Departmental Courses

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Department of Chemistry offers three main Programes

1. M.Sc
2. M.Phil
3. Ph.D
The detail of courses is as follows

M.Sc in Chemistry:

Coursework in M.Sc is distributed in four semesters.The student has to pass a minimum of 60 credits. A course of one credit means one hour of lecture or three hours of laboratory work work per week.

FIRST SEMESTER

C-051 Basic Mathematics for Chemistry (1 Credit)

Review of basic algebra and trignometry Graphic methds Differentiations. Maxima and minima. Integration. Partial differention. Differential equations (linear, homogeneous, exact). Determentation and matrices. Application in Chemistry.

C-321 Analytical Chemistry (3 Credits)

Basic concepts. Analytical sampling, extration and chromatographic separation techniques. Data handling. Chemical Equilibrium. Titrimetry (acid-base, precipitation, complexometric, and titraions).

C-322 Analytical Chemistry Laboratry (1 Credit)

Calibration and use of volumeetric glassware. Thin layer chromatographic separation of dyes in ink. Paper chromatographic separation of Co(II), Fe(III) and Ni(II) salts. Study of equilibrium for distribution of a solute between two immiscible solvents. Dissociation constant of weak acids. Redox ttrations; determination of iron (II) using potassium dichromate. Precipitation of AbCl-stoichiometric relation. Determination of Zn by EDTA complexometric method.

C-331 Inorganic Chemistry (2 Credits)

Periodic alssification and periodic properties. Chemical bonding (V.B. anb M.O.). Acids and bases. Nobel gases and their compounds. Chemistry of interhalogens, pseudohalogens and polyhalides.

C-332 Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory (1 Credit)

Detection of cations and anions in a mixture, separation of metal ions by paper chromatography, acid/base titrametric methods.

C-341 Organic Chemistry (3 Credits)

Nomeenclature: multifunctional aliphatic, alicyclic and heterocyclic compounds. Bonding: localized and delocalized chemical bonding, aromaticity and tautomerism. Stereochemistry: shapes of molecules, conformation in open chain compounds and cyclohexane, configuration, CIP-system of nomenclature. Chemical reactivity and molecular structure: electronic effects and steric effects on the reactivity of molecules, acids and basis. Reactive intermediates: introduction to structure, methds of generation and involving carbonium ion, carbanions, carbenes, nitrenes and arynes. Introduction to UV and IR spectroscopy.

C-342 Organic Chemistry 1 Credits

Purification of organic compounds: crystallization, fractional distillation, vacuum distillation, Chromatographic techniques: column, paper and thin layer chromatography; preparative thin layer chromatography and two dimensional thin layer chromatography. Sample preparations: one step preparation of organic compounds.

C-351 Physical Chemistry 3 Credits

Kinetic molecular theory of gases; ideal and non-ideal behaviour, molecular collision, distribution of molecular energies and speeds, viscosoty of gases and diffusion.
Chemical thermodynamics; review of the first law of thermodynamics, enthalpy and chemical reaction, heat capacities; second law of thermodynamics, the driving force and work functions, molecular interpretation of thermodynamics functions and their calculations.

C-352 Physical Chemistry Laboratory 1 Credits

Determination of molecular weight by elevation of boiling point (ebullioscopic method)
Determination of molecular weight by cryoscopicmethod.
Study of the adsorption of an organic acid on charcol.
Determination of molar refraction of different compounds and groups.
Determination of the heat of neutralization of (a) strong acid with a strong base, (b) weak acid with a strong base.
Determination of the precipitation values of Na+, Ba++ ion for As2S3 sol.
Determination of the order of a reaction and a rate constant of a given reaction.
Determination of activation energy of a chemical reaction.





SECOND SEMESTER:

C-052 Advanced Mathematics for Chemists 1 Credits


Coordinate systems: cartesian and transformation from cartesian to polar co-ordenates. Differential equations: equations of the first order and the first degree, linear equations with constant coefficients (equations of the first and second order only). Vectors andmatrices. Probability theory and theory of errors. Applications in chemistry.

