MSc Chemistry 2 Year Course 1st Semester Syllabus
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Theory & Practicum,
laid out for the term ahead.
रसायन विज्ञान परास्नातक प्रथम सेमेस्टर का पूरा syllabus — दोनों Core Theory papers और दोनों Practicum courses एक जगह। कार्ड्स को drag करके अपनी study order बना लीजिए, क्लिक करके पूरा unit-wise / experiment-wise ब्यौरा देखिए।
Advanced Organic Chemistry
TheoryAromaticity की भारतीय पारंपरिक जड़ों से लेकर pericyclic और photochemical reactions तक — free radicals, reaction mechanisms और Woodward–Hoffmann rules को कवर करता है।
Indian Knowledge System & Aromaticity
15 lecturesEugenol, Thymol, Curcumin, Vanillin जैसे natural aromatic compounds; Acharya Prafulla Chandra Ray का योगदान; Aromaticity — benzenoid/non-benzenoid, antiaromatic, nonaromatic, homoaromatic compounds; PMO approach; Annulenes, Metallocenes, Crown ethers व cryptates।
Free Radical Reactions
15 lecturesFree radicals की structure, stability, geometry; substitution mechanism; Name reactions — Birch Reduction, Nef, Bouveault-Blanc, Chichibabin, Mannich, Meerwein-Ponndorf-Verley, Oppenauer oxidation, Curtius, Claisen-Schmidt, Sharpless-epoxidation, Pechmann, Aldol Condensation, Knoevenagel, Benzoin condensation, Perkin, Sandmeyer’s, Hunsdiecker।
Reaction Mechanism: Structure & Reactivity
20 lecturesThermodynamic/kinetic control, Curtin–Hammett Principle, potential energy diagrams, isotope effects; carbocations, carbanions, radicals, carbenes, nitrenes की stability; Hammett equation, linear free energy relationships, Taft equation।
Pericyclic Reactions
20 lecturesMolecular orbital symmetry, frontier orbitals; electrocyclic reactions (conrotatory/disrotatory); cycloadditions (antarafacial/suprafacial), 2+2 ketene addition, 1,3-dipolar cycloadditions; sigmatropic rearrangements — Claisen, Cope, Aza-Cope, Ene reaction, fluxional tautomerism।
Photochemical Reactions
20 lecturesAlkenes व aromatic compounds की photochemistry; Paterno–Büchi reaction, di-π methane rearrangement, Photo-Fries rearrangement, Barton reaction; smog formation, polymer photodegradation, vision की photochemistry।
Suggested Textbooks (16)
- Ray, Prafulla Chandra — A History of Hindu Chemistry, Asian Educational Services
- Sivarajan, V.V., Balachandran, I. — Ayurvedic Drugs and Their Plant Sources
- March, J. — Advanced Organic Chemistry: Reactions, Mechanisms and Structure, Wiley
- Sykes, Peter — A Guidebook to Mechanism in Organic Chemistry, Orient Longman
- Mukherji, S.M., Singh, S.P. — Reaction Mechanism in Organic Chemistry, Macmillan
- Carey, F.A., Sundberg, R.J. — Advanced Organic Chemistry, Part A & B, Plenum
- Kalsi, P.S. — Organic Reactions and Their Mechanisms, New Age International
- Coxon, J., Holtom, B. — Organic Photochemistry, Cambridge University Press
- Dupuoy, C.H., Chapman, O.L. — Molecular Reactions and Photochemistry, Prentice Hall
- Kagan, J. — Organic Photochemistry, Academic Press
- Kundall, R.P., Gilbert, A. — Photochemistry, Thomson Nelson
- Clayden J., Greeves N., Warren S. — Organic Chemistry, Oxford Publ.
