Details of CH1101 (Autumn 2012)

Level: 1 Type: Theory Credits: 3.0

Course CodeCourse NameInstructor(s)
CH1101 Chemistry I Balaram Mukhopadhyay,
R. N. Mukherjee

Syllabus
CH1101: Chemistry-I


Introduction : Concept of atomic orbitals; shapes and pictures of orbitals; concept of quantum numbers; Slaters rule; Pauli Exclusion Principle; Hunds rule; auf bau principle and building up the Periodic Table.
Periodic Properties: Ionization energy, electron affinity and electronegativity. Periodic variation of atomic radii, Periodic anomalies and secondary periodicity, Relativistic effect.
Chemical Bond and Molecular Structure : Concept of a chemical bond-ionic and covalent bond, Madulung constant, Born Haber cycle, Lewis structure, octet rule. Resonance. Formal Charge. Hypervalance. Fajans Rule. VSEPR model. Concept of hybridization. Concept of bonding and antibonding orbitals; explanation with simple diatomic systems, MO theory and several chemical properties.
Concept of Acids and Bases : Acidity, basicity, Different concepts including HSAB principle with simple thermodynamic background, protic and aprotic acids, pH and pKa, Henderson Hasselbach equation, buffers and buffer capacity, indicators and their choice, amino acids.
Coordination compounds: Alfred Werners formulation and definition of Coordination Complex; Ligands; Coordination Geometry; Coordination Numbers; Primary & Secondary Coordination Spheres; Classification of Ligands including Chelating Ligands: Monodentate, Bidentate, Polydentate; Nomenclature of Coordination Compounds; Isomerism in coordination compounds
Basics of organic chemistry: recapitulation of the organic nomenclature, hydrocarbons saturated and unsaturated, conformation of Ethane, methane, cyclohexane, monosaccharides, bonding of methane, ethane, ethylene and acetylene explained by MO theory.
Stereochemistry of organic compounds: Molecular symmetry and chirality. Symmetry operation and symmetry elements. Enantiomers and diastereomers; R and S nomenclature Fischer Projection.
Basic organic reaction chemistry: Neucleophilicity, Electrophilicity, Carbocation, carbanion, SN1, SN2, E1 and E2 reactions and their energy profiles, addition reactions.

References
Suggested textbooks:

1. J. E. Huheey, R L Keiter and E A Keiter, Inorganic Chemistry, Harper Collins (1993).
2. D. F. Shriver and P W Atkins, Inorganic Chemistry, Oxford University Press (1999).
3. F. A. Cotton, G. Wilkinson, C. A. Murillo and M. Bochmann, Advanced Inorganic Chemistry, John Wiley, Chichester (1999).
9. C. E. Housecroft and A.G. Sharpe, Inorganic Chemistry, Prentice-Hall, New Jersey (2005).
10. D. Nasipuri, Stereochemistry of Organic Compounds: Principles and Applications, Oscar Publications (1994).
11. G. Mark Loudon, Organic Chemistry, Oxford University Press, Oxford (2002).
12. J. Clayden, N. Greeves, S. Warren and P. Wothers, Organic Chemistry, John Wiley, New York (2002).
13. T. W. G. Solomons and C. B. Fryhle, Organic Chemistry, John Wiley, New York (2004).


Course Credit Options

Sl. No.ProgrammeSemester NoCourse Choice
1 IP 1 Not Allowed
2 IP 3 Not Allowed
3 MS 1 Core
4 RS 1 Not Allowed