| Section |
Topic |
Subtopics |
| Section 1: Basic Mathematical Concepts (10+2 Level) |
Functions, maxima and minima, integrals, ordinary differential equations, vectors and matrices, determinants, elementary statistics |
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| Section 2: Physical Chemistry |
Atomic and Molecular Structure |
Planck’s black body radiation; Photoelectric effect; Bohr’s theory, de Broglie postulate, Heisenberg’s Uncertainty Principle Schrödinger’s wave equation (mathematical treatment); Postulates of quantum mechanics; Normalized and orthogonal wave functions; Complex conjugate; Significance of Ψ²; Operators; Particle in 1D box; Radial and angular wave functions for hydrogen atom; Radial probability distribution; Finding maxima of distribution functions; Energy spectrum of hydrogen atom; Shapes of s, p, d, f orbitals; Pauli’s Exclusion Principle; Hund’s rule of maximum multiplicity |
| Gaseous State |
Kinetic molecular model of a gas; Collision frequency; Collision diameter; Mean free path; Viscosity of gases; Maxwell-Boltzmann distribution; Molecular velocities; Law of equipartition of energy; Heat capacities; Ideal gases; Deviations from ideal gas behaviour; van der Waals equation; Critical state; Law of corresponding states |
| Liquid State |
Physical properties of liquids; Vapour pressure; Surface tension; Coefficient of viscosity; Effect of solutes on surface tension and viscosity; Effect of temperature on viscosity |
| Solid State |
Unit cells; Miller indices; Crystal systems; Bravais lattices; Vectors in crystal systems; X-ray diffraction; Bragg’s Law; Structures of NaCl, CsCl, KCl, diamond, graphite; Close packing in metals; Semiconductors, insulators; Defects in crystals; Lattice energy; Isomorphism; Heat capacity of solids |
| Chemical Thermodynamics |
Exact/in-exact differentials; Partial derivatives; Euler’s reciprocity; Cyclic rule; Reversible/irreversible processes; Laws of thermodynamics; Thermochemistry; Enthalpy, entropy, Gibbs free energy (properties & applications); Partial molar quantities; Gibbs-Duhem equation; Chemical potential & applications |
| Chemical and Phase Equilibria |
Law of mass action; Kp, Kc, Kx, Kn; Effect of temperature; Le-Chatelier principle; Ionic equilibria; pH, buffer solutions; Salt hydrolysis; Solubility & solubility product; Acid–base titration curves; Indicators; Dilute solutions; Raoult’s Law; Henry’s Law; Colligative properties; Gibbs phase rule; Phase equilibria (1- and 2-component diagrams) |
| Electrochemistry |
Conductivity, equivalent & molar conductivity; Kohlrausch law; Debye-Hückel-Onsager equation; Ionic velocities, mobilities, transference numbers; Conductance measurement applications; Faraday’s laws; Applications in metallurgy & industry; EMF of a cell; Nernst equation; Standard electrode potential; Electrochemical series; Concentration cells (with/without transference); Potentiometric titrations |
| Chemical Kinetics |
Order & molecularity; Differential & integrated rate laws; Opposing, parallel & consecutive reactions; Steady state approximation; Chain reactions; Lindemann mechanism; Arrhenius equation; Activation energy; Collision theory; Catalysts (types, specificity, selectivity); Solid surface catalysis; Enzyme catalysis (Michaelis-Menten, double reciprocal plot); Acid-base catalysis |
| Adsorption |
Gibbs adsorption equation; Adsorption isotherms; Types of adsorption; Surface area of adsorbents; Surface films on liquids |
| Spectroscopy |
Beer-Lambert’s law; Rotational, vibrational, electronic, and magnetic resonance spectroscopy |
| Section 3: Organic Chemistry |
Basic Concepts in Organic Chemistry and Stereochemistry |
Electronic effects (resonance, inductive, hyperconjugation); Steric effects; Optical isomerism (with/without stereocenters – allenes, biphenyls); Conformations of acyclic (ethane, propane, butane) and cyclic (cyclohexane, decalins) systems |
| Organic Reaction Mechanism and Synthetic Applications |
Reactive intermediates (carbocations, carbanions, free radicals, carbenes, nitrenes, benzynes); Substitution/elimination mechanisms; Hofmann-Curtius-Lossen, Wolff, Simmons-Smith, Reimer-Tiemann, Michael, Darzens, Wittig, McMurry reactions; Pinacol-pinacolone, Favorskii, benzilic acid, Baeyer-Villiger rearrangements; Oxidation/reduction; Organometallic reagents (Grignard, organolithium, organocopper, organozinc/Reformatsky); Pericyclic reactions (Diels-Alder, electrocyclic, sigmatropic); Functional group interconversions; Structural problems |
| Qualitative Organic Analysis |
Functional group tests; UV, IR, ¹H NMR spectroscopy for simple molecules |
| Natural Products Chemistry |
Alkaloids; Steroids; Terpenes; Carbohydrates; Amino acids; Peptides; Nucleic acids |
| Aromatic and Heterocyclic Chemistry |
Aromatic hydrocarbons (mono, bi, tri-cyclic); Monocyclic heteroatom compounds; Aromaticity; Electrophilic & nucleophilic substitution |
| Section 4: Inorganic Chemistry |
Periodic Table |
Periodic classification; Aufbau principle; Orbital energy variation; Effective nuclear charge; Atomic, covalent, ionic radii; Ionization enthalpy; Electron gain enthalpy; Electronegativity trends; Electronic configuration (diatomics, first & second row elements) |
| Extraction of Metals |
Isolation & purification of elements; Ellingham diagram |
| Chemical Bonding and Shapes of Molecules |
Ionic bond: packing, radius ratio rule, Born-Landé equation, Kapustinskii expression, Madelung constant, Born-Haber cycle, solvation, Fajan’s rules; Covalent bond: Lewis structure, VB theory, Hybridization, MO theory, MO diagrams; Bonding (σ, π), bond lengths; Intermolecular forces (vdW, dipole-dipole, induced dipole, H-bonding); VSEPR theory; Ionic solids |
| Main Group Elements (s and p blocks) |
Reactions of alkali/alkaline earth metals; Alkali metals in liquid ammonia; Gradation in properties; Inert pair effect; Diborane, ammonia, silane, phosphine, H₂S; Allotropes of carbon; Oxides & oxoacids (N, P, S, Cl); Halides of Si, P; Borazine, silicone, phosphazene; Xenon fluorides |
| Transition Metals (d block) |
Characteristics; Oxides, hydroxides & salts (first row); Coordination complexes: structure, isomerism, spectra, VB/MO/CFT; Organometallics (carbonyls, nitrosyls, metallocenes); Homogeneous catalysis (Wilkinson’s catalyst) |
| Bioinorganic Chemistry |
Essential/trace elements; Role of metal ions (Fe²⁺, Zn²⁺); Structure & function of myoglobin, hemoglobin, carbonic anhydrase |
| Instrumental Methods of Analysis |
Principles, instrumentation, applications of conductometry, potentiometry, UV-Vis spectroscopy; Analysis of water, air, soil samples |
| Analytical Chemistry |
Qualitative & quantitative analysis; Acid-base, redox, complexometric titrations (EDTA); Precipitation reactions; Indicators; Organic reagents; Radioactivity; Nuclear reactions; Isotopes; Error analysis, statistics, probability |
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