BCHCT-137

(See Lecture 1)

Volume I

Block-1 d and f Block Elements

Unit 1:- Transition Elements-I: 

Electronic Configuration ; General Characteristics; Periodic Trends in Properties, Atomic Radii, Atomic Volume and Density, Melting and Boiling Points, Ionisation Energy, Electronegativity, Electrode Potential, Oxidation States, Stability of various Oxidation States for Mn, Fe and Cu, Latimer diagrams.

Unit 2:- Transition Elements-II: 

Formation of Complexes; Colour of Transition Metal Compounds; Magnetic Properties; Catalytic Properties.

Unit 3:- Inner-Transition Elements: 

General Characteristics, Electronic Configuration and Position in Periodic Table, Lanthanide Contraction, Atomic Radii, Oxidation States, Colour of Ions, Electrode Potentials, Magnetic Properties; Separation of Lanthanides, Ion-Exchange Method. 

Block-2 Coordination Chemistry

Unit 4:- Coordination Chemistry-I: 

Coordination Chemistry, Werner’s Coordination Theory; Some Basic Definitions, Complex, Ligands, Coordination Number; Nomenclature, IUPAC System. 

Unit 5:- Coordination Chemistry –II : 

Isomerism in Coordination Compound, Structural Isomerism (Coordination Numbers 4 and 6), Stereoisomerism (Coordination Numbers 4 and 6); Theories of Bonding as applied to Complexes, Valence Bond Theory, Inner and Outer Orbital Complexes of Cr, Fe, Co, Ni and Cu. 

Unit 6:- Crystal Field Theory-I : 

Crystal Field Theory, Crystal Field Splitting in Octahedral Complexes, Crystal Field Stabilization Energy (CFSE); Crystal Field Effects , Weak and Strong Fields; Factors affecting the Magnitude of Crystal Field Splitting Energy, Spectrochemical Series.

Unit 7:- Crystal Field Theory-II: 

Crystal Field Splitting in Tetrahedral Complexes; Comparison of CFSE for Oh and Td Complexes; Crystal Field Splitting in Square Planar Complexes, Tetragonal Distortion of Octahedral Geometry, Jahn-Teller Distortion, Square Planar Coordination; Some common applications of Complexes. 

Volume II

Block-3 States of Matter

Unit 8:- Kinetic Theory of Gases : 

Recapitulation of the Gas Laws; Equation of State of Ideal Gases; Kinetic Theory of Gases, Postulates of Kinetic Theory; Kinetic Gas Equation; Maxwell Boltzmann Distribution, Molecular Velocities, Molecular Energies, Temperature Dependence of these Distributions; Principle of Equipartition of Energy; Intermolecular Collisions; Mean Free Path.

Unit 9:- Real Gases and their Liquefaction: 

Deviation of Real Gases from Ideal Behavior, Compressibility Factor, Causes of Deviation; Van der Waals Equation, Boyle Temperature;    Critical Phenomenon, Andrews Isotherms of CO2, Critical Constants and van der Waals Constants, Determination of Critical Constants; Viscosity of Gases, Effect of Temperature and Pressure.

Unit 10:- Liquids : 

Comparison of Liquids with Gases and Solid; Structure of Liquids; Surface Tension, Determination Surface Tension; Viscosity of a Liquid, Determination of Coefficient of Viscosity; Effect of temperature on surface tension and coefficient of viscosity of a liquid. 

Unit 11:- Solids - I: 

Amorphous and Crystalline Solids; Symmetry Elements; Crystal Lattice, Unit Cell; Bravais Lattices and Crystal Systems, Bravais Lattice, Cubic System Geometry; Laws of Crystallography, Law of Constancy of Interfacial Angles, Law of Rational Indices; Crystal Planes and Miller Indices. 

Unit 12:- Solids –II: 

X-rays Diffraction, Bragg’s Law; Structures of NaCl, KCl and CsCl; Defects in Crystals; Glasses and Liquid Crystals.

Block-4 Chemical Kinetics

Unit 13:- Chemical Kinetics – I: 

Rate of a Reaction, Experimental Determination, Factors affecting Rate of a Reaction; Rate Law and Rate Constant, Order and Molecularity; Integrated Rate Laws, Zero Order Reactions, First Order Reactions, Second Order Reactions 

Unit 14:- Chemical Kinetics – II: 

Determining the Order of a Reaction, Initial Rate Method, Integral Method, Graphical Method, Half-life Method, Isolation Method; Theories of Reaction Rates, Collision theory, Activated Complex Theory of Bimolecular Reactions, Collision Theory and Arrhenius Theory – a Comparison.

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Mr. Monu Kumar