Details of CH1101 (Autumn 2014)

Level: 1 Type: Theory Credits: 3.0

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

Syllabus
Inorganic Chemistry

  • Shapes of the Molecules:
    Hybridization and VSEPR theory

  • Electron Deficient Molecules:
    Structure and Bonding

  • Molecular Orbital Theory:
    Homonuclear Diatomics
    Heteronuclear Diatomics

  • Valence Bond Theory (Transition Metal Chemistry):

  • Crystal Field Theory: Basic ideas
  • Organometallic Chemistry
  • Bioinorganic Chemistry: Introduction


Organic Chemistry

  • Bonding and Hybridization:
    sp3, sp2 and sp; aromaticity, sigma and pi-electrons

  • Resonance, Hyperconjugation, Inductive Effect and Electronegativity

  • Concept of Acids and Bases:
    Bronsted and Lewis acids and their comparison

  • Reaction Mechanism
    Substitution Reactions (S$_\rm N$1, S$_\rm N$2, S$_\rm N$i)

  • Oxidation and Reduction:
    Electronic concept

  • Name Reactions

References

  1. Advanced Inorganic Chemistry by F. A. Cotton, G. Wilkinson
  2. Inorganic Chemistry: Principles of Structure and Reactivity by J. E. Huheey
  3. Concise Inorganic Chemistry by J. D. Lee
  4. Organic Chemistry vol. 1 by I. L. Finar
  5. A Guidebook to Mechanism in Organic Chemistry by Peter Sykes

Course Credit Options

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