M.sc. - Chemistry Syllabus - Final

TUMKUR UNIVERSITY
Faculty of Science and Technology

M. Sc. Chemistry - Course Structure (CBCS Scheme)
I Semester
Marks
Instruction No.
Sl. Duration Semester
Paper Title of the paper Hours per of Internal Total
No. of Exam End
Week Credits Assessment Marks
Exam
1 CPT-1.1 Concepts of Inorganic Chemistry 4 4 3 Hrs 20 80 100
Organic Reaction Mechanisms
2 CPT-1.2 4 4 3 Hrs 20 80 100
and Stereochemistry
Thermodynamics, Quantum
3 CPT-1.3 4 4 3 Hrs 20 80 100
Chemistry and spectroscopy
SPT-1.4.A Organic Synthesis 4 4 3 Hrs 20 80 100
Separation techniques and
4
SPT-1.4.B Spectroscopy-1 4 4 3 Hrs 20 80 100
5 CPP-1.5 (1.1) Practical Inorganic Chemistry - I 4 2 4 Hrs 10 40 50
6 CPP-1.6 (1.2) Practical Organic Chemistry - I 4 2 4 Hrs 10 40 50
7 CPP-1.7 (1.3) Practical Physical Chemistry - I 4 2 4 Hrs 10 40 50
SPP – 1.8 (1.4.A) Practical Organic Chemistry
4 2 4 Hrs 10 40 50
8 SPP – 1.8 (1.4.B) Practical separation Methods and
spectroscopy 4 2 4 Hrs 10 40 50
Total 32 24 600
CPT: Core paper theory CPP: Core paper practical SPT: Special paper theory SPP: Special paper practical
OET: Open Elective theory OEP: Open Elective practical
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II Semester
Marks
Instruction No.
S. Duration Semester
Paper Title of the paper Hours per of Internal Total
No. of Exam End
Week Credits Assessment Marks
Exam
Group Theory, Coordination
CPT- 2.1 Chemistry & Spectroscopy 4 4 3 Hrs 20 80 100
1
CPT- 2.2 Reaction Mechanism, 4 4 3 Hrs 20 80 100
2 Photochemistry and
Spectroscopy
SPT- 2.3.A Statistical Mechanics, 4 4 3 Hrs 20 80 100
Electrochemistry and
Advanced quantum chemistry
3
SPT- 2.3.B Surface, Nuclear Chemistry 4 4 3 Hrs 20 80 100
and Non-Equilibrium
Thermodynamics
OET – 2.4 Fundamentals of Chemical 4 4 3 Hrs 20 80 100
4
Analysis & Chromatography
CPP-2.5 (2.1) Practical Inorganic Chemistry
5 4 2 4 Hrs 10 40 50
-2
CPP-2.6 (2.2) Practical Organic Chemistry -
6 4 2 4 Hrs 10 40 50
2
SPP-2.7.A Practical Physical Chemistry
4 2 4 Hrs 10 40 50
(2.3.A)
7
SPP-2.7.B Practical Physical Chemistry
4 2 4 Hrs 10 40 50
(2.3.B)
OEP 2.8 (2.4) Quantitative analysis and
8 4 2 4 Hrs 10 40 50
Separation Techniques
Total 32 24 600
OET: Open Elective Theory OEP: Open Elective practical
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III Semester
Instruction No. Marks
Sl. Duration
Paper Title of the paper Hours per of Internal Semester Total
No. of Exam
Week Credits Assessment End Exam Marks
1 CPT- 3.1 Reactions, Rearrangements 4 4 3 Hrs 20 80 100
and Heterocyclic chemistry
2 CPT- 3.2 Chemical Kinetics, 4 4 3 Hrs 20 80 100
Photochemistry and Surface
Phenomena
3 SPT- 3.3.A Organometallic Chemistry & 4 4 3 Hrs 20 80 100
Catalysis
SPT- 3.3.B Industrial and Materials 4 4 3 Hrs 20 80 100
Chemistry
4 OET – 3.4 Environmental Chemistry 4 4 3 Hrs 20 80 100
5 CPP-3.5 (3.1) Practical Organic Chemistry -
4 2 4 Hrs 10 40 50
3
6 CPP-3.6 (3.2) Practical Physical Chemistry -
4 2 4 Hrs 10 40 50
3
7 SPP-3.7.A Practical Inorganic Chemistry
4 2 4 Hrs 10 40 50
(3.3.A)
SPP-3.7.B Practical Inorganic Chemistry
4 2 4 Hrs 10 40 50
(3.3.B)
8 OEP-3.8 Practical Environmental
4 2 4 Hrs 10 40 50
(OET-3.4) Chemistry
Total 32 24 600
OET: Open Elective Theory OEP: Open Elective practical
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IV Semester
Instruction No. Marks
Sl. Duration
Paper Title of the paper Hours per of Internal Semester Total
No. of Exam
Week Credits Assessment End Exam Marks
1 Bioinorganic Chemistry and
CPT- 4.1 4 4 3 Hrs 20 80 100
Reaction mechanisms
2 Macromolecules
CPT- 4.2 4 4 3 Hrs 20 80 100
and Solid State chemistry
3 SPT- 4.3.A Chemistry of Natural Products 4 4 3 Hrs 20 80 100
SPT -4.3.B Medicinal chemistry 4 4 3 Hrs 20 80 100
4 CPD-4.4 Core Paper Dissertation 4 4 20 80 100
5 CPP-4.5 (4.1) Practical Inorganic Chemistry - 4 4 2 4 Hrs 10 40 50
6 CPP-4.6 (4.2) Practical Physical Chemistry - 4 4 2 4 Hrs 10 40 50
SPP- 4.7 (4.3.A) Practical Organic Chemistry – 4 2 4 Hrs 10 40 50
7
SPP- 4.7(4.3.B) Practical Organic Chemistry - 4 2 4 Hrs 10 40 50
8 Core Paper Dissertation Practical
Project 4.8 4 2 - 10 40 50
Total 32 24 600
OET: Open Elective Theory OEP: Open Elective practical CPD: Core Paper Dissertation CPDP: Core Paper Dissertation Practical
 Open Elective to be offered by other departments within the faculty
 Open Elective offered by chemistry department for others
Basis for Internal Assessment Marks Allotment for theory Internal Assessment Marks for practicals: 10
1st Test for 10 marks
2nd Test for 10 marks: Average of two tests : 10
Seminar : 05
Extra activities : 05
Total : 20 Marks
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THEORY QUESTION PAPER PATTERN
M.Sc. Chemistry (CBCS Scheme)
Note: Answer Question no. 1 and any FOUR of the remaining. Max. Marks = 80
1. Answer the following questions 8 X 2 = 16

(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
(f)
(g)
(h)
2. Write short notes on any FOUR of the following 4 X 4 =16
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
3. 8+4+4=16
(a)
(b)
(c)
4. 8+4+4=16
(a)
(b)
(c)
5. 8+4+4=16
(a)
(b)
(c)
6. 8+4+4=16
(a)
(b)
(c)
*Note: Equal weightage to be given to each unit while preparing question paper.
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PRACTICAL QUESTION PAPER PATTERN
Max. Marks = 40
1. Experiment and Spotting 30

2. Practical record 05
3. Viva-voce 05
Total 40 Marks
Chairman
BOS in Chemistry
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CPT-1.1
CONCEPTS OF INORGANIC CHEMISTRY
UNIT- I (16 h)
Chemical bonding:
Ionic bond: Review of Lattice energy, Born-Haber cycle and uses of Born-Haber type
calculations; Born-Lande equation, Kapustinskii equation; Ionic radii, factors affecting the
Ionic radii, radius ratio effects, polarizability and partial covalent character in inorganic
solids, structures of simple inorganic solids (AB2 and A2B). Hydration energy and
solubility of ionic compounds, Zintl salts, isoelectronic relationship in solids.
Covalent bond: Hybridisation: Sailent features, Bent rules and energetics of hybridization;
types of hybridisation. VSEPR theory: Assumptions, shapes of ABn(lp)x (n = 1-7; X = 1-
4) type molecules. Structure and shape of molecules/ions containing only sigma bonds:
ABn, n = 2-6), AB4-, AB4+, AB6-, AB42-, AB43- and polyhalide ions. Structure and shape of
molecules/ions containing only sigma as well as pi bonds: MO2, MO3, AOnx- (n = 1-4, x =
1-4). Short coming of the VSEPR model, electronegativity and partial ionic character.
Bonds- Multicenter, Synergic and Agostic bonding.
Molecular orbital theory: LCAO and MO diagrams of heteronuclear diatomic (CO, NO,
HF, ICl, CN and CN- species, NO, NO+, NO2+, NO- species,) and triatomic molecules
(CO2 and NO2-).
Weak secondary interactions in covalent compounds.
UNIT- II (16 h)
Chemistry of Non-transition Elements: General discussion on the properties of the non-

transition elements. Synthesis, properties and structure of halides oxides and Oxyacids of
Boron, Carbon, Nitrogen, Phosphorous and Sulphur and Halogens.
Synthesis, properties and structure of inorganic chains, rings and cages: Boranes,
Carboranes, Borazines, Carbides, Silicates, Silicones, Phosphazenes, Sulphur-Nitrogen
compounds.
Synthesis, properties and structure of Interhalogen compounds, Pseudohalogens and
noble gas compounds especially of xenon.
UNIT- III (16 h)
Halogens in positive oxidation states, Chemistry of Astatine.

Lanthanide series: Review on electronic structure, oxidation states, spectral and
magnetic properties, lanthanide contraction, abundance and extraction. Lanthanides as
shift reagents.
Separation of lanthanides: Solvent extraction and ion–exchange. Chemical properties of
compounds of lanthanides in II, III, and IV oxidation states.
Actinides: Review on Electronic structure and position in the periodic table, oxidation
states, occurrence and synthesis of the elements. Spectral and magnetic properties of
compounds of actinides in comparison with those of lanthanides and d-block elements.
Trans actinides Chemistry of Trans –uranium elements.
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UNIT- IV (16 h)
Theories of acid base concepts- Lux -Flood and Usanovich concepts, solvent system and
leveling effect. HSAB concept: Basis of HSAB concept, acid-base strength, hardness and
softness, symbiosis, applications of HSAB concept;
Acid-base concept in non-aqueous media, reactions in BrF3, N2O4, anhydrous H2SO4,
CH3COOH. Solutions of metals in liquid ammonia, hydrated electron
Isopoly and heteropoly acids of W, Mo and V, preparations, properties, structure and
applications.
Stereoisomerism- Chirality, optical activity- CD, ORD, Cotton effect, absolute
configuration of metal complexes, magnetic circular dichroism.
SUGGESTED BOOKS
1. Basic Inorganic Chemistry- F. A. Cotton, G. Wilkinson and P. L. Gaus; John Wiley
and sons. Inc, 6th edition (1999).
2. Advanced Inorganic Chemistry, 6th edition; F. A. Cotton and G. Wilkinson.
3. Inorganic Chemistry IV edition; J. E. Huheey, E. A. Keiter and R. L. Keiter, Addison;
Wesley (1993).
4. Inorganic Chemistry, II edition, D. F. Shriver, P. W. Atkins and C. H. Langford, ELBS;
Oxford University Press, 1994.
5. Chemistry of elements; N. N. Greenwood and A. E. Earnshaw, Butterworth
Heinemann (1997).
6. Concise Inorganic Chemistry, 5th edition; J. D. Lee (1996).
7. Inorganic Chemistry, 3rd Edition; Gary. L. Miessler and Donald . A. Tarr (2007).
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CPT – 1.2
ORGANIC REACTION MECHANISMS AND STEREOCHEMISTRY
UNIT – I (16 h)
Structure and reactivity: Introduction to Acids and Bases, Structural effects on acidity
and basicity of organic molecules, hydrogen bonding, resonance, inductive and field
effects, hyper conjugation effects, steric effect, Bredt‘s rule. Aromaticity: Concept of
aromaticity, Huckel’s rule, Polygon rule, annulenes, heteroannulenes and polycyclic
systems.
Reaction Intermediates: Generation, structure, stability, reactivity and detection of
classical and non-classical carbocations, carbanions, free radicals, carbenes, nitrenes and
nitrogen, phosphorous and sulfur ylides. Singlet and triplet state oxygen-generation and
reactions with organic molecules.
UNIT – II (16 h)
Methods of Determining Reaction Mechanism: Kinetic and non-kinetic methods,

Kinetic method: Mechanistic implications from rate laws, the transition state theory,
ambiguities in interpreting kinetic data, solvent effect, ionic effect, isotopic effect,
substituent effect, steric effect, linear free energy relationships – Hammett equation and
Taft treatment.
Non-kinetic methods: Energy profile diagram, identification of products, testing possible
intermediates, trapping of intermediates, cross over experiments, isotopic labeling,
stereochemical evidences.
Bonding in organic systems: Theories of bonding-molecular orbital approaches. Huckel -
systems: ethylene, allyl, cyclopropyl,molecular orbital theory and its application to
simple butadienyl, cyclopentadienyl, pentadienyl, hexatrienyl, cyclohexatrienyl,
heptatrienyl, -energy, and M.O. coefficients of the -cycloheptatrienyl systems.
Calculation of the total systems.
UNIT – III (16 h)
Aromatic electrophilic substitution reactions: Mechanism of nitration, halogenation,

sulphonation, Friedel-Crafts alkylation and acylation, Mannich reaction,
chloromethylation, Vilsmeier Haack reaction, Diazonium coupling, Gattermann–Koch
reaction, Mercuration reaction. Aromatic nucleophilic substitution reactions: SN 1 , SN 2
and benzyne mechanism, Bucherer reaction, von Richter reaction.
Mechanism of Addition reactions: Addition to C-C multiple bonds involving
electrophiles, nucleophiles and free radicals. Addition of hydrogen halides,
oxymercuration and demercuration, applications, Epoxidation of alkenes. Hydroboration
and its application.
Additions to carbonyl compounds (Aldehyde and Ketones): Addition of water, alcohol,
bisulphate, HCN, Grignard reagent and amino compounds.
Elimination reactions: Mechanism and stereochemistry of eliminations - E1, E2, E1cB.
cis elimination, Hofmann and Saytzeff eliminations, competition between elimination and
substitution, decarboxylation reactions. Chugaev reaction.
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UNIT IV (16 h)
Stereochemistry: Molecular representations: Wedge, Fischer, Newman and Saw-horse

formulae, their description and interconversions.
Molecular Symmetry & Chirality: Symmetry operations and symmetry elements (Cn &
Sn). Criteria for Chirality. Desymmetrization.
Axial, planar and helical chirality: Axially chiral allenes,spiranes,alkylidene cycloalkanes,
chiral biaryls, atropisomerism, planar chiral ansa compounds and trans- cyclooctene,
helically chiral compounds and their configurational nomenclature
Relative and absolute configuration: Determination of configuration by chemical
correlation methods.
Racemisation and resolution techniques: Racemisation, resolutions by direct
crystallization, diastereoisomer salt formation chiral chromatography and asymmetric
transformation.
Determination of configuration in E, Z-isomers: Spectral and Chemical methods of
configuration determination of E,Z isomers. Determination of configuration in aldoximes
and ketoximes.
SUGGESTED BOOKS
1. E.L.Eliel and S.H. Wilen, Stereochemistry of Organic Compounds, JhonWilley and

Sons, New York. 1994.
2. Introduction to stereo chemistry- K.Mislow.
3. Stereo chemistry and mechanism through solved problems – P.S. Kalsi.
4. D. Nasipuri, Stereo chemistry of Organic Compounds, 2nd edition, Wiley Eastern
Limited, New Delhi, 1987.
5. H.Pine, Hendrickson, Cram and Hammond, Organic Chemistry, Mac Grow hill,
New York, 1987.
6. Organic Chemistry – Morrison & Boyd.
7. I.L. Finar, Organic Chemistry, ELBS Longmann, Vol. I & II, 1984.
8. Basic principles of Organic Chemistry – Robert & Casereo.
9. N.S. Issacs, Reactive intermediates in Organic Chemistry, John Willey abd Sons,
New York. 1974.
10. R.K. Bansal, Organic Reaction Mechanism, Wiley Eastern Limited, New Delhi,
1993.
11. E.S. Gould, Mechanism Mechanism and Structure in Organic Chemistry, Halt,
Rinhart and Winston, New York, 964.
12. A guide book to mechanism in Organic Chemistry – Petersykes.
13. F.A Carey and Sundberg, Advanced Organic Chemistry – Part A & B, 3rd edition,
Plenum Press, New York, 1990.
14. S.K. Ghosh, Advanced General Organic Chemistry, Book and Alleied (P) Ltd, 1998.
15. Organic Chemistry-P.Y.Bruice (Pearson Education Pvt. Ltd.,New Delhi),2002.
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CPT 1.3
Thermodynamics, Quantum Chemistry and Spectroscopy
UNIT – I (16 h)
Concepts of entropy and free energy: Entropy as measure of randomness and unavailable
energy. Entropy changes in reversible and irreversible process and during various
processes. Variation of entropy with T and P. Helmholtz and Gibbs free energies.
Thermodynamic criteria of equilibrium and spontaneity. Variation of free energy with
temperature and pressure. Maxwell’s relations, Von’t Hoff’s reaction isotherm and
isochore, Gibbs-Helmholtz equation. Determination of free energy changes. Nernst heat
theorem and third law of thermodynamics-calculation of absolute entropies and residual
entropy.
Partial molar Properties: Physical significance, Partial molar volume and partial molar
free energy (chemical potential). Determination of partial molar quantities by intercept
method and slope methods. Physical significance of chemical potential. Variation of
chemical potential with temperature and pressure. Formulation of the Gibbs Duhem
equation. Derivation of Duhem-Margules equation.
UNIT – II (16 h)
Fugacity: Relation between fugacity and pressure, determination of fugacity of gases.