C-323 Analytical chemistry - II 2 Credits

Electro-analytical techniques; potentiometry, conductometry, polarography, coulometry, electrogravimetric and anode stripping voltametry.

C-324 Analytical Chemistry Laboratory - II 1 Credits

Potentiometric titrations involving strong/weak acids.
Polarography of trace amunts of metals.
Conductometric estimation of strong/weak basis.
Electrogravimetric analysis of zinc.
Coulometric estimations.
Potentiometric titration of plyprotic acids.

C-333 Inorganic Chemistry - II 2 Credits

Chemistry of d and f block elements, crystel field and VSERP theories, crystalline state, structure and energetic of inorganic molecules. Theory of metals and intermatallic compounds and electron transfer reactions.

C-334 Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory 1 Credits

Estimation of pairs of metal ions like Cu²+, Ni²+ Al²+, Fe³+, Zn²+, Ca², Mg²+ from solution.

C-343 Organic Chemistry - II 3 Credits

Applications of basic concepts especially mechanism, stereochemistry and UV-IR spectroscopy to study different classes of organic compounds namely hydrocarbons, halogen compounds, alcohols, ethers, carbonyl compounds, nitrogen compounds, organometallics and aromatic compounds.

C-344 Organic chemistry Laboratory 1 Credits

Preparations: one and two steps synthesis of different classes of compounds, work up and purifications of the products. Identofocation of the products; thin layer chromatography of the products with reference compounds, UV and IR spectroscopy of products, preparation of derevatives and their identification.

C-353 Physical Chemistry - II 3 Credits

Atomic and molecular structure; vectors, operators, Schrodinger equation, particle in one dimensional box, simple harmonic oscillator, hydrogen atom. Molecular systems: H2-molecule, molecular orbital and valence bond methods, hybridization.
Molecular spectrodcopy; spectral terms, rotational, vibrational, electronic and NMR spectroscopy.
Statistical Methods; statisitical ensembes, probability, partition functions and their applications, statistical treatment of eqyilibrium.

C-354 Physical Chemistry Laboratory - II 1 Credits

Study of the formation of silver-amino complex colorimetrically.
determination of the heat of fusion of a substance.
Determination of the dissociation constant of succinic acid from conductivity measurement.
Determination of the degree of hydrolysis of a weak salt by conductance measurement.
Determination of the heat of solution of a substance by solubility measurements.
Verification of Debye-Huckel-Onsager equation.
Determination of a Pk value of an indicator by spectrophotometric measurement.
Determination of the mean activity coefficient of a sparingly soluble salt.





THIRD AND FORTH SEMESTERS:

In these semesters the students shall be offered specializition in one of the fields of the Chemistry i.e. Inorganic analytical, Organic or Physical. One course from the following (C-335, C-345 and C-355) however, is required to be registered when offered by the department.

C-335 Industrial Chemistry 3 Credits


Basic datafor the development of the industrial unit e.g. basic chemical data, chemical control, raw materials etc. Chemical processes i.e. unit operations, unit process. chemistry and technology of industries like water conditioning, cement, glass, ceramic, chloralkai, leather, fertilizers, sugar and starch, steel petroleum, oil, fats and waxes, soap and detergent, pulpand paper etc.

C-345 Bichemistry 3 Credits

Chemical characteristics of carbohydrates, aminoacids, protiens, nucleic acids and lipids. Enzymes; kinetics and mechanism of enzymes action. Bioenergetics: phosphorylation and mechanism of energy transfer through energy carrier ATP, NADH and NADPH. Metabolism of carbohydrates, protiens and lipids.

C-355 Polymer Chemistry 3 Credits

Definations and classifications of polymers. Kinetics and statistics of step, chain, ionic and stereoregular polymerizations. Co-polymerizations. Polymerization conditions and polymer prcoss. Polymer reactions. Stabilization of high polymers. Physical properties of polymer solutions. polymer characterization. Polymer Technologies: Plastic and fiber technology, plymer and alloys.





INORGANIC/ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY:

C-422 Instrumental Methods 3 Credits


Molecular spectroscopy (UV, Visible, IR); principles and applications to analytical problems. Atomic emission and absorptions spectrometry (flame, plasma, atomic absorption).