- Carruthers, W., Coldham, I. — Modern Methods of Organic Synthesis, Cambridge University Press
- Warren, S. — Organic Synthesis: The Disconnection Approach, Wiley
- Jagdamba Singh, L.D.S. Yadav — Organic Chemistry, Pragati Prakashan
- NPTEL / UGC MOOCs / SWAYAM — suggested online courses
Advanced Inorganic Chemistry
TheoryRasashastra से electronic spectroscopy तक; crystal field theory, main group bonding, metal clusters, π-complexes और symmetry/group theory पर आधारित।
Indian Knowledge System & Electronic Spectral Studies
15 lecturesRasaratna Samuccaya, Rasashastra में bhasmas का metal-ligand chemistry से जुड़ाव; Ayurvedic ‘Rasa’ अवधारणा; Orgel व Tanabe-Sugano diagrams (d¹–d⁹), electronic spectroscopy selection rules, 10Dq/B/β parameters, Franck-Condon principle, LMCT/MLCT charge transfer, solvent polarity प्रभाव।
Stereochemistry, Bonding & Metal-Ligand Equilibrium
20 lecturesBent rule, hybridization energetics, Walsh diagrams (triatomic/penta-atomic), dπ-pπ bonding; stepwise व overall formation constants; chelate effect का thermodynamic origin; potentiometry व spectrophotometry से binary formation constant निर्धारण।
Organometallic Chemistry
20 lectures18-electron rule, electron counting, metal hydrides/alkyls/aryls/carbonyls/nitrosyls; Wade’s rule; π-bound ligand complexes (alkene, alkyne, allyl, diene, cyclopentadienyl); oxidative addition, reductive elimination, insertion, β-hydride elimination; Fischer/Schrock carbene; homogeneous catalysis — Wilkinson’s, Heck, Suzuki, Sonogashira, Stille, Buchwald-Hartwig, Grubbs।
Metal-Clusters & Metal π-Complexes
15 lecturesHigher boranes, carboranes, metallo-boranes/carboranes; STYX number, bond order व magnetic behaviour; metal carbonyl structure-bonding, vibrational spectra; transition metal nitrosyl, dinitrogen व tertiary phosphine ligands।
Symmetry, Group Theory & Applications
20 lecturesSymmetry operations, point groups, Schönflies symbols; matrix representation, transformation matrices; Great Orthogonality Theorem; character table derivation; IR व Raman active molecular vibrations।
Suggested Textbooks (15)
- Rasaratna Samuccaya — various editions with Rasashastra & bhasmas commentary
- Mukherjee, K.C. — Rasashastra: The Ancient Science of Indian Alchemy, Motilal Banarsidass
- Cotton, F.A., Wilkinson, G.W. — Advanced Inorganic Chemistry, Wiley
- Huheey, J.E., Keiter, E.A., Keiter, R.L. — Inorganic Chemistry: Principles of Structure and Reactivity, Pearson
- Douglas, B.E., McDaniel, D.H., Alexander, J.J. — Concepts and Models of Inorganic Chemistry, Wiley
- Das, A.K., Das, M. — Fundamental Concepts of Inorganic Chemistry, CBS
- Miessler, G.L., Tarr, D.A. — Inorganic Chemistry, Pearson
- Wilkinson, G. — Comprehensive Coordination Chemistry, Pergamon Press
- Sharpe, A.G. — Modern Aspects of Inorganic Chemistry, Routledge & Kegan Paul
- Lever, A.B.P. — Inorganic Electronic Spectroscopy, Elsevier
- Hollas, J.M. — Modern Spectroscopy, Wiley
- Chang, R. — Basic Principles of Spectroscopy, McGraw Hill
- Gupta, B.D. — Basic Organometallic Chemistry, Universities Press
- Bajpai, D.N. — Advanced Physical Chemistry, S. Chand
- Cotton, F.A. — Chemical Applications of Group Theory, Wiley
Advanced Organic Chemistry
PracticumSingle/two/three-step organic preparations — Friedel-Crafts, green chemistry nitration/bromination, Claisen, diazotisation-coupling, Sandmeyer व benzidine rearrangement शामिल हैं।
- Qualitative analysis of binary/ternary mixture of organic compounds
- Determination of phenol/aniline by bromination method
- Preparation of β-Benzoyl propionic acid — a Friedel-Crafts reaction
- Nitration of salicylic acid using calcium nitrate (green chemistry approach): electrophilic aromatic substitution
- Bromination of acetanilide using KBr & CAN — green EAS procedure
- Preparation of dibenzalacetone — a Claisen reaction
- Preparation of anthraquinone (oxidation)
- Preparation of phenyl-azo-β-naphthol — diazotisation/coupling reaction