Variation of fugacity with temperature and pressure. Activity and activity coefficients.
Variation of activity with temperature and pressure. Determination of activity coefficients
by electrical methods.
Thermodynamics of dilute solutions: Raoult’s law, Henry’s law. Ideal and non-ideal
solutions. Discussion and thermodynamic derivation of the laws of osmotic pressure,
cryoscopy and ebullioscopy. Determination of molecular weights. Thermodynamic
treatment using the concept of chemical potentials.
Phase Rule Studies: Thermodynamic derivation of phase rule; application of phase rule
to the two component systems: simple eutectic type, compound formation with congruent
melting point and incongruent melting points, systems involving the formation of a
continuous series of solid solutions. Application of phase rule to three component systems:
Systems of three liquids and systems of two salts and a liquid.
UNIT – III (16 h)
Quantum Chemistry: A brief review of wave-particle duality and Heisenberg Uncertainty

principle. Concept of operators (operator-operand): algebra of operators, commutative
and non-commutative operators, linear operator, Laplacian operator, Hamiltonian
operator. Eigen value, eigen function, well behaved function, Hermitian operator and its
characteristics. Schrodinger wave equation for particles. Wave function: significance of ψ2
and ψ ψ*. Postulates of quantum mechanics. Application of Schrodinger equation to a
particle trapped in a potential field (one dimension and three dimensions). Concept of
Degeneracy. Wave equation for H atom: separation and solution of R, Ø and θ equations
(Rigorous treatment not required), radial and angular distributions, quantum numbers.
Application of Schrodinger equation to rigid and harmonic oscillator.
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UNIT – IV (16 h)
Microwave spectroscopy: Classification of the molecules based on rotation-Linear,

symmetric, spherical and asymmetric top molecules. Criteria for a molecule to be
microwave active. Pure rotation Spectra of diatomic molecule: Rigid rotor model- energy
equation and energy levels, rotational quantum number and the selection rule. Effect of
isotopic substitution on rotation spectra. Non rigid rotor model: energy equation and
energy levels, rotational quantum number and the selection rule. Determination of
moment of inertia and bond length of diatomic molecules using rotational spectra.
Rotational spectra of polyatomic molecules: Moment of inertia expression for linear
polyatomic molecules.
Vibrational spectroscopy: Vibration of diatomic molecules: Hooke’s law, energy curves
for simple harmonic oscillator. Vibration spectra of harmonic oscillator : energy equation
and energy levels, rotational quantum number and the selection rule. Effects of
anharmonic oscillation: energy equation and energy levels, rotational quantum number
and the selection rule. The diatomic vibrating rotator: Born-Oppenheimer approximation,
energy equation and energy levels, rotational quantum number and the selection rule.
Vibration rotation spectra of carbon monoxide. Expressions for fundamental and overtone
frequencies.
Vibration of polyatomic molecules- The number of degrees of freedom of vibration and
their symmetry – overtones and combination frequencies – Influence of rotation on the
spectra. Parallel and perpendicular vibrations (CO2 and H2O).
SUGGESTED BOOKS
1. Thermodynamics for chemists by S. Glasstone. Affiliated East-West press, New

Delhi, (1965)
2. Chemical Thermodynamics by I. M. Koltz, W.A Benzamin Inc. NewYork,
Amsterdam, (1964).
3. Basic Physical Chemistry by W.J. Moore, Prentice Hall of India Pvt. Ltd., New
Delhi (1986).
4. Text book of Physical Chemistry by Samuel Glasstone, MacMillan Indian Lts.,
(II edition), (1974).
5. Quantum Chemistry - A. K. Chandra, Second Edition, Tata McGraw Hill
Publishing Co. Ltd., (1983).
6. Quantum Chemistry – Eyring, Walter and Kimball, John Wiley and Sons, Inc.,
New York.
7. Quantum Chemistry – I.N. Levine, Pearson Education, New Delhi, (2000).
8. Theoretical Chemistry – S. Glasstone, East West Press,New Delhi,(1973).
9. Quantum Chemistry- R.J.Prasad, New Age International Publishers (1996).
10. Valence Theory – Tedder, Murel and Kettle.
11. Quantum Chemistry- D.A. McQuarrie.
12. Theoretical Inorganic Chemistry – Day and Selbin.
13. Elements of Physical Chemistry – Lewis and Glasstone.
14. Physical Chemistry by P.W. Atkins, ELBS,4th Edition,Oxford University Press
(1990).
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SPT-1.4.A
Organic Synthesis
UNIT – I (16 h)
Reactions and Synthesis: Types of carbon to carbon bond forming reactions, Carbon
skeletal complexity, stereoselectivity. Principles and methodology of alkylation, acylation,
formylation, benzoylation, carbethoxylation, arylation, vinylation, methylenylation, O-
alkylation versus C-alkylation. Methods of Carbon - Sulfur, Carbon - Nitrogen and
Nitrogen - Nitrogen bond formations.
Protecting groups: Principle, Protection of Amide, Hydroxyl, Thiol, Amino, Carboxylic,
Carbonyl, Phosphate and Terminal alkyne groups. Illustration of protection and
deprotection in synthesis.
UNIT – II (16 h)
Synthetic Design: Carbon skeleton frame work, Classification of carbon-carbon single

bond and double bond forming reaction and their use in carbon skeleton ring formation.
Ring closure and ring opening, Ring expansion and ring contraction reactions, use of
Thorpe condensation, Carbene insertion reaction, Friedel-Crafts reaction.
Planning of organic synthesis: Selection of starting materials, Reagents and key
intermediates during the synthesis. Functional group interconversion (FGI), Functional
group addition (FGA), Target molecule (TM), Umpolung synthesis, Difference between
conversion and synthesis.
UNIT – III (16 h)
Disconnection Approach: General introduction to disconnection approach. Basic

principles and technologies used in disconnection approach. Synthons and synthetic
equivalents, one group C_X and two group C_X disconnections, 3-hydroxy-3-
methylbutan-2-one, 2-methylbut-3-en-2-ol, (E)-pent-3-en-2-one. Cyclobutanone, 2-
aminopropanoic acid, ethyl 4-amino-3-phenylbutanoate, ethyl 2,5-dimethylfuran-3-
carboxylate, 4-(dimethylamino)butan-2-one, diethyl 3-methylcyclopent-3-ene-1,1-
dicarboxylate, 5-((ethylperoxy)methyl)-2-phenyl-4H-pyran-4-one, imidazolidine-2,4-
dione, 3,5-diphenylcyclopentane-1,2,4-trione, pyrimidine-2,4,6(1H,3H,5H)-trione, 2,3-
dihydronaphthalene-1,4-dione, 4-(dichloromethyl)-4-methylcyclohexa-2,5-dienone, 2-
oxocyclohexanecarbonitrile, ethyl 3-oxo-2-(3-oxobutanamido)butanoate, 1H-pyrrole-2-
carbaldehyde, 3,4,8,8a-tetrahydronaphthalene-1,6(2H,7H)-dione, 5,6-dihydro-1H-
indene-2,7(4H,7aH)-dione.
Retrosynthetic analysis: Retrosynthesis of Benzofurans, p-methoxy acetophenone,
sacchareine, α-bisabolene, nuciferal, penicillin-V. Analysis of alcohols, carbonyl
compounds cyclic and acyclic alkanes, benzocaine, p-nitroacetophenone,
acetonecyanohydrin, Synthesis of Cubane and Iswarane.
UNIT – IV (16 h)
Strategic Applications of Named Reactions in Organic Synthesis: Michael

condensation, Clasien Ester condensation, Dels-Alder reaction, Cannizzaro reaction,
Hydroboration reactions, Gabriel synthesis, Japp-Klingermann reaction, Kolbe-Schmitt
reaction, Bachwald-Hartwig cross coupling reaction, Heck reaction, Suzuki coupling and
Sonogashira coupling reactions.
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SUGESTED BOOKS
1. Modern Organic Reactions- H.O.House.

2. Organic Synthesis- R.E.Ireland (Prentice Hall India), 1969.
3. Art in Organic Synthesis- Anand, Bindra & Ranganath-(Wiley New Delhi), 1970.
4. Organic Synthesis a Disconnection Approach- Stuart
5. Advanced Organic Chemistry-IV-Ed. Part A &B-F.J.Carrey &
R.J.Sundberg(Kluwer) 2001.
6. Modern Methods of Organic Synthesis-N.Carruthers (Cambridge University), 1996.
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SPT-1.4.B
Separation technique and Spectroscopy-1
UNIT-I (16 h)
Techniques of Chromatography
Introduction, Classification of chromatographic techniques, differential migration rates,
partition ratio, retention time, relation between partition ratio and retention time, capacity
factor, selectivity factor. Efficiency of separation- resolution, diffusion, plate theory and
rate theory.
Thin-layer chromatography (TLC): definitions, mechanism, efficiency of TLC plates,
methodology-selection of stationary phase, and mobile phase, preparation of plates,
spotting, development, identification and detection, reproducibility of RF values,
comparison of TLC with high performance thin-layer chromatography, Paper
chromatography, and column chromatography. Qualitative and quantitative analysis.
GC: Principle, instrumentation, detectors- TCD, FID, ECD. Derivatization techniques.
GC analysis of hydrocarbons in a mixture, GC assay of methyl testosterone in tablets,
atropine in eye drops.
HPLC: Principle, instrumentation, detectors- UV detectors, Photodiode array detector,
fluorescence detector. Applications: Methods of quantitation for GC and HPLC: HPLC
assy of paracetamol and asprin in tablets.
UNIT-II (16 h)
UV-VIS Spectroscopy (Outer shell electronic spectroscopy): Quantitative aspects of

absorption –Beer‘s law. Terminology associated with absorption measurements.
Limitations of the law: Real, Chemical, instrumental and personal. Theory of molecular
absorption. Vibration-rotation fine structure of electronic spectra. Types of absorption
bands: n→π*, π→π*, n→σ*, σ→ σ*, C-T and ligand field. Empherical rules (Woodward’s
Fieser) for predicting the wave length of maximum absorption: Olefins, conjugated dienes,
cyclic trienes and polyenes –α, β-unsaturated aldehydes and ketones, benzene and
substituted benzene rings.
Applications: Qualitative and quantitative analysis of binary mixtures, measurement of
dissociation constants of acids and bases, determination of molecular weight, photometric
titrations, Determination of stoichiometry and stability of the complexes and kinetic
studies.
UNIT-III (16 h)
IR spectroscopy:
Organic IR spectroscopy: Recapitulation, Characteristic vibration frequencies of alkanes,
alkenes, alkynes, aromatic compounds, alcohols, ethers, phenols and amines.
Detailed study of vibrational frequencies of carbonyl compounds Ketones, aldehydes,
esters, amides, acids, anhydride, Lactose, lactams and conjugated carbonyl compounds.
Factors affecting group frequencies: overtones, combination bands and Fermi-resonance.
FITR and sampling technique.
Inorganic IR spectroscopy: Structural information from vibrational spectra: Group
frequencies, Characteristic band stretching frequencies, Mode of vibrations of linear and
non-linear molecules, deformation, frequencies of carbonyl metal complexes, pattern of
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group frequencies, mode of bonding of ambidentate ligands, Cynides, Ethylenediamine
and Diketone complexes.
UNIT-IV (16 h)
1
H NMR spectroscopy: Magnetic properties of nuclei, Principles of NMR
Instrumentation, CW and pulsed FT instrumentation, equivalent and non equivalent
protons, enantiotopic and diastereotopic protons, Chemical shifts, factors affecting the
chemical shifts, electronegativity and anisotropy, shielding and deshielding effects, Signal
integration, Spin-spin coupling: vicinal, germinal and long range, Coupling constants and
factors affecting coupling constants.
Applications of 1H NMR spectroscopy: E, Z isomers, conformation of cyclohexane and
decalins, keto-enol tautomerism, hydrogen bonding, proton exchange processes (alcohols,
amines and carboxylic acids), C-N rotation.
SUGGESTED BOOKS
1. Fundamental Analytical Chemistry, D.A. Skoog, D.M. West, Hollar and Crouch
8th edition, 2005, Saunders College Publishing, New York.
2. Analytical Chemistry, G. D. Christian, 5th ed., 2001 John Wiley and Sons, Inc,
India.
3. Quantitative Analysis, R.A. Day and A.L. Underwood, 6th edition, 1993 presence
Hall, Inc. New Delhi.
4. Vogel‘s Text book of Quantitative Chemical Analysis, J. Mendham, R.C. Denney,
J.D Barners and M.J.K. Thomas, 6th edition, Third Indian Reprint. 2003 Pearson
Education Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi.
5. Analytical Chemistry Principles, John H. Kennedy, 2nd edition, Saunders College
Publishing, Callifornia, 1990.
6. Spectroscopic identification of Organic Compounds, R. M. Silverstern, G. C.
Bassler and T. C. Morril.
7. Introduction to NMR spectroscopy, R. J. Abraham, J. Fisher and P. Loftus.
8. Application of spectroscopy of organic compounds – J. R. Dyer.
9. Spectroscopy of organic compounds, P. S. Kalsi.
10. Organic Spectroscopy, William Kamp.
11. Organic Chemistry, R. T. Morrison and R. N. Boyd.
12. Practical NMR spectroscopy, M. L. Martin, J. J. Delpench and G. J. Martin.
13. Spectroscopic methods in organic Chemistry, D. H. William, I. Flemming
14. Fundamentals of Molecular spectroscopy – C.N.Banwel
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CPP 1.5 (1.1)
Practical Inorganic Chemistry - 1
(64 h)
1. Analysis of Ores:
1. Hematite
1. Insoluble (gravimetrically)
2. Iron titrimetrically using cerium (IV) solution.
2. Dolomite.
2. Calcium and magnesium using EDTA
3. Pyrolusite.
2. Manganese dioxide titrimetrically using permanganate.
2. Micro – volumetric estimation of calcium using EDTA.
3. Analysis of alloys:
a) Solder – lead and tin using EDTA
b) Copper – nickel alloy
(i) Copper volumetrically using KIO3
(ii) Nickel gravimetrically using DMG.
4. Quantitative analysis of mixtures:

a) Chloride and iodide
(i) Iodide volumetrically using KIO3
(ii) Total halide gravimetrically.
(b) Calcium and lead – using EDTA
5. Spectrophotometric determination of :
a) Iron using thiocyanate / 1, 10 – phenonthroline
b) Chromium using diphenyl carbazide.
c) nickel Using dimethylglyoxime
d) Titanium using hydrogen peroxide.
6. Circular paper chromatography – separation of : (Demonstration)

a) Iron and nickel,
b) Copper and nickel.
SUGGESTED BOOKS
1. A text book of Quantitative Inorganic Analysis – A.I. Vogel. III edition.

2. Vogel's text book of Quantitative Chemical Analysis – J. Basset, R.C. Denney.
3. G.H. Jeffery and J. Mendham. Spectrophotometric determination of elements.
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CPP-1.6 (1.2)
Practical Organic Chemistry-1
(64 h)
Organic Preparations: Preparations involving oxidation, reduction, dehydration,

decarboxylation, halogenation, nitration, sulfonation, diazotization, cyclization,
condensation, addition reactions.
Emphasis has to be given for collecting the literature, setting up of experiment, purification
and characterization of the final product based on physical data, mechanism involved in
the reaction, calculation of theoretical yield, practical yield and percentage yield.
1. Preparation of p-bromoaniline from acetanilide.

2. Preparation of p-nitroacetanilide from acetanilide.
3. Preparation of n-butyl bromide from n-butanol.
4. Preparation of o- iodobenzoic acid from anthranilic acid.
5. Preparation of aniline from nitrobenzene.
6. Preparation of osazone derivative.
7. Preparation of penta – O – acetyl – D – glucose from glucose.
8. Preparation of 3 – methyl – 1 – phenyl – pyrazolone.
9. Preparation of cis and trans cinnamic acids.
10. Preparation of phenoxy acetic acid.
11. Preparation of hippuric acid from glycine.
12. Preparation of m-nitrobenoic acid from methyl benzonate.
13. Preparation of aspirin.
14. Oxidation of toluene by KMnO4
15. Preparation of adipic acid from cyclohexanol.
SUGGESTED BOOKS
1. A Text book of Practical Organic chemistry – A.I. Vogel Vol. I

2. Practical Organic chemistry – Mann & Saunders.
3. Manual of Organic chemistry – Dey and Seetharaman.
4. An introduction to practical organic chemistry – Robert, Vingrover etc.
5. J.N Guthru and R. Kapoor, Advance experimental chemistry. S. Chand company,
1991.
6. R. K. Bansal, Laboratory Manual of Organic chemistry, New PGE ingternational (P)
ltd. London, 3rd edition, 1996.
7. N. K. Visno, Practical Organic Chemistry, New PGE International (P) Ltd. London,
3rd edition, 1996.
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CPP 1.7 (1.3)
Practical Physical Chemistry – 1

(64 h)
1. Study of phase diagram of a three component liquid-liquid-liquid systems.

