions in acidic, neutral and alkaline media,
PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY-II
B.Sc. II Year III Paper
Definitions of thermodynamics terms: System, surroundings etc. Types of systems, intensive and extensive properties, state and path functions and their differentials, thermodynamic processes, concept of heat and work.
II. Chemical Equilibrium
Equilibrium constant and free energy, Thermodynamic derivation of law of mass action, Le-Chatelier's principle. Reaction i
III. Thermodynamics-II
Second Law of Thermodynamics: Need for the law, different statements of the law, Carnot's cycle and its efficiency, Carnot's theorem. Thermodynamic scale of temperature.
Electrical transport: Conduction in metals and in electrolyte solutions, specific conductance molar and equivalent conductance,
V. Solutions
Liquid- Liquid mixtures- Ideal liquid mixtures, Raoult's and Henry's law, non-ideal system-azeotropes-HCl-H2O and ethanol-water systems. Partially miscible liquids- phenol-water,
VI. Electrochemistry-II
Types of reversible electrodes- gas-metal ion, metal-ion, metal-insoluble salt-anion and redox electrodes, Electrode reactions, Nernst equation, derivation of cell E.M.F. and single electrode potential, standard hydrogen electrode-reference electrodes and their applications, standard electrode potential, sign conventions, electrochemical series and its significance.