C-423 Advanced Analytical Chemistry 3 Credits

Thermal Analysis, principles (including electronic basis of the technique) and applications. Clinical applications of analytical Chemistry (blod, drug and environmental analysis).

C-427 Chemical Crystallograpgy 3 Credits

Aymmetry, unit cell, srystal system, lattice point and space group X-rays; production and diffraction. Bragg's equation. Reciprocal lattice data collection (film and diffractrometric techniques) and data reduction. Structure analysis (Patterson function, Fourier synthesis and direct methods), refinement.

C-430 Elementry Group Theory 2 Credits

Symmetry, symmetry element and operations, point groups, group representations and character table, reducible and irreducible representations. Application of group theory to valence bond. Molecular orbital and crystal field theories.

C-431 Coordination Chemistry 3 Credits

Interoduction, Werner's theory, nomenclature. Theories of coordinates bond. reparation, absorption spectra and magnetic properties of complexes. Stereochemistry, Stablity, Kinetic and mechanism of reaction of complexes.

C-432 Inorganic Chemistry - III 3 Credits

A non aqueous solvents; properties of ionizing solvents, classification types of reaction, chemistry in non-aqueous solvents.
Clatherates: inorganic ring, chains, cages of B, Si, N, P, S and metal

C-433 Inorganic Chemistry - IV 3 Credits

Metal carbonyles, nitrosyls and related compounds, chemistry and bonding of metal sigma and pi complexes, catalysis by organo-mettalic compounds.

C-436 Nuclear and Rado-Chemistry 3 Credits

Effect of radiation on biological system Detection and measurement of nuclear radiation.

C-437 Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory 3 Credits

Synthesis and characterization of rpresentative coordination and organomettalic compounds. Analysis of minerals, cement, alloys and water.

C-438 Research and Seminar in Inorganic/Analytical Chemistry 1 Credits
C-439 Research in Inorganic/Analytical Chemistry 3 Credits



ORGANIC CHEMISATRY:

C-440 Chemistry of Heterocyclic Compounds 2 Credits

Cylic analogues of amines, ether and related compounds, unsaturated heterocyclic compounds, aromaticity and tauomerism in heterocyclic chemistry, five membered armotic heterocyclic compounds: heterocyclic analogues of benzene: polycyclic, aromatic heterocyclic compounds. Heterocyclic compounds in nature and medicine.

C-441 Reaction Mechanism - I 3 Credis

Introduction to reaction mechanism, Methods of determination of reaction mechanism, Substitution Reaction, Addition Reactions, Elimination Reaction.

C-442 Spectroscopic Methods in Organic Chemistry 3 Credits

Nuclear magnetic resonance: fundamentals of NMR, clemical shifts, Mass spectrometry: Basic theoetical principles, low and high resolution mass spectrometry, fragmentation patterns of compounds having different functional groups. Structure elucidation: Joint application of UV, IR, mass and NMR spectroscopy.

C-443 Chemistry of Natural Products 3 Credits

Isolation: Physical and chemical methods with special emphasis on chromatographic techniques. Structure elucidation: Application of UV , IR, NMR and mass spectroscopy for structual elucidation. Synthesis: Partial and ttal synthesis of some representatives of terpene alkaloids, steroids, cabhydrates and flavonoids.

C-444 Reaction Mechanism - II 3 Credits

Molecular rearrangement, Cylic and Non-cyclic Rearrangements, Reduction, Pericyclic Reactions

C-445 Stereochemistry 3 Credits

Static Stereochemistry, Stereochemistry Nomenclature: Chirality Elements, Chirallity centres, axis. Dynamic Stereochemistry.

C-446 Organic Synthesis 3 Credits

Introduction to Reterosynthesis, concept of synthones and reterosynthetic approach. Synthesis and uses of alkylhalides, alkenes, alkynes, alcohols, ethers, aromatics, carbonyl compounds and nitrogenn compounds. Bond formations, Cycliozation: Simple inttramolecular reaction leading to cyclic structures.