2. Study of phase diagram of a three component solid-solid-liquid systems.
3. Determination of molecular weight of a compound using Bekmann's cryoscopic
method using benzene or / and water as solvent.
4. Determine the degree of association and association constant of benzoic acid in
benzene/toluene.
5. Determine the activity coefficient of an electrolyte by freeing point depression
method.
6. To determine the eutectic point of a two component system (Eg: Naphthalene-m-
dinitrobenzene, Naphthalene-biphenyl system, naphthalene - phenantherene and
benzophenone-diphenyl amine).
7. Determine the transition temperature of Glauber‘s salt (Na2SO410H2O) by solubility
method.
8. To determine the partial molal volumes of sodium chloride in aqueous solutions.
9. To determine the partial molal volumes of potassium chloride in aqueous solutions.
10. To determine the relative viscosity coefficient of dilute solutions of sodium chloride
at different concentrations
11. To determine the degree of ionization of sodium chloride at different concentrations
of its aqueous solutions from the depression of freezing point temperatures
12. Determine the partial molar volume of methanol in dilute aqueous solutions.
13. Determine the partial molar volume of ethanol in dilute aqueous solutions.
14. Determination of molecular weight of non-volatile and nonelectrolyte/electrolyte by
cryoscopic method and to determine the activity coefficient of an electrolyte.
15. Determination of heat of neutralization of strong acid by strong base by using a
calorimeter.
16. Determination of heat of neutralization of weak acid by strong base by using a
calorimeter.
17. Determination of heat of solution of a salt base by using a calorimeter.
SUGGESTED BOOKS
1. Practical Physical chemistry – A.J. Findlay.

2. Experimental Physical Chemistry – F. Daniels et al.
3. Selected Experiments in Physical Chemistry – Latham.
4. Experiments in Physical Chemistry – James and Prichard.
5. Experiments in Physical Chemistry – Shoemaker.
6. Advanced Physico – Chemical experiments – J. Rose.
7. Practical Physical Chemistry. - S.R. Palit.
8. Experiments in Physical Chemistry – Yadav, Geol Publishing House.
9. Experiments in Physical Chemistry – Palmer.
10. Experiments in Chemistry – D.V. Jahagirdar, Himalaya Publishing House,
Bombay, (1994)
11. Experimental physical chemistry, R. C. Das and B. Behera, Tata McGraw-
Hill Publishing Company Limited, 1983.
12. Experimental Physical Chemistry, V. D. Athawale and Parul Mathur, New
Age International (p) Limited, Publishers, New Delhi, 2001.
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SPP- 1.8 (1.4.A)
Practical Organic Chemistry
(64 h)
Emphasis has to be given in designing the procedure based and the literature available,
setting up of experiment, purification and characterization of the final product based on
physical data, mechanism involved in the reaction, calculation of theoretical yield,
practical yield and percentage yield.
Multi Step Organic Synthesis
1. Preparation of Ethyl resorcinol from Resorcinol,

2. Preparation of 3-Bromo-4-methyl benzaldehyde from p-Toludine,
3. Preparation of ε-Caprolactam from cyclohexanone,
4. Preparation of p-Amionobenzoic acid from p-Nitrotoludine,
5. Preparation of s-Tribromobenzene from aniline,
6. Preparation of o-hydroxy acetophenone from phenol,
7. Preparation of Benzanilide from Benzophenone,
8. Preparation of Benzylic acid from Benzoin,
9. Preparation of Benzopinacolone from Benzophenone,
10. Preparation of p-Chlorotoluine from p-Toludine,
11. Preparation of 2,5-Dihydroxy acetophenone from Hydroquinone.
SUGGESTED BOOKS
1. An introduction to practical organic chemistry- Robert, Vingrove etc

2. Semimicro qualitative analysis by Cheronis, Entrikin and Hodnet.
3. R. K. Bansal. Laboratory Manual of Organic Chemistry, New PAG International (P)
Ltd. London, 3rd edition, 1966
4. N. K. Visno, Practical Organic chemistry, New PAGE International (P) (P) Ltd.
London, 3rd edition, 1966
5. Quantitative Analysis By A I Vogel
6. Practical organic Chemistry, Mann and Saunders
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SPP- 1.8 (1.4.B)
Practical Separation Methods and Spectroscopy
(64 h)
Identification and separation of organic compounds by using TLC, paper chromatography

and column chromatography
Theoretical Identification of organic molecules by using UV, IR, 1H & 13C NMR Spectral
Data
SUGGESTED BOOKS
1. Fundamental of Analytical Chemistry, D.A. Skoog, D.M West, Holler and Crouch
2. Analytical Chemistry, G.D Christian, 5th edition, 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Inc,
India.
3. Quantitative Analysis, R.A Day and A.L. Underwood, 6th edition, 1993prentice
4. Vogel's Text book of Quantitative Chemical Analysis, J. Mendham, R.C Denney, J.D
Barnes and M.J.K. Thomas, 6th edition, Third Indian Reprint.2003 Pearson education
Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi.
5. Analytical Chemistry Principals, John H. Kennedy, 2nd edition, Saunders College
Publishing California, 1990.
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CPT –2.1
Group Theory & Coordination Chemistry
UNIT – I (16 h)
Symmetry and Group theory: Symmetry elements and symmetry operations, point
groups. Definition of groups, subgroups, cyclic groups, conjugate relationships, classes,
simple theorems in group theory. Schöenflies notations, representations of groups by
matrices, reducible and irreducible representations, characters of representations, Great
Orthogonality Theorem (without proof) and its applications, properties of IRs, character
tables for Cs, Ci, C2, C2V, C2h, D3h and C3Vc groups (to be worked out explicitly). Mulliken
symbols for irreducible representations
Applications of group theory: Symmetry and dipole moments, symmetry and optical
activity.
UNIT – II (16 h)
Preparation of coordination compounds: Introduction, preparative methods- simple

addition reactions, substitution reactions, oxidation-reduction reactions, thermal
dissociation reactions, reactions of coordinated ligands, trans effect, theories of trans-
effect, application of trans-effect in the synthesis of complexes. Other methods. Geometries
of metal complexes of higher coordination numbers (2-12).
Stability of coordination compounds: Introduction, trends in stepwise stability constants,
factors influencing the stability of metal complexes with reference to the nature of metal
ion and ligands, the Irving-William series, chelate effect. Determination of stability
constants: Theoretical aspects of determination of stability constants of metal complexes
by spectrophotometric, pH metric and polarographic methods.
Crystal field theory: Salient features of CFT, d-orbital splitting in octahedral, tetrahedral,
square planar and tetragonal complexes, Jahn-Teller distortions, measurement of 10 Dq
and factors affecting it. Experimental evidences for covalence and adjusted CFT.
UNIT – III (16 h)
Molecular Orbital Theory: MOT applied to octahedral, tetrahedral and square planar
complexes with sigma bonding ligands. MOT applied to octahedral complexes with pi-
bonding ligands of both pi-acceptor and pi-donor type. M.O. energy level diagrams of
complexes of above geometries. Jahn-Teller effect.
Electronic absorption spectra of transition metal complexes: Introduction, selection
rules, electronic–dipole transitions, magnetic-dipole transitions, Effects of spin-orbit
coupling; Term symbols for dn ions. Orgel and Tanabe-Sugano Energy level correlation
diagrams. Charge-transfer (CT) transitions.
Magnetic properties of transition metal complexes: Introduction, magnetic susceptibility
and its measurements, spin cross over systems, ferromagnetism and antiferromagnetism.
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UNIT – IV (16 h)
Electron Spin Resonance Spectroscopy: Basic principles- intensity-width-position and

multiple structure. General rules for the interpretation of the spectra. Zero field splitting
and Kramer’s degeneracy rule. Factors affecting the magnitude of ‘g’ value. Double
resonance-ENDOR and ELDOR. Applications-study of free radicals-structure
determination- biological study-coordination compound and analytical applications.
Mossbauer spectroscopy: Theoretical basis. Interpretation of Mossbauer spectra- isomer
shift- Quadrupole splitting and magnetic hyperfine structure, time and temperature effects.
Instrumentation. Applications-structure deducetion-I2Br2Cl4, Fe3(CO)12
NQR Spectroscopy: Energies of the Quadrupole transitions, effect of magnetic field on
the spectra, relationship between electric field gradient and molecular structure.
Applications- interpretation of e2Qq data. Structural information from NQR spectra.
SUGGESTED BOOKS
1. Symmetry in Chemistry – H. Jaffe and M. Orchin, John Wiles, New York (1965).
2. Symmetry in Molecules- J.M.Hollas, Chapman and Hall Ltd., London (1972).
3. Chemical Applications of Group Theory- F.A. Cotton, Wiley Eastern Ltd., 2nd
edition, New Delhi (1971).
4. Group theory and Symmetry in Chemistry- G. Raj, A. Bhagi and V. Jain, Krishna
Prakashan Media (P) Ltd., Meerut (1998).
5. The Determination of Molecular Structure – P.J. Wheatley, Oxford University Press,
Oxford (1969).
6. Advanced inorganic chemistry, (5th edition)- F.A. Cotton and G. Wilkinson: John
Wiley and sons 1988.
7. Inorganic chemistry (3rd edition)-J.E. Huheey: Harper and Row, N.Y. 1983
8. Modern aspects of Inorganic chemistry (4th edition)-H.J., Emeleus and A.G. Sharpe:
UBS 1989.
9. Coordination chemistry-S.F.A. Kettle, (1969)-Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd.,
London.
10. Physical Inorganic Chemistry-A Coordination Chemistry Approach- S.F.A. Kettle,
Spektrum, Oxford, 1996.
11. Symmetry and spectroscopy of molecules, K. Veera Reddy, New-Age International,
2009.
12. Group theory and its chemical applications, P. K. Bhattacharya, Himalaya Publishers,
Students Edition.
13. Spectroscopy by B P Stranghan and S Walker, John Wiley and Sons, Inc., New York,
Vol. I and 2 , 1976
14. Organic spectroscopy by Willaa Kemp, ELBS Society, MacMillan, 1987.
15. Application of absorption spectroscopy of organic compounds by JohnR. Dyer,
Prentice-Hall of India Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi.1974.
16. Organic spectroscopy by V.R. Dhani, Tata McGrow-Hill Publishing company Ltd.,
New Delhi, 1995.
17. Spectometric identification of organic compounds, 4th edition, Robert M, Silverstein,
G. Clayton Bassler and Terence C. Morrill, John Wiley and Sons Inc., New York,
Vol.1, 1981.
18. Analytical Chemistry Principles, John H. Kennedy, 2nd edition, Saunders College
Publishing, California, 1990.
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19. Instrumental method of analysis, Hobart H, Willard, Lynne L, Merritt, Jr., John A.
dean and franmk A Settle, Jr., 6th edition, CBS Publishers and Distributors, Delhi,
1986.
20. Physical methods for chemists by R.S. Drago, Sunders College publishing, New York.
21. Quantitative Analysis, R. A Day and A./L Underwqood, 6th edition, prentice Hall,
Inc., 1999.
22. Principles of instrumental Analysis, D.A.Skoog, F.J Holler and T.A. Nieman, 5th
edition, Thomson Asis Pvt. Ltd. Singapore, 1998.
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CPT – 2.2
Reaction Mechanism, Photochemistry and Spectroscopy

UNIT – I (16 h)
Oxidation: Oxidation with chromium and manganese reagents (CrO3, K2Cr2O7, PCC,
PDC, Sarret reagent, MnO2, KMnO4) ozone, peroxides and peracids, periodic acid, OsO4,
SeO2, NBS, Oppenauer oxidation, Dess-Martin reagent.
Reduction: Catalytic hydrogenation (homogeneous and heterogeneous) – Metals catalysts
and reduction of functional groups, catalytic hydrogen transfer reactions. Wilkinson
catalyst, LiAlH4, NaBH4, Dissolving metal reductions (Birch reduction). Leukart reaction
(reductive amination), diborane as reducing agent, Meerwein-Ponndorf-Verley reduction,
Wolff-Kishner reduction, Clemensen reduction.
Special reducing agents: LiBH4, DIBAL-H, Sodium cyanoborohydride, NaBH4-CeCl3.
Lindlar’s catalyst, Rosenmund reduction
UNIT – II (16 h)
Reagents and reactions in organic synthesis: Use of following reagents in organic

synthesis and functional group transformations: Lithium diisopropylamide (LDA),
Gilmann reagent, dicyclohexyl carbodimide (DCC), dichlorodicyanoquinone (DDQ),
Silane reagentstrialkylsilyl halides, trimethylsilyl cyanide, trimethyl silane, phase transfer
catalyst, crown ethers, cyclodextrins, Ziegler-Natta catalyst, diazomethane, Woodward
and Prevost hydroxylation, Stark enamine reaction, phosphorous ylides - Wittig and
related reactions, sulphur ylides – reactions with aldehydes and ketones, 1,3-dithiane
anions - Umpolung reaction, Peterson reaction. Palladium reagents: Suzuki coupling,
Heck reaction, Negishi reaction
UNIT – III (16 h)
Photochemistry and concerted reactions: Introduction, light absorption and electronic

transitions, Jablonski diagram, intersystem crossing, energy transfer, sensitizers,
quenchers
Photochemistry of olefins, conjugated dienes, aromatic compounds, ketones, enones,
photooxidations, photoreductions Norrish type I and II reactions, Paterno-Buchi reaction,
Barton reaction, Di-pi-methane rearrangements
Pericyclic reactions: Electrocyclic reactions: Stereochemistry, Symmetry and
Woodward-Hofmann rules for electro cyclic reactions, FMO theory of electrocyclic
reactions, correlation diagram for cyclobutadine and cyclohexadiene systems.
Cycloaddition reactions: [2+2] [3+2] and [4+2] cycloadditions, analysis by FMO and
correlation diagram method. Sigmatropic reactions: Classification, stereochemistry and
mechanisms.
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UNIT – IV (16 h)
NMR spectroscopy-II
13
C NMR: Resolution and multiplicity of 13C NMR, 1H-decoupling, noise decoupling,
broad band decoupling; Deuterium, fluorine and phosphorus coupling; NOE signal
enhancement, off-resonance, proton decoupling, Structural applications of CMR. DEPT;
Introduction to 2D-NMR: COSY, NOESY, DEPT, INPET, APT, INADEQUATE.
Solid state NMR spectroscopy: First order and non first order spectra e.g., AX, AX2,
AX3, A2X3, AMX and AB, ABC. Simplification of complex spectra: increased field
strength, deuterium exchange, Lanthanide shift reagents and double resonance techniques.
Discrimination of enantiomers by use of chiral NMR solvents (CSAs), chiral lanthanide
shift reagents and Mosher’s acid. Nuclear Overhauser enhancement (NOE)
Introduction to solid state NMR: Magic angle spinning (MAS).Applications of solid state
NMR.
Mass spectrometry
Origin of mass spectrum, principles of EI mass spectrometer. Types of fragments: odd
electron and even electron containing neutral and charged species (even electron rule),
Nitrogen rule, isotopic peaks, determination of molecular formula, metastable ion peaks.
High resolution mass spectrometry. Salient features of fragmentation pattern of organic
compounds including β-cleavage, Mclafferty rearrangement, retro Diels – Alder
fragmentation and ortho effect. Principle of EI, CI, Fast Atom Bombardment (FAB),
Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry (SIMS), Electrospray (ESI) ionization and Matrix
Assisted Laser Desorption Ionization (MALDI) methods.
SUGGESTED BOOKS
1. H. Pine, Hendickson, Cram and Hammond, Organic Chemistry, Mac Grow Hill,
New York, 1987.
2. Organic Chemistry-Morrison & Boyd
3. I. Finar, Organic Chemistry, ELBS Longmann, Vol I &II, 1984.
4. J. March, Advanced Organic Chemistry, Willey Interscience, 1994.
5. E.S. Gould, Mechanism and Structure in Organic Chemistry, Halt, Rinhart
&Winston, Nee York, 1964.
6. F. A. Carey and Sundberg, Advanced Organic Chemistry-Part A and B, 3rd edition,
7. Comprehensive Organic Synthesis- B. M. Trost and I. Fleming series, Pergamon
Press, New York, 1991.
8. A Guide book to mechanism in Organic Chemistry- Peterskye
9. S. K. Ghosh, Advanced General Organic Chemistry, Book and Alleied (P) Ltd.,
1998.
10. Photochemistry-Calvert & Pitts, Willey, New York, (1966).
11. Advances in Photochemistry- Rahatgi Mukherjee.
12. Principles and applications of Photochemistry – RP Wayne, Elsevier, New York,
(1970).
13. Photochemistry, Paul Suppan, RSC, London, (1944).
14. Dupey and Chapmann Molecular reactions and Photochemistry, Prenctic Hall-
International, Tokyo, 1972.
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15. J. Michael Hollas , Fourth Edition, Modern Spectroscopy, Wiley, 2004.
16. J. E. Sansonetti and W. C. Martin, Handbook of Basic Atomic Spectroscopic Data,
2007.
17. Martin Kaupp, Michael Bhl, Vladimir G. Malkin, Calculation of NMR and EPR
Parameters-Theory and Applications, 2004.
18. Pavia, Lampman, Kriz. Introduction to Spectroscopy. 2001.
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SPT 2.3 A
Statistical Mechanics, Electrochemistry and Advanced Quantum Chemistry
UNIT – I (16 h)
Statistical mechanics: Introduction, thermodynamic probability, relation between

entropy and thermodynamic probability, principle of equipartition of energy, Maxwell-
Boltzmann distribution equation, partition function and its significance. Derivation of
translational, rotational, vibrational and electronic partition functions for a molecule.
Evaluation of internal energy, enthalpy, Helmholtz and Gibbs free energies, equilibrium
constant, partition functions of atoms and diatomic molecules. Evaluation of molecular
entropies, entropy of monatomic gas (Sackur-Tetrode equation).
Distribution equations – Bose-Einstein and Fermi-Dirac distribution equations.
Heat capacity of solids: Einstein and Debye heat capacity equations, Debye-characteristic
temperature and its significance.
UNIT – II (16 h)
Poisson–Boltzmann equation; ion–cloud and chemical potential change; Electrical

double layer and its thermodynamics.
Electrical double layer: A brief survey of Helmholtz - Perrin, Gouy - Champman and
Stern electrical double layer, EMF cells Liquid Junction Potential and its determination.
Debye-Huckel theory of strong electrolytes, Debye Huckel – Onsager equation, Debye -
Huckel limiting equation for activity coefficients, modifications and verifications.
Diffusion - Fick‘s law of diffusion - Effect of ionic association on conductance-electro
kinetic phenomena - membrane potential.
Electrodics: The basic electrodic equation: Butler–Volmer equation; overpotential;
polarizable and nonpolarizable interfaces.
UNIT – III (16 h)
Electrochemical power sources - theoretical background on the basis of thermodynamic

and kinetic considerations.
Primary cells - various types, especially magnesium and aluminium based cells -
magnesium reserve batteries.
Properties of Electrochemical energy storers: Measure of battery performance,
Charging and discharging of a battery, Storage Density, Energy Density. Classical
Batteries : (i) Lead Acid (ii) Nickel-Cadmium, (iii) Zinc manganese dioxide. Modern
Batteries : (i) Zinc-Air (ii) Nickel-Metal Hydride, (iii) Lithium Battery.
Fuel cells - classification - chemistry of fuel cells - detailed description of hydrogen/oxygen
fuel cells, alkaline fuel cell, Phosphoric and fuel cell, methanol - molten carbonate solid
polymer electrolyte and applications of fuel cells
Solar energy conversion devices - photovoltaic cells - photoelectrochemical cells -
semiconductor electrolyte junctions, photocatalytic modes for fuel conversion process -
photobiochemical options.
Corrosion and prevention: Thermodynamics and the stability of metals, Potential -pH (or
Pourbaix) Diagrams; uses and abuses, Corrosion current and corrosion potential - Evans
diagrams. Measurement of corrosion rate: i) Weight Loss method, (ii) Electrochemical
Method. Inhibiting Corrosion: Cathodic and Anodic Protection. (i) Inhibition by addition
of substrates to the electrolyte environment, (ii) by charging the corroding method from
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external source, anodic Protection, Organic inhibitors, Passivation :Structure of
Passivation films, Mechanism of Passivation.
UNIT – IV (16 h)
Advanced Quantum Chemistry