- Preparation of p-chloronitrotoluene (Sandmeyer reaction)
- Preparation of 1,1-bis-2-naphthol using ferric chloride (green procedure) — radical coupling
- Three-step preparations: benzilic acid from benzaldehyde; hydantoin from glycine; m-nitroaniline from benzene; picric acid from chlorobenzene; p-chlorobenzoic acid from p-toluidine
- Other experiments — oxidation, reduction, bromination, nitration, condensation, rearrangements
- Preparation of benzilic acid from benzil (benzilic acid rearrangement)
- Preparation of m-nitroaniline from benzene (benzene → nitrobenzene → m-nitroaniline)
- Preparation of picric acid from chlorobenzene (chlorobenzene → phenol → 2,4,6-trinitrophenol)
- Preparation of benzidine from benzene (benzidine rearrangement)
- Preparation of p-chlorotoluene — Sandmeyer reaction (toluidine → diazonium chloride → p-chlorotoluene)
- Preparation of α-nitronaphthalene from naphthalene (electrophilic aromatic substitution)
- Preparation of sym. benzyl thiouronium chloride from thiourea (nucleophilic substitution)
Suggested Textbooks (6)
- Ahluwalia, V.K., Aggarwal, R. — Comprehensive Practical Organic Chemistry, University Press
- Vogel, A.I. — Quantitative Organic Analysis, Pearson
- Singh, J., Singh, R.K.P., Yadav, L.D.S., Siddiqui, I.R., Shrivastava, J. — Advanced Practical Chemistry, Pragati Prakashan
- Mendham, J. — Vogel’s Quantitative Chemical Analysis, Pearson
- Vogel, A.I. — Vogel’s Textbook of Practical Organic Chemistry, Pearson
- Mann, F.G., Saunders, B.C. — Practical Organic Chemistry, Pearson
Advanced Inorganic Chemistry
PracticumCoordination complexes की preparation से लेकर nanoferrite synthesis, chromatography, complexometric titration और Job’s method तक।
- Preparation of potassium tris(oxalate)chromate(II)
- Preparation of hexaammine cobalt(III) chloride [Co(NH₃)₆]Cl₃
- Preparation of metal acetylacetonate complexes — e.g. Mn(acac)₂ and Ni(acac)₂
- Preparation of metal/ethylene diamine complexes
- Preparation of sodium hexanitritocobaltate(III), Na₃[Co(NO₂)₆]
- Synthesis of Fe₃O₄ (magnetite) nanoparticles via coprecipitation method
- Coprecipitation of ferrite nanoparticles — e.g. NiFe₂O₄ or CoFe₂O₄
- Synthesis of metal-doped nano ferrites — e.g. Fe₃O₄: Ni/Cu by coprecipitation
- Preparation of Prussian blue compound & determination of magnetic moments
- Identification of metal ions in given compounds; Rf calculation by paper/TLC chromatography
- Determination of Ni²⁺ in an unknown mixture using complexometric titration
- Determination of nickel by extractive spectrophotometric/colorimetric method
- Determination of stoichiometry & stability constant of inorganic complexes by Job’s method
Suggested Textbooks (16)
- Mendham, J. — Vogel’s Textbook of Quantitative Chemical Analysis, Pearson
- Svehla, G. — Vogel’s Qualitative Inorganic Analysis, Pearson
- Levie, D. — Quantitative Chemical Analysis, Tata McGraw-Hill
- Vogel, A.I. — A Textbook of Quantitative Inorganic Analysis, Longman
- Schroder, W.R., Powell, A.R. — Analysis of Minerals and Ores of Rare Elements, Kessinger
- Kolthoff, I.M., Sanderson, E.M. — Quantitative Chemical Analysis, Macmillan
- Cao, G. — Nanostructures and Nanomaterials, Imperial College Press
- Brechignac, C., Houdy, P., Lahmani, M. — Nanomaterials and Nanochemistry, Springer
- Rao, C.N.R., Müller, A., Cheetham, A.K. — Nanomaterials Chemistry, Wiley-VCH
- Klabunde, K.J. — Nanoscale Materials in Chemistry, Wiley-Interscience
- West, A.R. — Solid State Chemistry and Its Applications, Wiley
- Keer, H.V. — Principles of the Solid State, Wiley Eastern
- Chakrabarty, D.K. — Solid State Chemistry, New Age International
- Gogotsi, Y. — Carbon Nanomaterials, CRC Press
- Murty, B.S., Shankar, P., Raj, B., Rath, B.B., Murday, J. — Textbook of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Springer
- Poole, C.P., Owens, F.J. — Introduction to Nanotechnology, Wiley