C-447 Organic Chemistry Laboratory -III 3 Credits

Synthesis, Isolation, Identification, Pharmaceuticals and Heterocycles,

C-448 Research And Seminar in Organic chemistry 1 Credit
C-449 Research in Organic Chemistry 3 Credits




PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY:

C-450 Numerical Methods and Computer Programming 2 Credits


Computer oriented numerical methods: Ordinary differential equation, matrix algebra and simulation equations, least square curve fitting, numerical integration, Fortran Programming.

C-451 Chemical Kinetics 3 Credits

Mesurement of reactiion rates and treatment of experimental data. Theories of reaction rates. Reaction in Solution. Complex reactions including chain reaction.
Homogeneous catalysis. Photochemical reactions.

C-452 Quantum Chemistry 3 Credits

Hermitian operators and their properties, angular momentum, central field problem, Hydrogen like atoms. apprximation methods, molecular orbital theory.

C-453 Molecular Spectroscopy 3 Credits

Interaction of electromagnetic radiation with matter. Rotation, Vibration, rotation-vibration spectroscopy. Optical Spectroscopy. Molecular symmetry. Magnetic resonance. Application to molecular structure.

C-454 Thermodynamics and Electrochemistry 3 Credits

Thermodynamics of systems of variable cmposition, partial molar quantities, ideal and diluted solutions. Interfacial Phenemenon and electrode kinetics, Butler-Volmer equation. Nernst equation.

C-455 Statistical Mechanics 3 Credits

Ensembles, Partition functions. Sstems of independent particles. Monoatomic crystals. application to chemical equilibrium and chemical kinetics, lattices, adsorption and quantum statistics.

C-456 Nuclear Radiation Chemistry 2 Credits

Fundamentals of nuclears and radiation chemistry, nuclear structure, equation of radio active decay and growth, nuclear reactions.

C-457 Solid State Chemistry and Surface Chemistry 3 Credits

Intermolecular energies. Condensed system symmetry, Lattices, thermodynamics of Surface.

C-458 Solution Chemistry 2 Credits

Solution and their role in chemistry, models for solution nature of interactions present in solutions.

C-459 Physical Chemistry Laboratory - III 3 Credits
C-460 Research and Seminar in Physical Chemistry 1 Credit
C-461 Research in Physical Chemistry 3 Credits

M.Phil in Chemistry:

M.Phil students have to complete 24 credit course work and the research work coprises 26 credit.
ANALYTICAL/INORGANIC CHEMISTRY:
C-600 Advanced Molecules Spectroscopy (3 Credits)
C-601 Diffraction Methods on Analysis (3 Credits)
C-602 Special Topics in Analytical Chemistry (3 Credits)
C-603 Advanced Analytical Instrumental Technologies (3 Credits)
C-604 Advanced Thermal Analysis (3 Credits)
C-605 Environmental chemistry (3 Credits)
C-606 Analysis and Characterization of Polymers (3 Credits)
C-607 Applied Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy (3 Credits)
C-608 Seminar in Analytical Chemistry (3 Credits)
C-621 Inorganic Electronic Spectroscopy (3 Credits)
C-622 Kinetics and Mechanism of Inorganic Reactions (3 Credits)
C-623 Organo-transition Metal Chemistry (3 Credits)
C-624 Bio-Inorganic Chemistry (3 Credits)
C-625 Physical Methods in Inorganic chemistry (3 Credits)
C-626 Special topics in Inorganic chemistry (3 Credits)
C-628 Advanced Applied Chemistry (3 Credits)
C-629 Seminar in Inorganic Chemistry (3 Credits)