Approximate methods – Necessity of approximate methods, Perturbation method: first
order and second order corrections for wave functions and energies, application to He –
atom (first order correction only) – calculation of first ionization potential and binding
energy. Variation theorem-statement and proof. Application of variation theorem to a
particle in one dimensional box, H and He – atoms.
Chemical Bonding in diatomics: Covalent bond-Valence bond and molecular orbital
approaches with comparison. Secular equations and secular determinants. Molecular
orbital theory applied to homonuclear and heteronuclear diatomic molecules.
Introduction to Huckel molecular orbital theory of conjugated systems and its
applications.
SUGGESTED BOOKS
1. Statistical thermodynamics by B.C. Meclelland, Chapman and Hall, London (1973).

2. Elementary Statistical thermodynamics by N. D. Smith, plenum Press, NY (1982).
3. Elements of classical and statistical thermodynamics by L.K Nash, Addison-Westley
(1970).
4. Statistical thermodynamics by I. M. Klotz.
5. Introduction to Statistical thermodynamics by M. Dole, Prentice-Hull, (1962).
Elements of Physical Chemistry – Lewis and Glass tone.
6. Physical Chemistry by P.W. Atkins, ELBS,4th Edition, Oxford University Press
(1990).
7. Introduction to electrochemistry by S. Glasstone.
8. Modern Electrochemistry Vol I and II by J.O.M. Bockr's and A.K.N. Reddy,
Plenum Press, New York (1970).
9. Chemical and Electrochemical energy systems – R.NarayanandB. Vishwanathan,
Universities Press (India) (1998).
10. Electrochemistry – Principles and applications by E.G. Potter.
11. Electrochemistry by Reiger, Prince Hall (1987).
12. C. A. Vincent Modern Batteries, Edward Arnold, 1984.
13. R. Narayanan and B. Viswanathan, Chemical and Electrochemical energy systems,
Orient Longmans, 1997.
14. A. S. J. Appleby and F. K. Foulkes, Fuel cell Hand Book, Von Nostrand Reinhold,
1989.
15. D. Linden, Hand book of batteries and Fuel cells, McGraw Hill Book Company,
1984.
16. T. Ohta, Solar Hydrogen energy systems, Pergamon Press, 1979.
17. M. Gratzel, Energy Resources through photochemistry and catalysis, Academic
Press, 1983.
18. T. Ohta, Energy Technology, Sources, Systems and Frontiers conversions,
Pergamon, 1994.
19. Fundamentals of molecular spectroscopy by C.N Banwell and E.M. Mc Cash-4th
edition, Tata Mc. Graw Hill, New Delhi, 1998.
20. Introduction to molecular spectroscopy by G. M. Barrow, Mc Graw Hill, New York
(International student edition) (1972).
21. Theoretical chemistry by S. Glasstone, affiliated East-West press Pvt. Ltd., New
Delhi, (1973).
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22. Spectroscopy Vol I and II by B. P. Straughan and S. Walker, John wiley and sons
Inc, New York. (1976).
23. Vibrational spectroscopy, Theory and Applications, by D. N. Sathyanarayana, New
Age International Publications, new Delhi, (1996).
24. Instrumental methods of analysis by H.H Willard, L.L. Merritt and J.A Dean, 7th
edition, (1988).
25. Physical methods inorganic chemistry by R.S Drago, Affliated East-West Press Pvt.
Ltd. (student edition) (1978).
26. Principles of instrumental Analysis by D A. Skoog, F J. Holler and T.A. Nieman.
Fifth edition, Saunders college Publishing, Philadelphia.
27. Spectroscopy of organic compounds, P. S. Kalsi, new age international publishers,
new Delhi.
28. Quantum Chemistry - A. K. Chandra, Second Edition, Tata McGraw Hill Publishing
Co. Ltd., (1983).
29. Quantum Chemistry – Eyring, Walter and Kimball, John Wiley and Sons, Inc., New
York.
30. Quantum Chemistry – I.N. Levine, Pearson Education, New Delhi, (2000).
31. Theoretical Chemistry – S. Glasstone, East West Press,New Delhi,(1973).
32. Quantum Chemistry- R.J.Prasad, New Age International Publishers (1996).
33. Valence Theory – Tedder, Murel and Kettle.
34. Quantum Chemistry- D.A. McQuarrie.
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SPT 2.3.B
Surface, Nuclear Chemistry and Non-Equilibrium Thermodynamics
UNIT – I (16 h)
Macromolecules: Number and average molecular mass, molecular mass determination:
Osmometry, Viscometry, sedimentation, diffusion and light scattering method.
Chemical adsorption, application of adsorption, factors affecting adsorption, Langmuir
theory, BET theory, heat and entropy of adsorption. Surface film on liquids; Electro-
kinetic phenomena. types of adsorption isotherm. micelle formation, mass action model
and phase separation model, shape and structure of micelles, CMC, factors affecting CMC
effect of added electrolyte on the surface excess of ionic surfactants.
Modern techniques for investigating surfaces-Low energy electron diffraction(LEED),
PES, Scanning tunneling and atomic force microscopy (STM and AFM).
UNIT – II (16 h)
Electrode Interfaces: Quantum aspects of charge transfer at electrode-solution interfaces,

quantization of charge transfer, tunneling. Semiconductor interfaces: Theory of double
layer at semiconductor, electrolyte solution interfaces, structure of double layer interfaces,
effect of light at semiconductor solution interface.
Electro catalysis: Comparison of electro catalytic activity, importance of oxygen
reduction and hydrogen evolution reactions, and their mechanism,
Bio-electrochemistry: Threshold membrane phenomena, Nernst Plank equation, Hodges
Huxley equations, core conductor models, electrocardiography.
UNIT – III (16 h)
Nuclear Chemistry: Radioactive decay and equilibrium, Nuclear reactions; Q-value, cross
sections, types of reactions, chemical effects of nuclear transformations, fission and fusion,
fission products and fission yields. Radioactive techniques, tracer technique, neutron
activation analysis, counting techniques such as G.M. ionization and proportional
counter.
UNIT – IV (16 h)
Non-equilibrium thermodynamics: Phenomenological laws and Onsager‘s reciprocal

relations, Linear phenomenological relations, Conjuagate flows, Entropy production,
Specific examples of entropy production, Interanal energy, Prigogine‘s principles of
minimum entropy production, Entropy production in coupled phenomena, Seebeck effect,
Peltier effect, Second Kelvin relation, First Kelvin relation.
SUGGESTED BOOKS
1. Y. Moroi, Micelles : Theoretical and Applied Aspects, Plenum Press, New

York (1992).
2. E.M. Mc Cash, Surface Chemistry, Oxford University Press, Oxford (2001).
3. P.A. Eglestaff,‖ An Introduction to Liquid State‖ Academic Press.
4. J.A.Pryde,‖The Liquid State‖
5. A.F.M.Barton, ―The Dynamics of Liquid State‖, Longman.
6. Introduction to Radiation Chemistry: J. W. T. Spinks and R. J. Woods
7. Radiochemistry: A. N. Nesmeyanov (Mir Publications)
8. G. Hughes- Radiation Chemistry- Oxford University Press, London
9. A. D. Baker and C. R. Brundle, Eds, Electron Spectroscopy, Vol. 1 - 4 Academic
Press, 1978.
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10. H. Ibach, Electron Energy Loss Spectroscopy, Springer Verlag, 1992.
11. D. Briggs and M. P. Seah, Editors, Practical Surface Analysis, 2nd ed. vols 1 & 2,
Auger and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, John Wiley & Sons, 1990.
12. Principles of Physical Chemistry, Puri, Sharma and Pathania, S-C Chand and
Co, New Delhi
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OET-2.4
Fundamentals of Chemical Analysis & Chromatography
UNIT – I (16 h)
Statistical Treatment of Analytical Data and Sampling: Limitations of analytical

methods. Classification of errors – systematic errors – sources, effects and their reduction.
Random errors – sources and distribution. Accuracy and precision. Measures of central
tendency and variability. Reliability of results – confidence interval.
Comparison of results – Student's t-test, comparing the two means and standard
deviations-F test, t-test and paired t-test. Rejection of a result – Q-test. Number of replicate
determinations. Control charts. Correlation and regression- correlation coefficient, linear
regression, errors in slope and intercept, error in the estimate of concentration. Detection
limits.
Sampling and sample handling – representative sample, sample storage, sample
pretreatment and sample preparation. Hazards in sampling.
Quality in analytical laboratories – quality control and quality assurance, accreditation
system
UNIT – II (16 h)
Acid base titrations: Principles of titrimetric analysis, titration curves for strong acid-
strong base, weak acid-strong base and weak base-strong acid titrations, poly protic acids,
poly equivalent bases, determining the equivalence point – theory of acid base indicators,
colour change range of indicator, selection of proper indicator.
Applications of acid-base titrations: Determination of nitrogen, sulphur, ammonium
salts, nitrates and nitrites, carbonates and bicarbonates, and organic functional groups like
carboxylic acid, sulphonic acid, amine, ester, hydroxyl, carbonyl groups, air pollutants
like SO2.
Acid-base titrations in non-aqueous solvents: Role of solvent in Acid-base titrations,
solvent systems, differentiating ability of a solvent, some selected solvents, titrants and
standards, titration curves, effect of water, determining the equivalence point, typical
applications-determination of carboxylic acids, phenols and amines.
UNIT – III (16 h)
Precipitation titrations: Titration curves, feasibility of precipitation titrations, factors

affecting shape – titrant and analyte concentration, completeness of the reaction, titrants
and standards, indicators for precipitation titrations involving silver nitrate the Volhard,
the Mohr and Fajan's methods, typical applications.
Complexometric titrations: Complex formation reactions, stability of complexes,
stepwise formation constants, chelating agents, EDTA – acidic properties, complexes with
metal ions, equilibrium calculations involving EDTA, conditional formation constants,
derivation of EDTA titration curves –effect of other complexing agents,
factors affecting the shape of titration curves- completeness of reaction, indicators for
EDTA titrations- theory of common indicators.
UNIT – IV (16 h)
Solvent extraction: definition, types, principle and efficiency of extraction, sequence of

extraction process, factor affecting extraction-pH, oxidation state, modifiers, synergistic,
masking and salting out agent, techniques- batch and continuous extraction, application.
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Fundamentals of chromatography: general description, definition, terms and parameter
used in chromatography, classification of chromatographic methods, criteria for selection
of stationary phase, and mobile phase, nature of adsorbents, factor influencing the
adsorbent, nature and type of mobile phases and stationary phases.
Theories- plate theory, rate theory, brad broadening-eddy diffusion, longitudinal diffusion
and resistance to mass transfer, column efficiency-plate theory and rate theory
approach, Van Deemter’s equation, and its modern version, optimization column
performance, interrelationships- capacity factor, selectivity factor, column resolution,
distribution constant and applications of conventional column chromatography,
advantages and limitations.
SUGGESTED BOOKS
1. Fundamental of Analytical Chemistry, D.A. Skoog, D.M West, Holler and Crouch
2. Analytical Chemistry, G.D Christian, 5th edition, 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Inc,
India.
3. Quantitative Analysis, R.A Day and A.L. Underwood, 6th edition, 1993prentice
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CPP 2.5 (2.1)
Practical Inorganic Chemistry-2
(64 h)
Semimicro qualitative analysis of mixtures containing TWO anions and TWO cations and
ONE of the following less common cations.
W, Mo, Ce, Th, Ti, Zr, V, U and Li.
SUGGESTED BOOKS
1. Vogel‘s Qualitative Inorganic Analysis- Svelha.

2. Macro and semimicro inorganic qualitative analysis – A.I Vogel.
3. Semimicro Qualitative Analysis –F.J. Welcher and R. B. Halin.
4. Semimicro Qualitative Analysis – Ramanujam.
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CPP-2.6 (2.2)
Practical Organic Chemistry – 2
PART-I (64 h)
Qualitative analysis: Separation of binary mixtures, identification of functional group

and preparation of suitable derivatives (10 DIFFERENT MIXTURES).
PART-II
Spectroscopic interpretations of organic molecules using UV, IR, 1H-NMR, 13C NMR
and mass spectral analysis.
SUGGESTED BOOKS
1) A text book of practical organic chemistry – AI Vogel Vol I

2) Practical organic chemistry –Mann &Saunders
3) Manual of organic chemistry – Dey and Seetharaman
4) An introduction to practical organic chemistry – Robert, Vingrove etc.
5) Semimicro qualitative organic analysis by Cheronis, Entrikin and holdnet
6) J.N. Guthru & R. Kapoor, Advanced experimental chemistry, S. Chand Company,
new Delhi, 1991.
7) N. K. Visno, Practical organic chemistry, New PGE International (P) Ltd. London,
3rd edition, 1996.
8) Organic spectroscopy by- W Kemp
9) Spectroscopy of Organic Compounds - Silverstein
10) Spectroscopy of Organic Compounds – P S Kalsi
11) Introduction to Spectroscopy by Pavia
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SPP 2.7.A (2.3.A)
Practical Physical Chemistry
(64 h)
1) Determination of the equivalent conductance of a weak acid at different

concentrations and verification of Ostwald‘s dilution law.
2) Determination of equivalent conductance of a strong electrolyte at different
concentrations and examine the validity of the Onsager’s theory as limiting law at high
dilutions.
3) Determination of the activity co-efficient of zinc ions in the solution of 0.002 M Zinc
sulphate using Debye-Huckel limiting law.
4) Determination of the solubility product of silver bromate and calculate its solubility
in water and in 0.01 M KBrO3 using Debye-Huckel limiting law.
5) Conductometric titrations of a mixture of HCl, CH3COOH and CuSO4 and NaOH.
6) Determination of the dissociation constant of an acid at different dilution by
conductance measurements.
7) Determination of the solubility of the lead iodide in water , 0.04 M KI and 0.04 M
Pb(NO3)2 at 298 K
8) Determine the solubility and solubility product of silver benzoate in water at different
temperatures.
9) Compare the relative strength of acetic acid and mono chloroacetic acid by
conductance method.
10) Determine the electrode potentials of Zn and Ag electrodes in 0.1M and 0.001M
solutions at 298 K and fine the standard potentials for these electrodes and test the
validity of Nernst equation.
11) Determine the transport number of cadmium ions and sulphate ions by measuring
emf of concentration cells with and without transference.
12) Determine the activity co-efficient of an electrolyte at different molalities by EMF
measurements.
13) Determine the dissociation constant of weak acids by potentiometric method.
14) Determine the dissociation constant of acetic acid in DMSO, DMF and acetone by
titrating it with KOH.
15) Determination of redox potential and estimation of Fe2+ ions by potentiometric
method.
16) Potentiometric titration of a mixture of halides (KCl+ KI and KCl+ KBr+ KI)
against AgNO3
17) Potentiometric titration of KI Vs KMnO4 solution.
18) Conductometry – to determine the degree of hydrolysis and hydrolysis constant of
aniline hydrochloride.
19) Infrared spectral data analysis of inorganic and organic compounds
SUGGESTED BOOKS
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10. Experiments in Chemistry – D.V. Jahagirdar, Himalaya Publishing House, Bombay,
(1994)
11. Experimental physical chemistry, R. C. Das and B. Behera, Tata McGraw-Hill
Publishing Company Limited, 1983.
12. Experimental Physical Chemistry, V. D. Athawale and Parul Mathur, New Age
International (p) Limited, Publishers, New Delhi, 2001.
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SPP 2.7.B (2.3.B)
Practical Physical Chemistry
(64 h)
1. To determine CMC of the given surfactant by surface tension method.

