CSIR-UGC
(NET) for Junior Research Fellowship and Lecturer-ship
SYLLABUS FOR CHEMICAL SCIENCES
PAPER I (PART B) AND PAPER II
Physical
Chemistry:
1. Basic
principles and applications of quantum mechanics – hydrogen atom, angular momentum.
2.
Variational and perturbational methods.
3. Basics
of atomic structure, electronic configuration, shapes of orbitals, hydrogen
atom spectra.
4.
Theoretical treatment of atomic structures and chemical bonding.
5.
Chemical applications of group theory.
6. Basic
principles and application of spectroscopy – rotational, vibrational,
electronic, Raman, ESR, NMR.
7.
Chemical thermodynamics.
8. Phase
equilibria.
9.
Statistical thermodynamics.
10.
Chemical equilibria.
11.
Electrochemistry – Nernst equation, electrode kinetics, electrical double
layer, Debye-Hückel theory.
12.
Chemical kinetics – empirical rate laws, Arrhenius equation, theories of
reaction rates, determination of reaction mechanisms, experimental techniques
for fast reactions.
13.
Concepts of catalysis.
14.
Polymer chemistry. Molecular weights and their determinations. Kinetics of
chain polymerization.
15. Solids
- structural classification of binary and ternary compounds, diffraction
techniques, bonding, thermal, electrical and magnetic properties
16.
Collids and surface phenomena.
17. Data
analysis.
Inorganic
Chemistry
1.
Chemical periodicity
2.
Structure and bonding in homo- and heteronuclear molecules, including shapes of
molecules.
3.
Concepts of acids and bases.
4.
Chemistry of the main group elements and their compounds. Allotropy, synthesis,
bonding and structure.
5.
Chemistry of transition elements and coordination compounds – bonding theories,
spectral and magnetic properties, reaction mechanisms.
6. Inner transition
elements – spectral and magnetic properties, analytical applications.
7.
Organometallic compounds - synthesis, bonding and structure, and reactivity.
Organometallics in homogenous catalysis.
8. Cages
and metal clusters.
9.
Analytical chemistry- separation techniques. Spectroscopic electro- and
thermoanalytical methods.
10.
Bioinorganic chemistry – photosystems, porphyrines, metalloenzymes, oxygen
transport, electron- transfer reactions, nitrogen fixation.
11.
Physical characterisation of inorganic compounds by IR, Raman, NMR, EPR,
Mössbauer, UV-, NQR, MS, electron spectroscopy and microscopic techniques.
12.
Nuclear chemistry – nuclear reactions, fission and fusion, radio-analytical
techniques and activation analysis.
Organic
Chemistry
1. IUPAC
nomenclature of organic compounds.
2.
Principles of stereochemistry, conformational analysis, isomerism and
chirality.
3.
Reactive intermediates and organic reaction mechanisms.
4.
Concepts of aromaticity.
5.
Pericyclic reactions.
6. Named
reactions.
7.
Transformations and rearrangements.
8.
Principles and applications of organic photochemistry. Free radical reactions.
9.
Reactions involving nucleophotic carbon intermediates.
10.
Oxidation and reduction of functional groups.
11. Common
reagents (organic, inorganic and organometallic) in organic synthesis.
12.
Chemistry of natural products such as steroids, alkaloids, terpenes, peptides,
carbohydrates, nucleic acids and lipids.
13.
Selective organic transformations – chemoselectivity, regioselectivity,
stereoselectivity, enantioselectivity. Protecting groups.
14.
Chemistry of aromatic and aliphatic heterocyclic compounds.
15. Physical characterisation of organic compounds by IR, UV-, MS, and NMR.
Interdisciplinary
topics
1. Chemistry in nanoscience and
technology.
2. Catalysis and green chemistry.
3. Medicinal chemistry.
4. Supramolecular chemistry.
5. Environmental chemistry.