This document outlines the syllabus for the CSIR (Chemical Sciences) exam. It is divided into three main sections: Physical Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry, and Organic Chemistry. The Physical Chemistry section covers topics like quantum mechanics, spectroscopy, thermodynamics, kinetics and electrochemistry. The Inorganic Chemistry section covers topics like structure and bonding, main group and transition metal chemistry, organometallic compounds and analytical techniques. The Organic Chemistry section covers topics like nomenclature, reaction mechanisms, natural products, spectroscopy and heterocyclic compounds. An interdisciplinary section covers topics at the interface of chemistry with other fields like nanoscience, catalysis, medicinal chemistry and environmental chemistry.
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This document outlines the syllabus for the CSIR (Chemical Sciences) exam. It is divided into three main sections: Physical Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry, and Organic Chemistry. The Physical Chemistry section covers topics like quantum mechanics, spectroscopy, thermodynamics, kinetics and electrochemistry. The Inorganic Chemistry section covers topics like structure and bonding, main group and transition metal chemistry, organometallic compounds and analytical techniques. The Organic Chemistry section covers topics like nomenclature, reaction mechanisms, natural products, spectroscopy and heterocyclic compounds. An interdisciplinary section covers topics at the interface of chemistry with other fields like nanoscience, catalysis, medicinal chemistry and environmental chemistry.
This document outlines the syllabus for the CSIR (Chemical Sciences) exam. It is divided into three main sections: Physical Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry, and Organic Chemistry. The Physical Chemistry section covers topics like quantum mechanics, spectroscopy, thermodynamics, kinetics and electrochemistry. The Inorganic Chemistry section covers topics like structure and bonding, main group and transition metal chemistry, organometallic compounds and analytical techniques. The Organic Chemistry section covers topics like nomenclature, reaction mechanisms, natural products, spectroscopy and heterocyclic compounds. An interdisciplinary section covers topics at the interface of chemistry with other fields like nanoscience, catalysis, medicinal chemistry and environmental chemistry.
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This document outlines the syllabus for the CSIR (Chemical Sciences) exam. It is divided into three main sections: Physical Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry, and Organic Chemistry. The Physical Chemistry section covers topics like quantum mechanics, spectroscopy, thermodynamics, kinetics and electrochemistry. The Inorganic Chemistry section covers topics like structure and bonding, main group and transition metal chemistry, organometallic compounds and analytical techniques. The Organic Chemistry section covers topics like nomenclature, reaction mechanisms, natural products, spectroscopy and heterocyclic compounds. An interdisciplinary section covers topics at the interface of chemistry with other fields like nanoscience, catalysis, medicinal chemistry and environmental chemistry.
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SYLLABUS FOR CSIR (CHEMICAL SCIENCES)
PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY:-
1) BASIC PRINCIPLES AND APPLICATIONS OF QUANTUM MECHANICS –HYDROGEN ATOM, ANGULAR
MOMENTUM. 2) VARIATIONAL AND PERTURBATIONAL METHODS. 3) BASICS OF ATOMIC STRUCTURE, ELECTRONIC CONFIGURATION, SHAPES OF ORBITALS, HYDROGEN ATOMSPECTRA. 4) THEORETICAL TREATMENT OF ATOMIC STRUCTURES AND CHEMICAL BONDING. 5) CHEMICAL APPLICATIONS OF GROUP THEORY. 6) BASIC PRINCIPLES AND APPLICATIONS SPECTROSCOPY-ROTATIONAL, VIBRATIONAL, ELECTRONIC, RAMAN, ESR, NMR. 7) CHEMICAL THERMODYNAMICS. 8) PHASE EQUILIBRIA. 9) STATISTICAL THERMODYNAMICS. 10) CHEMICAL EQUILIBRIA. 11) ELECTROCHEMISTRY-NERNST EQUATION, ELECTRODE KINEETICS, ELECTRICAL DOUBLELAYER, DEBYE- HUCKEL THEORY. 12) CHEMICAL KINETICS-EMPIRICAL RATE LAWS, ARRHENIUS EQUATION, THEORIES OF REACTION RATES, DETERMINATION OF REACTION MECHANISMS, EXPERIMENTAL TECHNIQUES FOR FAST REACTIONS. 13) CONCEPT OF CATALYSIS. 14) POLYMER CHEMISTRY-MOLECULAR WEIGHTS AND THEIR DETERMINATIONS, KINETICS OF CHAINPOLYMERISATION. 15) SOLIDS-STRUCTURAL CLASSFICATION OF BINARY AND TERNERY COMPOUNDS, DIFRACTION TECHNIQUES, BONDING, THERMAL, ELECTRICAL AND MAGNATIC PROPERTIES. 16) COLLIDS AND SURFACE PHENOMENA. 17) DATA ANALYSIS.