2. Study of variation of surface tension of solution of n-propyl alcohol with
concentration and hence determine the limiting cross section area of alcohol
molecule.
3. Clock reaction- activation energy of bromide-bromate reaction.
4. Investigate the Autocatalytic reaction between potassium permanganate and oxalic
acid.
5. Determination of pKa value of a weak acid by chemical kinetic method
(formate-iodine reaction)
6. Hydrolysis constant by aniline-hydrochloride by potentiometry and conductometry
7. pKa of weak acids by potentiometry and conductometry.
8. Complexation between Hg2+and I- conductometrically.
9. Estimate the concentration of H2SO4, CH3COOH, CuSO4.5H2O in a given
solution by carrying out conductometric titration against NaOH solution.
10. Determine the eq. conductance of strong electrolyte (KCl, NaCl, HCl,KNO3) at
several concentration and hence verify Onsager‘s equation.
11. Carry out the following precipitation titration conductometrically
a. AgNO3 with HCl
b. AgNO3 with KCl
c. MgSO4 with Ba(OH)2
d. BaCl2 with Li2SO4

12. Determination of redox potential of the couples (Fe2+/Fe3+, Co3+/Co2+,
Cr3+/Cr2+, MnO4-/Mn2+ (any two) and equilibrium constant.
25. Study of complex formation by potentiometry e.g. Ag+-S2O32-, Fe3+-SCN-, Ag+-NH3
(any two) and calculation of stability constant.
SUGGESTED BOOKS

10. Experiments in Chemistry – D.V. Jahagirdar, Himalaya Publishing House,
Bombay, (1994)
11. Experimental physical chemistry, R. C. Das and B. Behera, Tata McGraw-
Hill Publishing Company Limited, 1983.
12. Experimental Physical Chemistry, V. D. Athawale and Parul Mathur, New
Age International (p) Limited, Publishers, New Delhi, 2001.
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OEP 2.8 (2.4)
Quantitative analysis and Separation Techniques
(64 h)
Acid – base titrations
1. Determination of carbonate and bicarbonate in a mixture by pH-metric titration and

comparison with visual acid- base titration.
2. Determination of total acidity of vinegar and wines by acid – base titration.
3. Determination of aniline by non – aqueous acid – base titrations.
4. Determination of replaceable hydrogen and relative molecular mass of a week
organic acid by titration with NaOH.
5. Determination of total alkalinity of soda ash by visual and pH-metric titrations.
6. Analysis of sulphathiazole tablets by non-aqueous titration with
tetrabutylammonium hydroxide.
7. Determination of saponification value of edible oils.
Precipitation titrations
1. Determination of percentage of chloride in a sample by precipitation titration –

Mohrs, Volhard and Fajans methods.
2. Determination of sulphate in ground water by titration with BaC12 using an
adsorption indicator.
3. Determination of saccharin in tablets by precipitation titration.
Complexometric titrations
1. Determination of total hardness of water by complexation titration using EDTA.

2. Determination of calcium in milk powder by EDTA titration.
3. Determination of calcium in calcium gluconate / calcium carbonate tablets or
injections by EDTA titration.
4. Determination of chloride content of an industrial effluent by conductometric
titration with silver nitrate.
5. Analysis of an industrial effluent for sulphate by conductometric titration with
BaC12.
Separation Techniques
1. Determination of iron as the 8-hydroxyquinolate by solvent extraction method.

2. Determination of total cation concentration of tap water by ion-exchange
chromatography.
3. Anion-exchange chromatographic separation of Zinc and Magnesium followed by
EDTA titration of the metals.
4. Anion-exchange chromatographic separation of chloride and bromide in a
mixture.
5. Determination of magnesium in milk and magnesium tablets by ion-exchange
chromatography.
6. Determination of iron in mustard seeds and phosphorus in peas by
spectrophotometry
7. Separation of metal ions by paper chromatography and their identification
8. Thin-layer chromatographic separation of nitroanilines on fluorescent sheets.
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SUGGESTED BOOKS
1. Fundamental of Analytical Chemistry, D.A. Skoog, D.M West, Holler and Crouch 8th
edition, 2005, Saunders College Publishing, New York.
2. Analytical Chemistry, G.D Christian, 5th edition, 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Inc, India.
3. Quantitative Analysis, R.A Day and A.L. Underwood, 6th edition, 1993prentice Hall,
Inc. New Delhi.
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CPT-3.1
Reactions, Rearrangements and Heterocyclic chemistry
UNIT – I (16 h)
Free Radical Reactions: Types, mechanisms of free radical substitution reactions &
neighboring group assistance. Reactivity for the aliphatic and aromatic substances at a
bridgehead. Reactivity of attacking radical. Effect of solvent on reactivity. Auto-oxidation,
coupling of alkynes.
Reactions of carboxylic acids and their derivatives: Mechanisms, Base catalyzed BAC-2,
AAC-2, AAC-1, AAl-1, BAl-1 and BAl-2. Hydrolysis of Acid Anhydrides and Chlorides,
Formation and Hydrolysis of Amides, Decarboxylation mechanisms and
Transesterification.
Substitution reactions – Kinetics, mechanism and stereochemical factor affecting the rate
of SN1, SN2 , SRNi , SN i , SN 1’, SN 2’, SN 1i and SRN1 reactions, Neighbouring group
participation. Electrophilic substitution reactions – Kinetics, mechanism and
stereochemical factor affecting the rate of SE1 & SE2
UNIT – II (16 h)
Organic Name reactions: Reactions, Mechanisms and synthetic uses of the following:
Stolbe condensation, Darzen condensation, Gattermann-Koch reaction, Cannizzaro
reaction, Chichibabin reaction, Benzoin condensation, Claisen-Schmidt condensation,
Claisen reaction, Simon-Smith reaction, Stork Enamine reactions, Sharpless asymmetric
epoxidation, Hofmann-Loffler-Freytag reaction, Prins reaction, Knoevenagel reaction,
Sandmeyer reaction, Ullmann reaction, Paterno Buchi reaction, Wittig reaction-
Mitsunobu reaction, Robinson annulation, Dickmann cyclisation and Diel‘s- Alder
reactions.
UNIT – III (16 h)
Molecular rearrangements: Classification and general mechanistic treatment of

nucleophilic, electrophilic and free radical rearrangements. Intermolecular and
Intramolecular migration, nature of migration and migratory aptitudes. Mechanism of
Wagner-Meerwein, Dienone-Phenol, Pinacol-Pinacolone, Demaynov, Benzil-Benzilic
acid, Fries, Wolff, Favorskii, Neber, Benzidine, Baeyer-Villiger, Beckmann, Lossen,
Curtius, Schmidt, Stevens, Shapiro, Baker-Venkatraman and Amadori rearrangement.
UNIT – IV (16 h)
Chemistry of Heterocyclic Compounds: Introduction, Classification, nomenclature and

reactivity of Heterocyclic compounds. Five membered simple and fused heterocycles-
synthesis & reactions of derivatives of furan, pyrrole and thiophene. Indole and its
derivatives. Detail study of Fisher and Bischler syntheses.
Preparation of benzofurans (coumarins). Quinolines and Isoquinolines. Skraup synthesis.
Friedlander and Pfintzinger methods for Quinoline derivatives. Preparation of
isoquinolines using Bischler-Napieralski and Pictet methods. Electrophilic and
Nucleophilic substitution reactions.
Mesoionic compounds: Introduction, Classification, types of mesoionic heterocycles.
Synthesis and reactions 1,3-oxazolium-4-olates, 1,3-oxazolium-5-olates.
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SUGGESTED BOOKS
1. Organic Reactions and Their Mechanisms- P.S. Kalsi (New Age, New Delhi),1996.
2. Advanced Organic Chemistry 4th Edn- J. March (Wiley, NY) 2000.
3. Organic Reaction Mechanisms- Bansal (Tata McGraw Hill, New Delhi) 1978.
4. Organic Chemistry-Vol. –I & II-Mukherji, Singh and Kapoor. (Wiley Eastern, New
Delhi) 1985.
5. Mechanism and Theory in Organic Chemoistry-Lowry and Richardson Harper and
Row, 1987.
6. An Introduction to the Chemistry of Heterocyclic Compounds-Acheson (Wiley –
Eastern) 1987.
7. Heterocyclic Chemistry-J. Joule & G. Smith, (Van-Nostrand, ELBS), 1978.
8. Reaction Mechanisms in Organic Chemistry-Mukherji, Singh and Kapoor
(McMillan) 1978.
9. Organic Chemistry-P.Y. Bruice (Pearson Education, New Delhi) 2002.
10. F. A. Carey and Sundberg, Advanced Organic Chemistry-Part A and B, 3rd edition,
11. Comprehensive Organic Synthesis- B. M. Trost and I. Fleming series, Pergamon
Press, New York, 1991.
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CPT 3.2
Chemical Kinetics, Photochemistry and Surface Phenomena
UNIT – I (16 h)
Chemical Kinetics: Different methods for determination of order of reaction.

Experimental determination of activation energy. Theories of chemical kinetics (with a
brief review of Arrhenius and collision theory): Activated complex theory of reaction rate:
Transition state and activated complex, postulates of activated complex theory, classical
thermodynamic treatment, statistical thermodynamic treatment.
Unimolecular reactions: Lindemann‘s and Hinshelwood‘s theory (their success and
limitations).
Kinetics of complex reactions: Detailed kinetic analysis of Parallel, consecutive and
reversible reactions.
Kinetics of reactions in solution-Salt effects, effect of dielectric constant (single sphere
and double sphere model), effects of pressure, volume and entropy change on reaction
rate. Cage effect with an example.
Surface reactions-Unimolecular and biomolecular surface reactions: mechanism,
inhibition and activation energy.
UNIT – II (16 h)
Fast reactions: Study of kinetics by flow techniques, equation for constant time, stopped
flow and continuous flow methods. Relaxation method, equation for relaxation time,
temperature jump and pressure and pressure jump methods, flash photolysis, pulse
radiolysis and shock tube method.
Potential energy surface: Features & construction of them theoretical calculation of
energy of activation.
Chain reactions: Rice-Herzfeld mechanism for the thermal decomposition of
acetaldehyde, kinetics of explosive reactions, explosion limits (H2 and O2 reaction)
Kinetics of autocatalytic and oscillatory chemical reactions.
Catalysis by enzymes - Rate of enzyme catalyzed reactions: Michaelis-Menten Equation-
Michaelis constant and its determination. Effect of substrate concentration, pH and
temperature on enzyme catalyzed reactions - inhibition of enzyme catalyzed reactions.
UNIT – III (16 h)
Photochemistry: Introduction to photochemistry, quantum yield and its determination,

factors affecting quantum yield, experimental technique in photochemistry, Actinometry-
Uranyloxalate and potassium ferrioxalate actinometers, acetone and diethylketone
actinometers.
Term symbols and significance. Photosensitization: by mercury, dissociation of H2,
sensitized isomerization. Photodimerization of anthracene, photochemical kinetics of:
Decomposition of HI, CH3CHO; formation of HCl, HBr and COCl2; Chlorination of
ZnO/TiO2 in the photo degradation of dyes (IC), pesticides (DDT) and in industrial
effluents. Effect of photodegradation on COD value.
Direct spectroscopic identification of primary processes, use of free radical traps in the
determination of primary photodecomposition modes. Photophysical properties:
Fluorescence, characteristics of fluorescence, resonance fluorescence, sensitized
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fluorescence, quenching of fluorescence, phosphorescence, characteristics,
chemiluminescence - theory and applications, photochemistry of vision.
UNIT – IV (16 h)
Surfaces: Adsorption: Factors affecting adsorption, Types of adsorption, Adsorption

isotherms: Assumptions and derivations of Freundlich, Langmuir, Gibbs adsorption
isotherm. BET equation (Postulates and derivation). Determination of surface area of
adsorbents. Temperature dependence of adsorption isotherms.
Dispersed systems: Types of dispersions, Spontaneous self-organization; Surfactants:
structure of surfactants in solution; critical micellation concentration (CMC); temperature
dependence; influence of chain length and salt concentration; surfactant parameter.
Emulsions: macro- and micro-emulsions; aging and stabilization of emulsions; Phase
behaviour of microemulsions. Colloids, vesicles, lipid bilayer membrane: structure and
properties, monolayers, liquid crystals, foams and aerosols.
SUGGESTED BOOKS
1. Chemical Kinetics by K. J Laidler

2. Chemical Kinetics- Moore and Pearson
3. Kinetics and Mechanism of Chemical Transformation by J. Rajaram and J. C.
Kuriacose.
4. Chemical Kinetics – S. K Jain
5. Chemical Kinetics- Benson
6. Elements of Physical Chemistry – Lewis and Glasstone
7. Physical Chemitry by P . W Atkins, ELBS, 4th Edition, Oxford University Press
(1990)
8. Kinetics in Analytical Chemistry- H. B. Mark and G. A Rechnitz. Interscience
Publishers. John Willey and Sons, New York.
9. A.W. Adamson, A.P. Gast, Physical chemistry of surfaces, Wiley, 1997.
10. H.-J. Butt, K. Graf, M. Kappl, Physics and Chemistry of Interfaces, Wiley-VCH,
2006.
11. D.K. Chakrabarty and B. Viswanathan, Heterogeneous Catalysis, New Age, 2008.
12. H. Kuhn, H.-D. Forsterling, D.H. Waldeck, Principles of Physical Chemistry, Wiley,
2009.
13. G.A. Somorjai, Y. Li, Introduction to Surface Chemistry and Catalysis (2n ed.),
2010.
14. Surface area and porosity determination by physisorption measurements and theory,
James B condon, Elsevier Science; 1 edition (October 11, 2006).
15. Physical chemistry of surfaces, Arthur W Adamson, Alice P Gast, 6 th Edition, Wiley
India Pvt. Ltd, 2012.
16. Chemical Physics of Colloid systems and interfaces, Peter A Kralchevsky, Krassimir
D. Danov and Nikolai D Denkov, http://lcpe.uni-sofia.bg/publications/2008/2008-
09-PK-KD-ND-Handbook-Birdi-3rd-Edition.pdf
17. Advances in Photochemistry - Rohatgi Mukherjee.
18. Principles and applications of Photochemistry - R.P. Wayne, Elsevier, New York.,
1970.
19. Dupey and Chapmann, Molecular reactions and photochemistry, Prentice Hall -
International, Tokyo, 1972.
20. N. J. Turro, Modern molecular photochemistry, The Benzamin Cummings
Publishing Co. Ltd. Menlo Park, 1978.
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SPT – 3.3.A
ORGANOMETALLIC CHEMISTRY AND CATALYSIS
UNIT-I (16 h)
Organometallic complexes: Classification of ligands and complexes by bond type (σ and
π). Nomenclature of organometallic complexes. Stability: 16 and 18 electron rules.
Electron counting covalent and ionic models.
Organometallic compounds of main group elements: General trends, Synthesis,
reactions structure and applications in organic synthesis of organo-magnessium, -lithium,
-tin and –aluminium, zinc and mercury compounds.
Metal Carbonyls: Synthesis, structure, chemical bonding, physical evidence related to M-
CO bonding. Preparation of anionic metal carbonyl complexes and substituted metal
carbonyl complexes. Metal alkyls, carbenes and carbines.
UNIT-II (16 h)
Metal Nitrosyl complexes: Methods of preparation of Metal Nitrosyl complexes,

structure and bonding in Metal Nitrosyl complexes.
Cyclopentadienyl Metal Complexes: Preparation and structures of cyclopentadienyl
metal complexes. M.O. diagram for ferrocene. Reactions and aromaticity of ferrocene.
Metal-arene Complexes: Methods of preparation of arene complexes, reactions of metal-
arene complexes, structure and bonding in arene-metal complexes, M.O. diagram for
dibenzene chromium.
Olefin-transition metal complexes: Methods of preparation, structure and bonding in
metal olefin complexes.
Conjugated diolefins and related metal complexes: Preparation, structure and bonding.
UNIT-III (16 h)
Acetylene and acetylene derived metal complexes: Preparation, structure and bonding in
acetylene complexes. Reactions of coordinated acetylene.
Pi-allylic metal complexes: Preparation of complexes containing allylic ligands, structure
and bonding.
Stereochemically Non-rigid molecules: Isolobal analogy, Stereochemical non-rigidity-
Fluxinality, Fluxional Properties and dynamic equilibria of Organometallics with
examples in complexes containing CO, η2 –olefin η3 –allyl and dienyl complexes.
Methods of studying fluxionality -VT NMR and FT-IR. Fluxionality.
Metal-metal bonding: Evidences and factors favouring of M-M bonding, synthesis,
bonding, structure of bi, tri, tetra, penta and hexa nuclear metal clusters.
Biological applications and environmental aspects of organometallic compounds:
Introduction, organometallics in medicine, agriculture, horticulture and environmental
aspects.
UNIT-IV (16 h)
Catalysis – Basic principles, Reactions of organometallic complexes (Oxidative addition,

reductive elimination, migratory insertion and deinsertion reactions), Industrial
requirements of catalysts.
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Homogeneous catalysis: Alkene Hydrogenation; Asymmetric hydrogenation-L-DOPA
synthesis; Hydrosilation-Chalk-Harrod mechanism; Hydrocyanation-synthesis of buta-
1,3-diene; Hydroformylation or Oxo process-Cobalt and Rh catalysts; Wacker process-
acetaldehyde from ethylene; Monsanto and Cativa process-acetic acid from methanol;
Tennessee Eastmann process-Acetic anhydride from methyl acetate; C-C coupling
reactions: Heck, Suzuki and Sonagashira reactions.
Heterogeneous catalysis: Olefin metathesis; Alkene isomerisation; Water-gas shift
reaction; Fischer Tropsch Process-synthesis of gasoline; Polymerisation: Ziegler Natta -
Olefin Polymerization catalysts, syndiotactic, isotactic and atactic polymers; Shell High
Olefin Process (SHOP); Immobilised /Anchored/Supported catalysis- Merits, polymer
and metal oxides as supports; catalytic converters.
SUGGESTED BOOKS
1. Organometallic Chemistry; R. C. Mehrotra and A. Singh; New age international, 2nd

edition, 2000.
2. The organometallic chemistry of transition metals; R. H. Crabtee; John Wiley, 3rd
edition, 2001.
3. Organometallic Chemistry, ch. Elschewbroich and Slazer, VCH, 2nd edition 1992.
4. Organometallics; Vol 1 & 2; M. Bochmann, Oxford Chemistry Primers, Oxford
University Press, 1994. 5. Catalytic chemistry; B. C. Gates; John Wiley and sons,
1992.
5. Applied Organometallic chemistry and catalysis; Robin whyman, Oxford University
Primers, 2001.
6. Basic Organometallic chemistry; B. D. Gupta and A. J. Elias, University Press, 2010.
7. Heterogeneous catalysis; D. K. Chakraborty and B. Viswanathan, New Age
International, 2000.
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SPT – 3.3.B
Industrial and Materials Chemistry
UNIT – I (16 h)
Inorganic rings, cages and polymers: Chemistry and structures of boranes, carboranes and
metalloboranes; applications of silicates and zeolites; synthesis, properties and structures:
isopoly and heteropoly molybdates, phosphates and tungstates; Silicone polymers: silicone
oils, rubber, grease and resin. Crown ethers, composites, thermoelectric materials,
luminescent and phosphor materials.
UNIT – II (16 h)
Liquid Crystalline Materials – Introduction, Chemistry and applications: Thermotropic