ORGANIC CHEMISTRY:
C-640 Modern Trends in Organic Synthesis (3 Credits)
C-641 Advanced Stereochemistry (3 Credits)
C-642 Physic Organic Chemistry & Reaction Mechanism (3 Credits)
C-643 Nuclear Magnetic Resonance in Organic Chemistry (3 Credits)
C-644 Chemistry of Primary Metabolites (3 Credits)
C-645 Chemistry of Secondary Metabolites (3 Credits)
C-646 chemistry of Glycosides (3 Credits)
C-647 Biosynthesis of Natural Products (3 Credits)
C-648 Chemistry of Organometallic Compounds (3 Credits)
C-649 Reactive Intermediates in Organic Chemistry. (3 Credits)
C-650 Advanced Heterocylic Chemistry (3 Credits)
C-651 Mass Spectrometry (3 Credits)
C-652 Organic Photochemistry (3 Credits)
C-653 Organic Polymer Chemistry (3 Credits)
C-654 Pericyclic Reactions: Theory and Applications (3 Credits)
C-655 Special Topics in Organic Chemistry (3 Credits)
C-656 Seminar in Organic chemistry (3 Credits)

PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY:
C-660 Physical Chemistry of High Polymers (3 Credits)
C-661 quantum Chemistry (3 Credits)
C-662 Electrode Process (3 Credits)
C-664 Chemical Kinetics (3 Credits)
C-665 Molecular Spectroscopy (3 Credits)
C-666 Radiation Chemistry and Phtochemistry (3 Credits)
C-667 Surface and Colloidal Chemistry (3 Credits)
C-668 Solution Chemistry (3 Credits)
C-669 Chemistry of Advanced composite Materials (3 Credits)
C-670 Statistical Mechanism (3 Credits)
C-671 Solid state and Semiconductory (3 Credits)
C-672 Special Topics in Advanced Physical Chemistry (3 Credits)
C-673 Special Topics in Advanced Physical Chemistry. 3 Credits
C-674 Seminar in Physical Chemistry 3 Credits
C-991 Dissertation Research 25 Credits

Ph.D in Chemistry:

A student will be required to take the specific number of courses given below. According to the courses he had taken while studying for the M.Phil degree or as according to the rules laid down by the University from time to time for Ph.D degree programs.

Course Code......Title of Course

C-600 Advanced Molecules Spectroscopy
C-601 Diffraction Methods on Analysis
C-602 Special Topics in Analytical Chemistry
C-603 Advanced Analytical Instrumental Technologies.
C-604 Advanced Thermal Analysis.
C-605 Environmental chemistry
C-606 Analysis and Characterization of Polymers.
C-607 Applied Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy.
C-608 Seminar in Analytical Chemistry
C-621 Inorganic Electronic Spectroscopy
C-622 Kinetics and Mechanism of Inorganic Reactions
C-623 Organo-transition Metal Chemistry.
C-624 Bio-Inorganic Chemistry
C-625 Physical Methods in Inorganic chemistry
C-626 Special topics in Inorganic chemistry.
C-628 Advanced Applied Chemistry
C-629 Seminar in Inorganic Chemistry.
C-640 Modern Trends in Organic Synthesis
C-641 Advanced Stereochemistry
C-642 Physic Organic Chemistry & Reaction Mechanism
C-643 Nuclear Magnetic Resonance in Organic Chemistry.
C-644 Chemistry of Primary Metabolites
C-645 Chemistry of Secondary Metabolites
C-646 chemistry of Glycosides.
C-647 Biosynthesis of Natural Products
C-648 Chemistry of Organometallic Compounds
C-649 Reactive Intermediates in Organic Chemistry.
C-650 Advanced Heterocylic Chemistry
C-651 Mass Spectrometry
C-652 Organic Photochemistry
C-653 Organic Polymer Chemistry
C-654 Pericyclic Reactions: Theory and Applications
C-655 Special Topics in Organic Chemistry.
C-656 Seminar in Organic chemistry
C-660 Physical Chemistry of High Polymers
C-661 quantum Chemistry
C-662 Electrode Process
C-664 Chemical Kinetics
C-665 Molecular Spectroscopy
C-666 Radiation Chemistry and Phtochemistry
C-667 Surface and Colloidal Chemistry
C-668 Solution Chemistry
C-669 Chemistry of Advanced composite Materials
C-670 Statistical Mechanism
C-671 Solid state and Semiconductors.
C-672 Special Topics in Advanced Physical Chemistry.
C-673 Special Topics in Advanced Physical Chemistry.
C-674 Seminar in Physical Chemistry
C-991 Dissertation Research