INORGANIC CHEMISTRY :-
18) CHEMICAL PERIODICITY.
19) STRUCTURE AND BONDING IN HOMO AND HETERO NUCLEAR MOLECULES, INCLUDING SHAPES OF MOLECULES. 20) CONCEPTS OF ACIDS AND BASES. 21) CHEMISTRY OF MAIN GROUPELEMENTS AND THEIR COMPOUNDS.ALLOTROPHY, SYNTHESIS, BONDING, AND STRUCTURE. 22) CHEMISTRY OF TRANSITION ELEMENTS AND COORDINATIOIN COMPOUNDS-BONDING THEORIES, SPECTRAL AND MAGNATIC PROPERTIES, REACTION MECHANISMS. 23) INNER TRANSITION ELEMENTS-SPECTRAL AND MAGNATIC PROPERTIES, ANALYTICAL APPLICATIONS. 24) ORGANO METALLIC COMPOUNDS-SYNTHESIS, BONDING, AND STRUCTURE, AND REACTIVITY. ORGANOMETALLICS IN HOMOGENIOUS CATALYSIS. 25) CAGES AND METAL CLUSTERS. 26) ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY-SEPERATION TECHNIQUES, SPECTROSCOPIC, ELECTROCHEMICAL AND THERMO ANALYTICAL METHODS. 27) BIO INORGANIC CHEMISTRY-PHOTOSYSTEMS, PORPHYRINES, METALLOENZYMES, OXYGEN TRANSPORT, ELECTRON TRANSFER REACTIONS, NITROZEN FIXATATION. 28) PHYSICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF INORGANIC COMPOUNDS BY IR, RAMAN, NMR, EPR, MOSSBAUER, UV, NQR, MS, ELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY AND MACROSCOPIC TECHNIQUES. 29) NUCLEAR CHEMISTRY-NUCLEAR REACTIONS, FISSION, FUSION, RADIO ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES, AND ACTIVATION ANALYSIS.
ORGANIC CHEMISTRY :-
30) IUPAC NOMENCLATURE OF ORGANIC COMPOUNDS.
31) PRINCIPLES OF STEREO CHEMISTRY, CONFORMATIONAL ANALYSIS, ISOMERISM AND CHIRALITY. 32) REACTIVE INTERMEDIATES AND ORGANIC REACTION MECHANISMS. 33) CONCEPTS OF AROMATICITY. 34) PERICYCLIC REACTIONS. 35) NAMED REACTIONS. 36) TRANSFORMATIONS AND REARRANGEMENTS. 37) PRINCIPLES AND APPLICATIONS OF ORGANIC PHOTOCHEMISTRY, FREE RADICAL REACTIONS. 38) REACTIONS INVOLVING NUCLEOPHOTIC CARBON INTERMEDIATES. 39) OXIDATION AND REDUCTION OF FUNCTIONAL GROUPS. 40) COMMON REAGENTS (ORGANIC, INORGANIC AND ORGANOMETALLIC) IN ORGANIC SYNTHESIS. 41) CHEMISTRY OF NATURAL PRODUCTS SUCH AS STEROIDS, ALKALOIDS, TERPHENES, PEPTIDES, CARBOHYDRATES, NUCLEIC ACIDS AND LIPIDS. 42) SELECTIVE ORGANIC TRANSFORMATIONS-CHEMOSELECTIVITY, REGIOSELECTIVITY, STEREOSELECTIVITY, ENANTIOSELECTIVITY, PROTECTING GROUPS. 43) CHEMISTRY OF AROMATIC AND ALIPHATIC HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS. 44) PHYSICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF ORGANIC COMPOUNDS BY IR, UV, MS, AND, NMR.
INTERDESIPLINARY TOPICS :-
45) CHEMISTRY IN NANOSCIENCE AND TECHNOGY.
46) CATALYSIS AND GREEN CHEMISTRY. 47) MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY. 48) SUPRAMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY. 49) ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY. SYLLABUS FOR CSIR (CHEMICAL SCIENCES)