& Lyptropic liquid crystals, structure and property relationship, Smectic,nematic
&cholestric liquid crystals, globular and discotic liquid crystals, liquid crystalline
polymers. Applications of liquid crystals in chemistry, electronics, medicine and non
destructive testing.
Molecularly Engineered Structures – Pillared layered compounds, clay materials,
Zeolites, Feldspars, Clathrasils, Zeosils, porosils, micro and meso porous compounds.
UNIT – III (16 h)
Introduction to nanoscale, Basic nanotechnology, basic nanostructures; Nanostructures:

Nanostructures: tubes, fibers, wires, bricks and building blocks, quantum confinements;
Synthesis of Nanomaterials: Physical Methods: Mechanical methods– high energy ball
milling and melt mixing.
Film Deposition Methods: Introduction, fundamentals of film deposition. Evaporation
methods– thermal evaporation, with consolidation, ionized cluster beam deposition, laser
vapourization, pulsed laser deposition. Sputter deposition (dc and rf), magnetron
sputtering, chemical vapour deposition.
Chemical Methods: Growth of nanoparticles, Synthesis of metal nanoparticles by
colloidal route, Microemulsions, sol-gel method, precipitation.
Sol-Gel Processing: Fundamentals of sol-gel process – sol-gel synthetic methods for
oxides – silica, zinc oxide, iron oxide, alumina and other inorganics and nano composites
Biological Methods: Synthesis using microorganisms, plant extracts, use of proteins and
templates like DNA.
UNIT – IV (16 h)
Application of Nanomaterials: Quantum dot IR photo detectors- Quantum dot lasers –

Synthesis of Zinc oxide nanomaterials and its application – Synthesis of group three nitride
nanostructures and their applications.
MEMS, field emission display devices, nanodiodes, nanoswitches, molecular switches,
Super hard nanocomposite coatings and applications in tooling.
Magnetic Storage: magnetic quantum well; magnetic dots - magnetic date storage - high
density quantized magnetic disks - magnetic super lattices – MRAMS Nano based drug
delivery and imaging.
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1. Inorganic Chemistry : Shriver & Atkins (4th edition 2003, Oxford)

2. Concise Inorganic Chemistry, J. D. Lee, Fourth Edn.(Chapman and Hall)
3. Inorganic chemistry: principle of structures and reactivity, Huheey, Keiter, Keiter,
Medhi, Pearson Education, Fourth Edn.(2007).
4. Inorganic Chemistry: Catherine Housecroft
5. Inorganic Chemistry: Messler & Tarr, Pearson Publishers 3rd Edition
6. Nano Science and nanotechnology in engineering, by V. K. Varadhan, A. S. Pillai, D.
Mukharjee,
7. M. Dwivedi and L. Chen, World Scientific Publishing Company, Pvt. Ltd.
8. Nanoscale Science and Technology, Robert W. Kelsall, Ian W. Hamley and Mark
Geoghegan, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., UK, 2005.
9. Introduction to Nanotechnology, Charles P. Poole Jr and Frank J. Owens, Wiley
Interscience, 2003.
10. Bio-Inspired Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology, Edited by Yong Zhou, Nova
Publishers.
11. Nano: The Essentials: Understanding Nanoscience and Nanotecnology, T. Pradeep,
Tata McGraw-Hill Publishing Company Limited, New Delhi, 2008.
12. Nanochemistry: A Chemical Approach to Nanomaterials – Royal Society of
Chemistry, Cambridge, UK (2005).
13. Nanocomposite science and technology, Pulickel M.Ajayan, Linda S.Schadler, Paul
V.Braun, Wiley-VCH Verlag, Weiheim (2003).
14. Encyclopedia of Materials Characterization, C. Richard Brundle, Charles A. Evans
Jr., Shaun Wilson, Butterworth-Heinemann Publishers (1992).
15. Nanocrystals: Synthesis, Properties and Applications, C. N. R. Rao, P. J. Thomas and
G. U. Kulkarni, Springer (2007).
16. Handbook of Microscopy for Nanotechnology, Ed. By Nan Yao and Zhong Lin
Wang, Kluwer Academic Press (2005).
17. Nanochemistry, G. B. Sergeev, Elsevier (2006).
18. T. R. Hsu, MEMS and microsystems design and manufacture, Boston, McGraw Hill,
2002.
19. S. E. Lyshevski, Nano- and microelectromechanical systems, Boca Raton, CRC Press,
2001.
20. R. Waser (ed.), Nanoelectronics and information technology, Aachen, Wiley-VCH,
2003.
21. B. Bhushan, Springer handbook of nanotechnology, Berlin, Springer-Verlag, 2004.
22. J. A. Pelesko and D. H. Bernstein, Modeling MEMS and NEMS, Boca Raton,
Chapman &Hall/CRC, 2003.
23. S. K. Kulkarni, Nanotechnology Principles and Practices, Captial Publishing
Company, Bangalore, 2009.
24. T. Pradeep, Nano - The essentials, Understanding Nanoscience and Nanotechnology,
Tata Mc Graw Hill, 2007.
25. Inclusion Compounds Vol. 4, Ed. by J. L. Atwood, J. E. D. Davies and D.D. McNicol
(Oxford University Press), 1991.
26. Liquid Crystals and plastic Crystals eds. P.A. Winsor and G.W. Gray vol. I & II (John
Wiley & sons).
27. Molecular structure and properties of Liquid crystals, G.M. Gray.
28. Liquid Crystals – S. Chandrasekhar (Cambridge University Press).
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OET-3.4
Environmental Chemistry
UNIT – I (16 h)
Atmospheric chemistry: The structure of the earth‘s atmosphere- chemistry of the lower
and upper atmosphere. The chemistry of air pollution- oxides of nitrogen- hydrogen
sulphide and oxides of sulphur- Aerosols – ozone depletion and consequences- dioxins
burning plastics- other atmospheric chemicals- smog- Greenhouse effect- Global warming,
oxides of carbon.
UNIT – II (16 h)
Water pollution and analysis: Water resources, origin of waste water, types of water
pollutants of their sources and effects, chemical analysis for water pollution control -
objectives of analysis, parameters of analysis, sample collection and preservation.
Environmental and public health significance and measurement of colour, turbidity, total
solids, acidity, alkalinity, hardness chloride, residual chlorine, chlorine demand, sulphate,
fluoride, phosphates and different forms of nitrogen in natural and waste/polluted waters,
heavy metal pollution-public health significance of Pb, Cd, Cr, Hg, As, Cu, Zn, and Mn,
general survey of the instrumental techniques for the analysis of heavy metals in aquatic
systems, organic loadings-significance and measurement of DO, BOD, COD, TOD, and
TOC, phenols, pesticides, surfactants and tannin and lignin as water pollutants and their
determination.
UNIT – III (16 h)
Waste water treatment: Waste water characteristics, effluent standards, terminology in

Waste water treatment. Treatment of domestic waste water - preliminary treatment.
Primary treatment: Sedimentation, equalization, neutralization.
Secondary treatment: Aerated lagoons, trickling filters, activated sludge process,
oxidation ditch, oxidation pond and anaerobic digestion. Sludge treatment and disposal.
Tertiary treatment: Evaporation, ion-exchange, adsorption, electrodialysis, electrolytic
recovery and reverse osmosis.
Advanced waste water treatment: Nutrient removal- nitrogen and phosphorus removal,
solids removal.
Waste water disposal and reuse: Industrial waste water and its treatment.
Soil analysis: Inorganic and organic components of soil, collection and preparation of soil
samples for analysis. Measurement of soil pH and conductivity. Determination of organic
carbon, total nitrogen, available nitrogen, ammonia nitrogen, nitrite nitrogen and nitrate
nitrogen. Available phosphorus and sulphur – their determination. Analysis of soil for
sodium, potassium and calcium and magnesium. Micronutrient elements and their
analysis. Pesticide residues in soil, their separation and determination.
UNIT – IV (16 h)
Radioactive pollution: Radioactive materials, Sources of radioactive pollutants, Effects

of radioactive pollutants on living organism, Case study – Chernobyl disaster
Noise and Thermal Pollution: Noise pollution – source, measurement, effects and
control; Thermal pollution - causes, effects and control.
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SUGGESTED BOOKS
1. Environmental Science (8th Edition) (2010): Daniel D. Chiras, Jones & Bartlett Ltd
2. A textbook of Environment: K. M. Agarwal, P. K. Sikdar & S. C. Deb
3. Environmental Analysis : M. M. Saxena
4. Environmental Chemistry : A. K. De
5. Environmental Chemistry : B.K. Sharma, and H. Kaur
6. Environmental Chemistry : S. E. Manahan
7. Environmental Science : S. C. Santra,
8. Environmental Science (6th ed) (1997): Jr. G. T. Miller, Wadsworth Pub. Co.
9. Environmental Science: D. D. Chiras
10. Forestry – Segreiya : Champion and Seth.
11. Fundamentals of Ecology : E. P. Odum
12. Hydrology – Principles, Analysis and Design: H. M. Raghunath
13. Instrumental Methods of Analysis: Chatwal and Anand.
14. Instrumental Methods of Analysis : G. W. Ewing
15. Introduction to Environmental Engineering and Science: G. M. Masters
16. Introduction to Weather and Cliamte : Trewartha
17. Modern concepts in Ecology : H. D. Kumar
18. Renewable Energy and Environment: N.H. Ravindranath, K. Usha Rao, Bhaskar
1. Natrajan and Pradeep Monga.. CEE, Ahmedabad, 2000.
19. The ISO 14000 Handbook: Joseph Cascio.
20. Wasteland Development – Khan, et al.,
21. Environmental Statistics and Data Analysis: Wayne, R. Ott (1995).CRC Press.
22. Environmental Science – A study of Inter relationships, E. D. Enger, B. E. Smith, 5th
23. A. K. De. Environmental Chemistry (4th edn.), New Age International Limited
(2006).
24. H. H. Willard, L.L. Merritt, J.A. Dean & F. A. Settle. Instrumental Methods of
Analysis (7th edn.), Wadsworth Publishing Company, California (1988).
25. J. Mendham, R. C. Denney, J. D. Barnes and M. Thomas. Vogel‘s Textbook of
Quantitative
26. Chemical Analysis, Peterson Education (2000). Chemistry of environmental
engineering, Chair
27. The pollution hand Book, Richard Mabey, Penguin 1978.Soil Chemical analysis, M.
L. Jackson, Prentice Hall of India pvt. Ltd. New Delhi, 1973.
28. J. W. Moore & E. A. Moore. Environmental Chemistry, Academic Press, London
(1976).
29. I. Pulford & H. Flowers. Environmental Chemistry at a Glance, Blackwell Publishing
(2006).
30. S. E. Manahan. Environmental Chemistry (6th edn.), Lewis Publishers, London
(1994).
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CPP - 3.5 (3.1)
Practical Organic Chemistry – 3
(64 h)
Part-I
Quantitative Analysis:
1. Determination of alcoholic group by acylation.

2. Determination of phenolic by bromination.
3. Determination of amino by acylation.
4. Determination of amino by bromination.
5. Determination of nitro group.
6. Estimation of sugars by Fehling‘s Method
7. Determination of equivalent weight of a carboxylic acid.
8. Estimation of uric acid
9. Estimation of cholesterol.
Part-II
Preparation of the following synthetic compounds

1. Preparation of Benzimidazole from O-pheneylene diamine
2. Preparation of PAS from p-nitrosalicylic acid
3. Preparation of Dichloramine T from toluence p-sulphonamide
4. Preparation of Chloramine T from Dichloramine T
2. Preparation of Fluorescein from Pthalicanhydride
3. Preparation of Eosin from Fluorescin
4. Preparation of Sulphacetamide from sulphanilamide
5. Preparation of Phenothiazine from Diphenylamine
6. Preparation of Cinnamic acid from perkin‘s reaction
7. Preparation of Benzyl alcohol by cannizzaros reaction
8. Preparation of INH from Isonicotinic acid
9. Preparation of Chlorobutanol
10. Preparation of Napthoquinone
11. Preparation of Quinoxaline
12. Preparation of Benzotriazole
13. Preparation of 3-Diphenyl quinolone
14. Preparation of 2,4,5-Triphenyll imidazole from Benzoin
SUGGESTED BOOKS
1. Manual of organic chemistry – Dey and Seetharaman

2. Natural products chemistry by Raphel Ikhan
3. Modern experimental organic chemistry by John H. miller and E. F. Neugil p289.
4. An introduction to practical organic chemistry – Robert, Vingrove etc
5. A text book of practical organic chemistry – A. I. Vogel Vol I
6. Practical organic Chemistry – Mann and Saunders
7. Semimicro qualitative analysis by Cheronis, Entrikin and Hodnet.
8. I.L, Finar, Organic chemistry vol I and II, Sixth Edition, 2003, ELBS.
9. R. O. C. Norman and J. M. Coxon, Principals of Organic Synthesis, Third Edition,
1995, ELBS.
10. R. J. Morrison and R. N. Boyd Organic chemistry, Fifth edition, Prentice Hall
of India Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi.
11. A. H. Beckett and Stanlake, Practical pharmaceutical chemistry
12. J. G. Mann and Saunders, Practical organic chemistry
CPP 3.6 (3.2)
Practical Physical Chemistry - 3
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(64 h)
1. Study the kinetics of the decomposition of sodium thiosulphate by mineral acid (0.5M
HCI).
2. Study the primary salt effect on the kinetics of ionic reactions
3. To study the acid catalyzed kinetics of oxidation of glycine by chloramines-T (CAT) -
determination of order of reaction w.r.t [CAT], [Glycine] and effect of [H+].
4. Spectrophotometric kinetics of oxidation of indigocarmine by chloramine-T (CAT)
a) Determination of order of the reaction w.r.t. (CAT).
b) Effect of pH and determination of order of the reaction w.r.t. (H+).
5. To determine conductometrically the second order rate constant for the hydrolysis of
ethyl acetate by sodium hydroxide.
6. To investigate the autocatalytic reaction between potassium permanganate and oxalic
acid
7. To investigate the reaction between potassium persulphate and potassium iodide by
colorimetric measurement
8. To determine the bimolecular rate constant of the oxidation of iodide ion by hydrogen
peroxide in aqueous solutions at 300K.
9. Kinetics of reaction between sodium formate and iodine, determination of energy of
activation.
10. Study the effect of solvent (DSMO-water, acetone-water system) on the rate of acid
catalysed hydrolysis of acetal by dilatometry.
11. To determine the critical micelle concentration of sodium lauryl sulphate from the
measurement of conductivities at different concentrations
12. To measure the surface tension of carbon tetrachloride at various temperatures by
capillary-rise method and to calculate the relative thermodynamic parameters.
13. To determine the surface tensions of solutions of amyl alcohol in water at different
concentrations and to calculate the surface excesses of those solutions.
14. To study the adsorption of acetic acid on activated charcoal.
15. To study the kinetics of solvolysis of t-butyl halide by conductivity method.
16. Kinetics of saponification of ethyl acetate by conductivity method and study the effect
of dielectric constant of the medium (Using methanol).
17. Kinetics of acid hydrolysis of methyl acetate (determination of activation energy,
determination of the order wrt ester, effect of H+ concentration, determination of
catalytic strength of HCl and H2SO4). (May be performed as different experiment).
18. Determine the quantum yield of chloride ion during the photohydrolysis of an aqueous
solution of monochloroacetic acid by light of different wavelengths
19. Construct a chemical actinometry and determine the quantum yield and calibrate the
lamp intensity using K3[Fe(C2O4)3] 3H2O as reference compound.
20. Photolysis of CAT solution - determination of quantum yield and study of kinetics of
photodecomposition.
21. Photo decomposition of HI and determination of its quantum yield.
22. Photodegradation of dyes using inorganic oxides and their kinetics
23. Interpretation of UV-Visible spectra of simple organic/inorganic compounds
SUGGESTED BOOKS

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10. Experiments in Chemistry – D.V. Jahagirdar, Himalaya Publishing House, Bombay,
(1994)
12. Experimental Physical Chemistry, V. D. Athawale and Parul Mathur,
New Age International (p) Limited, Publishers, New Delhi, 2001.
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SPP 3.7.A (3.3.A)
Practical Inorganic Chemistry –3
(64 h)
I. Analysis of alloys:
1. Stainless steel
a) Nickel gravimetrically using dimethyl glyoxime
b) Chromium titrimetrically by persulphate oxidation
c) Iron titrimetrically using cerium sulphate
d) Chromium and Manganese (Simultaneous Spectrophotometric method)
2. Ferromanganese: Manganese using EDTA.
3. Molybdenum and Tungsten steels; gravimetric
4. Woods alloy
a) Tin (gravimetric)
b) Bismuth
c) Lead titrimetrically using EDTA
d) Cadmium
II. Quantitative analysis of the constituents in mixtures containing the following
cations.
a. Cu(II) + Fe(II)
Copper gravimetric as CUSCN
Iron- titrimetric using Cerium (IV) solution.
b. Cu(II) + Ni(II)- gravimetric using salicylaldoxime.
c. Cr(III) + Fe(III)- Using EDTA (Kinetic Masking)
III. Semi-microgravimetric estimation of
aluminium IV. Electrogravimetric Estimation of
a. Copper
b. Nickel
c. Copper- nickel alloy
V. Flame photometric determination of
a. Sodium
b. Potassium
c. Calcium
d. Lithium
e. Sodium + Potassium
VI. Polarographic determination of
a. cadmium
b. Zinc
c. Cadmium + Zinc
VII. Spectrophotometric determination of the pKa Value of an indicator
VIII. Potentiometric determination of cobalt.
IX. Solvent extraction and Spectrophotometric determination of:
a. Uranium or molybdenum
b. Nickel
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SUGGESTED BOOKS
1. Advanced physico- chemical experiments- J. Rose

2. Instrumental analysis omanual- Modern Experiments for Laboratory – G. G.
Guilbault and L. G Hargis.
3. A Text Book of quanntitaive Inorganic Analysis- 5th edidtion- A. I. Vogel.
4. Experimental norganic chemistry- G. Palmer
5. Inorganic synthesis- O. Glemser.
6. Experimental Inorganic/Physical chemistry- Mounir A. Malati.
7. Spectrophotometric determination of elements- A. Marczenko.
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SPP 3.7.B (3.3.B)
Practical Inorganic Chemistry
(64 h)
1. Determination of calcium in milk powder by EDTA titration.
2. Determination of calcium in calcium gluconate / calcium carbonate tablets or
injections by EDTA titration.
3. Determination of percentage of chloride in a sample by precipitation titration – Mohrs,
Volhard and Fajans methods.
4. Determination of saccharin in tablets by precipitation titration.
5. Analysis of sulphathiazole tablets by non-aqueous titration with tetrabutylammonium
hydroxide.
6. Determination of iron in pharmaceuticals by visual and potentiometric titration using
cerium (IV) sulphate.
7. Determination of iron in razor blade by visual and potentiometric titration using
sodium metavanadate.
8. Determination of calcium in limestone by redox titrations.
9. Determination of copper in an ore/an alloy by iodometric redox titration.
10. Determination of antimony in stibnite by titration with iodine.
11. Analysis of commercial hypochlorite or peroxide solution by iodometric titration.
12. Periodate determination of ethylene glycol (Malprade reaction).
13. Determination of silver in an alloy by Volhard method.
14. Determination of vitamin C in citrus fruit juice by iodimetric/ BrO3titration.
15. Synthesis of nano size Metal oxides, its characterization by UV-Visible spectroscopy
and its photocatalysis
16. Synthesis of liquid crystals and their applications
SUGGESTED BOOKS
1. Fundamental of Analytical Chemistry, D.A. Skoog, D.M West, Holler and Crouch 8th
edition, 2005, Saunders College Publishing, New York.
2. Analytical Chemistry, G.D Christian, 5th edition, 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Inc, India.
3. Quantitative Analysis, R.A Day and A.L. Underwood, 6th edition, 1993prentice Hall,
Inc. New Delhi.
5. Analytical Chemistry Principals, John H. Kennedy, 2nd edition, 1990.
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OEP 3.8 (3.4)
Practical Environmental Chemistry
(64 h)
1. Analysis of ground water sample for sulphate by titrimetry (EDTA) and turbidimetry.
2. Spectrophotometric determination of lead in waste water using solvent extraction
procedure.
3. Analysis of waste water for phosphate by Molybdenum blue method
4. Determination of chlorides in water sample
5. Analysis of waste water for total acidity and alkalinity by conductometric titration and
comparison with visual methods.
6. Determination of fluoride in drinking water / ground water by spectrophotometry
(alizarin red lake method)
7. Analysis of soil sample for organic carbon by titrimetry and spectrophotometry
(K2C2O7 method)
8. Determination of dissolved oxygen by winkler or iodometric method.
9. Determination of chemical oxygen demand (COD) of water
10. Determination of Ca and Mg in the given sample
11. Estimation of iron in water samples
12. Estimation of nitrates in water samples
13. Determination of SPM in ambient air
14. Spectrophotometric/colorimetric determination (a) determination of nickel. (b)
Determination of hexavalent chromium.
15. Redox titration (a) determination of ferrous iron. (b) determination of copper.
16. Soil physical properties (a) particle size distribution analysis (sand, silt and clay) (b)
Determination of specific gravity and water holding capacity
SUGGESTED BOOKS
1. Experiments in Environmental chemistry, F. D. Vowler, and D. W. Counel,

Pergamon press, Oxford 1980.
2. Manual soil Laboratory Testing- vol I, K. H. Head, Pentech Press, London 1980.A
text Book of Environmental chemistry and pollution control. S. S. Dara, S. Chand and
Co, Ltd. New Delhi 2004.
3. Air pollution Vol II Edn. By A. C Stern, Academic press New York 1968.Instrumental
methods for automatic air monitoring systems in Air Pollution Control, Part-III Edn
by W. Stranss, John-Wiley and sons, New York, 1978.Analysis of air pollutants, P. O.
Warner, John Wiley and sons, New York, 1976.
4. The Chemical analysis Air Pollutants, Interscience, New York, 1960.
6. The Analysis of Air Pollutants, W. Liethe, Ann Arbor Science Pub Inc. Michigan
1970. Environmental chemistry A. K De.
7. Jackson ML (1973) Soil chemical analysis. Prentice Hall, New Delhi.
Page 58 of 71
CPT – 4.1
BIOINORGANIC CHEMISTRY AND REACTION MECHANISMS
UNIT-I (16 h)
Iron storage and transfer- ferritin, transferrin and siderophores. Oxygen transport and
oxygen uptake proteins- transport and storage of dioxygen; Heme proteins and oxygen
uptake, structure and functions of haemoglobin and myoglobin, dioxygen binding, Bohr
effect, Hill equation, role of distal and proximal histidines; Model complexes for dioxygen
binding, non-porphyrin systems- hemerythrin and hemocyanin. Photosynthesis and
nitrogen fixation: Nitrogenase: structural aspects and functions, abiological nitrogen
fixation. Photosynthesis: Chlorophyll- structural features, role of Mg2+ - Z scheme of
photosynthesis-PSI and PSII.
UNIT-II (16 h)
Structure and functions of metalloproteins in electron transfer process- Cytochromes,

ferridoxines- 2Fe-2S, Rieske centers, high potential iron proteins; 4Fe-4S, 3Fe-4S, 8Fe-8S
and rubredoxin. Mitochondrial flow of electrons from NADH to oxygen, cytochrome C,
Cytochrome C oxidase. Metalloenzymes: Structure and reactivity- Zinc enzymes: carboxy
peptidase, carbonic anhydrase, alcoholde hydrogenase. Cu enzyme: superoxide
dismutase. Mo enzyme: Xanthine oxidase, nitrate reductase. Fe enzymes: catalase,
peroxidise and cytochrome P-450. Vitamin B12: Coenzyme: B12r, B12s, biochemical
functions of cobalamins; Biomethylation, mutase activity.
UNIT-III (16 h)
Na+/K+ transport across cell membranes, ionophores, crown ethers, Na+ /K+ pump.
Biological roles of Ca: Binding sites of Ca2+ in proteins, importance of Ca2+ in muscle
contraction and in blood clotting process. Metal ligand interactions with DNA. Metal ion
deficiency and treatment (Fe, Zn, Cu, Mn); toxicity of Fe, Cu, Heavy metals- As, Hg, Pb
and Cd; detoxification; chelation therapy; metal complexes as antimicrobial agents,
antiviral agents, anticancer and antiarthritic drugs.
Treatment of toxicity due to inorganics: Mechanism of
(i) Antidote complexes with poison, rendering it inert (heavy metals, iron, copper
and thallium)
(ii) Antidote accelerated metabolic conversion of poison to non-toxic product
(cyanide).
(iii) Antidote competes with poison for essential receptors (carbon monoxide,
morphine and morphine like narcotics).
UNIT-IV (16 h)
Coordination Chemistry-Reaction mechanisms: Thermodynamic and kinetic stability-

Labile, inert, stable and unstable complexes. Classification of reaction mechanisms-
energy profile of reactions having different mechanisms.
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Mechanism of ligand substitution in square planar complexes- Kinetics-Rate law-
Mechanism, Factors affecting substitution, Trans effect and Trans influence.
Mechanism of ligand substitution in octahedral complexes- Classification of metal ions
in rate of exchange of coordinated water. Kinetics-Rate law-Mechanism, Factors affecting
substitution in octahedral complexes: Leaving group, chelate and metal effects.
Reaction rates influenced (catalyzed) by Acid and Base: Acid catalysed aquation and
anation reactions, Base hydrolysis-Mechanism of conjugate base hydrolysis.
Electron transfer reactions: Complementary and Non-complementary reactions, Outer
sphere electro transfer- Mechanism, Marcus equation and examples, Inner sphere electron
transfer reactions – Mechanism, one and two electron transfer reactions with examples.
SUGGESTED BOOKS
1. Inorganic and organometallic reaction mechanism; J. D. Atwood; Brooks/cole

publication co. (1985). 2. Reaction mechanism of inorganic and organometallic
systems; J. B. Jordon, Oxford University Press 2nd edition, 1998.
2. Inorganic Chemistry, 3rd Edition; Gary. L. Miessler and Donald . A. Tarr (2007).
3. Inorganic Chemistry; K. F. Purcell and J. C. Kotz, Saunders company, 1977.
4. Bio-inorganic chemistry, I. Bertini, H. B. Gray, S. J. Lippard and J. S. Valentine, Viva
Books Pvt. Ltd 1998
5. Bioinorganic Chemistry; Asim. K. Das; Books and allied (p) Ltd., 2007.
6. Principles of Bioinorganic Chemistry; S. J. Lippard and J. M. Berg; Panima Pub.
Corporation 1997.
7. Biochemistry –A. L. Lehninger
8. Biochemistry-L. Stryer
9. Bioinorganic Chemistry-R. W. Hay
10. The Inorganic chemistry of Biological Processes –2ndedition, M. N. Hughes.
11. Bioinorganic Chemistry-M. Satake and Y. Mido.
12. Bioinorganic Chemistry-G. R. Chatwal and Ajaykumar Bhagi.
13. Biological aspects of Inorganic chemistry-A. W. Addison, W. R. Cullen, D Dolphin
and B. R. James
14. Principles of drug action: The Basis of Pharmacology–Third Edition, William B. Pratt
and Palmer Taylor. Churchill Livingstone, 1990.
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CPT – 4.2
Macromolecules and Solid State chemistry
UNIT – I (16 h)
Terminology and basic concepts: Monomers, Functionality, repeat units, degree of

polymerization. General structure and naming of polymers.
Classification based on various considerations-source, preparation methods, thermal
behavior, chain structure etc.
Types –Homopolymers and copolymers; Linear, branched and network polymers.
Techniques of polymerization: Techniques of preparation of addition and condensation
polymers.
Kinetics of polymerization: Kinetics of addition and condensation polymerization.
Kinetics of copolymerization.
Determination of molecular weight: Osmometry, viscometry, ultracentrifugation and
GPC methods
Thermal Characterization: Glass Transition and melting-correlation with structure-
Factors affecting Tg and Tm. Techniques of thermal characterization: DSC, DTA , DTG
and TGA techniques.
UNIT – II (16 h)
Crystal Defects and Non-Stoichiometry: Imperfections and defects in crystals.Vacancy,

Schottky and Frenkel defects. Thermodynamics of Schottky and Frenkel defect formation,
colour centres, non-stoichiometry defects.
Solid State Reactions: General Principles, Wagner’s theory. Order - disorder transitions
in solids- Bragg- William’s theory Mechanism of diffusion , Kirkendall effect.
Preparative Methods of solids: Ceramic, sol-gel, precursor and chemical vapour
deposition (CVD) methods. Nucleation & crystal growth techniques-pulling, zoning,
flame fusion & skull melting. Basic methods of preparation of thin films.
UNIT – III (16 h)
Electronic Properties and Band Theory: Free electron theory to band theory of solids,
electrical conductivity, Hall effect. Metals, Insulators and Semiconductors. Intrinsic and
extrinsic semiconductors, hopping semiconductors. Metal – semiconductor and p-n
junctions.
Magnetic properties: Classification of magnetic materials – dia, para, ferro, ferri, antiferro
& antiferri magnetic types, Langevin diamagnetism. Selected magnetic materials such as
spinels & garnets.
Ionic Conductors: Types of ionic conductors, mechanism of ionic conduction, diffusion
superionic conductors; phase transitions and mechanism of conduction in superionic
conductors, examples - -alumina, AgI, halide and oxide ion conductors.
UNIT – IV (16 h)
Crystal geometry: Crystal system, lattices, Miller planes, crystal packing, symmetry
elements for solids (including glide planes and screw axis). Introduction to space groups
with examples.
X-ray diffraction: Fundamentals of X-ray crystallography, law of interfacial angles, laws
of symmetry, X-ray diffraction, Bragg condition, miller indices, Laue method, Bragg
method,
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Debye-Scherrer method, rotating crystal method of X-ray structural analysis of crystals,
index reflections, identification of unit cells from systematic absences in diffraction
pattern. Structure of simple lattices and X-ray intensities.
Atomic scattering factor, structure, structure factor and its relation to intensity and
electron density, Fourier synthesis, phase problem, description of the procedure for an X-
ray structure analysis.
Electron diffraction of gases. Experimental technique, Scattering -Intensity curves, Wierl
equation (no derivation), Radial distribution method, Determination of bond lengths and
bond angles.
Neutron diffraction: Scattering of neutrons by solids and liquids, magnetic scattering,
measurement, techniques, elucidation of structure of magnetically ordered unit cell.
SUGGESTED BOOKS
1. Introduction to X-ray crystallography- Azaroff

2. X-ray crystallography – Buerger, M.J. John Wiley and sons.
3. A. R. West. Solid State Chemistry and its Applications, John Wiley (1990).
4. R. J. Young and P. A. Lovell, Introduction to Polymers, 2nd Edition, Chapman and
Hall, 2002.
5. F. W. Billmeyer, Textbook of Polymer Science, 3rd Edition, John Wiley, 1994.
6. V. R. Gowariker, N. V. Viswanathan, Jayadev Sreedhar, New Age International (P)
Ltd, 2005.
7. G. Odian, Principles of Polymerization, Fourth edition, Wiley-Interscience, 2004.
8. L. H. Sperling, Introduction to Physical Polymer Science, Wiley- Interscience, 1986.
9. M. Rubinstein and R. A. Colby, Polymer Physics, Oxford University Press, 2003.
10. A. F. Wells, Structural Inorganic Chemistry – 5th edition (1984)
11. J H Huheey, Inorganic Chemisry - Principles, structure and reactivity, Harper and
Row Publisher, Inc. New York (1972)
12. J. D. Lee, Concise Inorganic Chemistry, Elbs with Chapman and Hall, London
13. A. R. West, Plenum, Solid State Chemistry and its applications
14. N. B. Hanney, Solid State Physics
15. H. V. Keer, Principles of Solid State
16. S. O. Pillai, Solid State Physics
17. W. D. Callister, Wiley, Material Science and Engineering: An Introduction
18. A. R. West, Basic Solid State Chemistry, 2nd edition
19. U. Schubest and N. Husing, Synthesis of Inorganic Materials, Wiley VCH (2000)
20. Physical Chemistry, Gordon M. Barrow, Mcgraw-Hill College; 6 Sub edition (March
1, 1996).
21. D. K. Chakrabarty, Solid state chemistry (New Age) 1996.
22. L.Smart and E. Moore, Solid State Chemistry –An Introduction (Chapman
&Hall)1992.
23. V. Raghavan, Material science and Engineering (3rd Ed), (Prentice Hall India)1993.
24. Thermotropic Liquid Crystals, Ed. G.W. Gray, Wiley.
25. Chandrasekhar, Liquid Crystals, Cambridge University Press (2nd ed), 1994.
26. JAK Tareen and TRN Kutty, A Basic Course in Crystallography, Universities Press.
Page 62 of 71
SPT – 4.3.A
Chemistry of Natural Products
UNIT – I (16 h)
Carbohydrates: Introduction, Ring size determination of monosaccharides,

Configuration and conformation of monosaccharides, anomeric effect, Hudsons rule,
epimerization and mutarotation. Chemistry of important derivatives of monosaccharides,
carboxylic acids, dihydrosugars, deoxysugars, cyclitols, aminosugars and anhydrosugars.
Isolation, Importence, synthesis and Structure elucidation of disaccharides- sucrose,
maltose, cellobiose General methods of structural degradation of polysaccharides-
methylation, partial hydrolysis, periodate oxidation, Smith degradation and alkaline
degradation techniques. Structure and importance of cellulose, chitin, starch and glycogen
UNIT – II (16 h)
Steroids: Introduction, Nomenclature, configuration of substitutents, absolute

configuration in the ring, configuration in the side chain. Importance and synthesis of
cholesterol. Stucure and biological importance of Estrone, progesterone, testosterone,
androsterone and carticosterone. Introduction to oral contraceptives. Irradiation product
of Ergosterols.
Alkaloids: Introduction, classification. Isolation, biological importance of alkaloids and
general methods of structural elucidation. Structure and synthesis of quinine and
morphine. Structure and importance of reserpine, Lysergic acid and Atropine.
UNIT – III (16 h)
Lipids: Nomenclature, occurrence of triglycerides, classification, purification, reactions

of fatty acids, structure and synthesis of lipids, phospholipids, sphingolipids. Biological
importance of lipids: Lecithin, sphingolipids, oils and fats.
Prostaglandins: Introduction, classification and biological importance and mode of
action of prostaglandins in biological system. Constitution of PGE1. Synthesis of PGE &
F series.
Enzymes: Introduction, nomenclature, classification, General characteristics, Theories of
interaction : lock and key model, Koshland induced-fit theory , Coenzymes: coenzyme
role of theanine, Riboflavin, Pantothenic acid. Mode action of enzymes in catalyzing the
reaction (Chymotrypsin, Ribonuclease, Lysozyme) with examples and their functions.
UNIT – IV (16 h)
Terpenoids: Introduction, classification and general methods of structural elucidation.

Biological importance of terpenoids. Structure elucidation, synthesis and imprtence of of
pinene, camphor. Santonin, β-caryophyllene.
Plant pigments: Occurrence, nomenclature and general methods of structure
determination of Anthocyanidins. Synthesis of Cyanidin Chloride, Chalcones, Flavones,
Quercetin.
Porphyrins: Introduction, structure and synthesis of haemin. Vitamin B12 structure and
as coenzyme in molecular rearrangement reactions: Chlorophyll: structure and biological
importance.
Vitamins: Classification, Occurrence, Deficiency syndromes, Chemistry of Vitamins A,

C and E. Structure elucidation and synthesis of Vitamin-A & C.
Page 63 of 71
SUGGESTED BOOKS
1. O.L. Chapman, Organic Photochemistry. Vol I & II. Marcel Decker.

2. Francis A Carey and R. J. Sundberg, Advanced Organic Chemistry-Part A &
(Plenum).
3. Mukherji Singh and Kapoor , Organic Chemistry, Vol 1-3, (Wiley Eastern, New
Delhi)
4. Synthetic Organic Chemistry- G.R.Chatwal (Himalaya, Bombay), 1994.
5. Organic Reaction Mechanisms , V.K. Ahluwalia & R.K.Parashar (Narosa) 2006
6. Organic Chemistry, Vol I-II, I.L.Finar,(Longmann ELBS, London), 1973.
7. Advanced Organic Chemistry- Reaction Mechanisms, Reinhard
Bruckner(Academic) 2005.
8. Pericyclic reactions, S.M Mukherji(The McMillan Bangalore), 1979.
9. Organic Reactions and their mechanisms- P.S.Kalsi (New Age, New Delhi), 1996.
10. I. L finar, Organic chemistry, ELBS Longman, Vol I & II, 11984.
11. Harper‘s Biochemistry, Ed. R. Harper, 22ndedition, prentice Hal Press, New
York, 1990.
12. Encyclopedia of Chemicl technology-Kirck-Othmer series.
13. Introduction to alkaloids, G. W Swan.
Page 64 of 71
SPT – 4.3.B
Medicinal chemistry
UNIT – I (16 h)
Introduction: Characteristics of drug-Prodrug – biotransformation of drugs- Routes of

drug administration, Dosage forms, drug binding, drug toxicity, drug addiction,
development of synthetic drugs, Some important terms used in chemistry of drugs,
Medicinal chemistry, Pharmacy, Pharmacology, molecular pharmacology,
Pharmacodynamics, Pharmacophore, Pharmacodynamic agents, Antimetabolites-
Bacteria, Types of bacteria, Virus, Fungi, Antinomy cites, Mutation
UNIT – II (16 h)
Classification and Nomenclature of drugs: Importance and Classification of drugs based

on the chemical- Analgesics, Antipyretics, Antacids or gastrointestinal agents, sulpha
drugs, Antibiotics, Antimalarials, Antidepressents, Antihistamines, Antiinflammatory
agents, cardiovascular agents, Diuretic agents, Drugs acting on central nervous system,
Nonselective central nervous system depressant, Selective modifiers of central nervous
system, Central nervous system stimulants, Drugs stimulating or blocking peripheral
nervous system.
Nomenclature of the drugs: Introduction, Naming of organic groups, Stereo chemical
notations, DL desecrators-Cahn Ingold Prelog convention- R and S configuration- Rules
for priority – E and Z isomerism.
UNIT – III (16 h)
Chemistry of drug action: History of drug discovery and developments: Historical

outline, Pharmacodynamics vs. Chemotherapeutic drugs, Accomplishment and
challenges in drug development,
Sources of drugs: Natural products, Drugs from organic synthesis, drug discovery and
developments
Drug structure and biological activity: Pharmaceutically important functional groups,
Physiochemical properties of drugs, Electronic effects, spatial properties of drugs
Fate of drugs in the body: Absorption, distribution, metabolism, Excretion (ADME),
Chemistry of drug metabolism, Modification to decrease metabolism, prodrugs
Molecular mechanism of drug action: Drug targets, Receptors, Enzymes, Nucleic acids,
non-receptor targets.
UNIT – IV (16 h)
Synthesis of selected class of drug and their mode of action: Anti-bacterial –

Sulphamethizole, Sulfasalazine. Analgesics and Anti-inflammatory – Aspirin,
Phenacetin. Antibiotics – Benzylpenicilline, Chloromycetin. Hypnotics and Sedatives –
Phenobarbital, Chlorodiazopoxide. Antineoplastics – 5-Fluorouracil, Chloroambucil.
Cardiovascular agents – Propanolol, Timolol.
SUGGESTED BOOKS
1. Burgers medicinal chemistry M. E. Welly Medicinal Chemistry M.E. Walffed John

willey and sons, Vo 1, 2 and 3.
2. Wilson and Giswold‘s, Text Book of Organic and Medicinal Chemistry.
3. William. O. Foye, Princiles of Medicinal chemistry, Lea amd Febiger, Philadelphia.
Page 65 of 71
4. Martindale, the extra pharmacopoeia, J.E. Reynolds. The Pharmaceuticals Press,
London.
5. A. M. Beckett and J.B. Stanlake and Garrel, Practical Pharmaceutical chemistry, the
Sthalone Press, University of London, London.
6. I. P 85 and 96, Govt. of India, Ministry of India.
7. B.D. Furniss, A.J. Hannaford, V.Regers, P.W.G. Smith and A.R. Tachell, Vogels
textbook of practical organic chemistry, including quantitative analysis ELBS
Longman, London.
8. J.G.Mann and S.C.Saunders, Practical organic chemistry, Longmann Green and Co.
Ltd.,London.
9. Organic drug synthesis-LediserMitzsher Vol. 1 and 2.
10. Current index of medical specialties (CIMS).
Page 66 of 71
CPD: 4.4
Core Paper Dissertation (64 h)
Page 67 of 71
CPP 4.5 (4.1)
Practical Inorganic Chemistry - 4
(64 h)
1. Preparation of any Four of the following complexes and determination of the purity of
the prepared sample and structural study of the prepared complexes using physical
methods such as magnetic susceptibility measurements, absorption spectra etc.
a) Chloropentaammine Cobalt (III) Chloride
b) nitropentaammine Cobalt (III) Chloride
c) nitritopentaammine Cobalt (III) Chloride
d) Hexamine Cobalt (III) Chloride
e) mercury tetrathiocyanato cobaltate (II)
f) Hexemine nickel (II) chloride
g) tris –(thiourea) copper (I) sulphate
h) Potassium tris (Oxalato) ferrate (III)
2. Determination of ionisable chloride by ion exchange method.
3. Stabilization of an unstable oxidation state by complexation: Preparation of
Manganese (III) acetyl acetonate
4. Preparation of EDTA complex of Mn (III).
5. Determination of the composition of a complex of iron-phenanthroline by
a) Mole -ratio method
b) Job‘s method
c) Slope ratio method
6. Determination of the stability constant of a complex
a) Turner-Aderson method (iron-T iron or iron-phenanthroline complex)
b) Bjerrum‘s method (copper sulphosalicylic acid)
c) Kinetic method (KI3 complex)
7. Preparation and kinetics of the acid hydrolysis of potassium trisoxalato cobaltate
(III) trihydrate
8. Preparation and photolysis of potassium trisoxalatoferrate(III).
9. Preparation and screening of copper complex for its fungicidal and bactericidal
activity.
10. 10 Demonstration Experiments
a) Recording and interpretation of IR and NMR spectra of complexes
b) Interpretation of a simple x-ray powder photograph
c) TGA of calcium Oxalate monohydrate
d) DTA studies of copper sulphate penta hydrate
c) Spectrochemical series- evaluation of Dq value.
SUGGESTED BOOKS
1. A Text Book of quantitative Inorganic Analysis- 5th edition- A. I. Vogel.

2. Experimental inorganic chemistry- G. Palmer
3. Inorganic synthesis- O. Glemser.
4. Experimental Inorganic/Physical chemistry- Mounir A. Malati.
5. Instrumental analysis manual- Modern experiments for Laboratory- G G. Guilbault
and L.G. Hargis
Page 68 of 71
CPP 4.6 (4.2)
Practical Physical Chemistry – 4
(64 h)
1. Determine the limiting viscosity number of polymer (at least two polymers)
2. Determine the chain linkage in poly(vinyl alcohol) from viscosity measurement.
3. Determination of the molecular weight of a polymer material by viscosity
measurements (at least four different polymers).
4. Determine the relative molecular mass of hydroxyl terminated polybutadine and
carboxyl terminated polybutadiene.
5. X-ray diffraction method-Indexing and unit cell parameters determination of
a) Simple cubic (SrTiO3); b) BCC (tungsten and CsI); c) FCC lattice (NaCl).
(Separate experiments).
6. X-ray diffraction method-Indexing and unit cell parameters determination of
potassium chloride. Comparison of the structures of KCl and NaCl.
7. X-ray diffraction method-Indexing of CsCl.
6. Compare the powder diffraction photograph of potassium chloride and compare with
that of sodium chloride and ii) to calculate and d from the diffraction photograph.
7. Determine the density of solids and comparion with the X-ray diffraction pattern data
SUGGESTED BOOKS
1. Textbook of polymer science: F.W. Billmayer Jr. Wiley.

2. Polymer science: V.R. Gowarikar, N. V. Viswanathan and J. Sreedhar, Wiley-
Eastern.
3. Fractional monomers and polymers: K Takemoto, Y. Inaki, and R.M. Ottam Brite.
4. Contemporaty polymer chemistry: H.R. Alcock and F. W. Lambe, Prentice Hall.
5. Principles of polymer Chemistry: Flory, Cornell Univ. press.
6. Introduction to polymer chemistry: R. B. Seymour, McGraw Hill.
7. Principles of polymerization: Odian.
8. A first course in polymer chemistry: A. Strepikheyew, V. Derevistkay and G.
Slonimasky, Mir Publishers, Moscow.
9. Laboratory preparation of macro chemistry: EMM effery, McGraw Hill Co.
10. A practical course in polymer chemistry: S.J. Punea , Pergamon Press.
19. Experimental Physical Chemistry, V. D. Athawale and Parul Mathur, New Age
International (p) Limited, Publishers, New Delhi, 2001.
Page 69 of 71
SPP - 4.7 (4.3.A)
PART-I (64 h)
Quantitative determination of sugars, amino acids, phenols, carboxylic acids, amides,

esters, aldehydes, ketones, urea by various methods. Determinations of acid and ester
and acid and amide in mixtures of two.
PART-II
1. Isolation of piperine from pepper

2. Isolation of caffeine from tea
3. Isolation of cysteine from hair
4. Isolation of hesperidiene from orange peal
5. Isolation of azaleic acid from castor oil
6. Isolation and spectroscopic characterization of Lycopene
7. Isolation of lipids from egg yolks
8. Extraction of nicotine from tobacco leaves
SUGGESTED BOOKS
1. A text book of practical organic chemistry – AI Vogel Vol I

2. Practical organic chemistry –Mann &Saunders
3. Manual of organic chemistry – Dey and Seetharaman
4. An introduction to practical organic chemistry – Robert, Vingrove etc.
5. Semimicro qualitative organic analysis by Cheronis, Entrikin and holdnet
6. J.N. Guthru & R. Kapoor, Advanced experimental chemistry, S. Chand Company,
new Delhi, 1991.
7. R. K. Bansal, laboratory Manual of Organic chemistry, New PGE International (P)
Ltd. London, 3rd edition, 1996.
8. N. K. Visno, Practical organic chemistry, New PGE International (P) Ltd. London,
3rd edition, 1996.
Page 70 of 71
SPP 4.7 (4.3.B)
Part I (64 h)
Assay of medicinally useful compounds
1. Ibuprofen by alkalimetry.
2. Diclofenac by alkalimetry.
3. Analgin by iodimetry.
4. Epherdrine hydrochloride by non-aqueous titration.
5. Phenobarbitone sodium by non- aqueous titration.
6. Procaine/Benzocaine by diazotization.
7. Chlorpromazine by Cerrimetry.
Part II
Preparation of medicinally useful compounds
1. Phenytoin from benzoin.

2. Paracetamol form p-nitro phenol.
3. Benzocaine from [-amino benzoic acid.
4. 4-hydroxy coumarin from resorcinol.
5. Mefenamic acid from anthranilic acid.
SUGGESTED BOOKS
1. Indian Pharmacopia.1985.
2. I.L. Finar, Text Book of Organic Chemistry.
3. Lednicer Mitzsher, the Organic Chemistry of drug synthesis, vol 1, and 2.
4. A text book of practical organic chemistry – AI Vogel Vol I
5. J. G. Mann and Saunders, Practical organic chemistry.
6. T. Robinsom, Organic constituents of higher medicinal plants.
CPDP: 4.8
Core Paper Dissertation Practical
(32 h)
Chairman
BOS in Chemistry
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TUMKUR UNIVERSITY

Faculty of Science and Technology

1. Answer the following questions 8 X 2 = 16

1. Experiment and Spotting 30

Chemistry of Non-transition Elements: General discussion on the properties of the non-

UNIT- III (16 h)

Halogens in positive oxidation states, Chemistry of Astatine.

Methods of Determining Reaction Mechanism: Kinetic and non-kinetic methods,

UNIT – III (16 h)

Aromatic electrophilic substitution reactions: Mechanism of nitration, halogenation,

Stereochemistry: Molecular representations: Wedge, Fischer, Newman and Saw-horse

1. E.L.Eliel and S.H. Wilen, Stereochemistry of Organic Compounds, JhonWilley and

Fugacity: Relation between fugacity and pressure, determination of fugacity of gases.

UNIT – III (16 h)

Quantum Chemistry: A brief review of wave-particle duality and Heisenberg Uncertainty

Microwave spectroscopy: Classification of the molecules based on rotation-Linear,

1. Thermodynamics for chemists by S. Glasstone. Affiliated East-West press, New

Synthetic Design: Carbon skeleton frame work, Classification of carbon-carbon single

UNIT – III (16 h)

Disconnection Approach: General introduction to disconnection approach. Basic

Strategic Applications of Named Reactions in Organic Synthesis: Michael

1. Modern Organic Reactions- H.O.House.

UV-VIS Spectroscopy (Outer shell electronic spectroscopy): Quantitative aspects of

2. Micro – volumetric estimation of calcium using EDTA.

4. Quantitative analysis of mixtures:

6. Circular paper chromatography – separation of : (Demonstration)

1. A text book of Quantitative Inorganic Analysis – A.I. Vogel. III edition.

Organic Preparations: Preparations involving oxidation, reduction, dehydration,

1. Preparation of p-bromoaniline from acetanilide.

1. A Text book of Practical Organic chemistry – A.I. Vogel Vol. I

Practical Physical Chemistry – 1

1. Study of phase diagram of a three component liquid-liquid-liquid systems.

1. Practical Physical chemistry – A.J. Findlay.

Multi Step Organic Synthesis

1. Preparation of Ethyl resorcinol from Resorcinol,

1. An introduction to practical organic chemistry- Robert, Vingrove etc

Practical Separation Methods and Spectroscopy

Identification and separation of organic compounds by using TLC, paper chromatography

Preparation of coordination compounds: Introduction, preparative methods- simple

UNIT – III (16 h)

Electron Spin Resonance Spectroscopy: Basic principles- intensity-width-position and

Reaction Mechanism, Photochemistry and Spectroscopy

Reagents and reactions in organic synthesis: Use of following reagents in organic

UNIT – III (16 h)

Photochemistry and concerted reactions: Introduction, light absorption and electronic

Statistical mechanics: Introduction, thermodynamic probability, relation between

Poisson–Boltzmann equation; ion–cloud and chemical potential change; Electrical

UNIT – III (16 h)

Electrochemical power sources - theoretical background on the basis of thermodynamic

Advanced Quantum Chemistry

1. Statistical thermodynamics by B.C. Meclelland, Chapman and Hall, London (1973).

Electrode Interfaces: Quantum aspects of charge transfer at electrode-solution interfaces,

UNIT – III (16 h)

Non-equilibrium thermodynamics: Phenomenological laws and Onsager‘s reciprocal

1. Y. Moroi, Micelles : Theoretical and Applied Aspects, Plenum Press, New

Statistical Treatment of Analytical Data and Sampling: Limitations of analytical

UNIT – III (16 h)

Precipitation titrations: Titration curves, feasibility of precipitation titrations, factors