BRABU BSc Chemistry Honors Part-2 Syllabus

BRABU BSc Chemistry Honors Part-2 Syllabus: Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar Bihar University Under Graduation / BSc Chemistry Honors 2nd Year Syllabus are written in this Article.

BSc Chemistry Honors will completed in 2nd Yeas. Out of which 2nd Year Conducted Honors Paper-3 of 75 Marks and Honors Paper-4 (75 Marks) of Total Theory Paper will be held for 150 Marks as well as Practical Paper-2 of 50 Marks also Occur in that Year.

BRABU BSc Chemistry 2nd Year Honors (Theory) Syllabus:

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Honors Paper-III (Theory)

Nine questions to be set. Five questions to be answered. Short answer type questions are recommended. There may be several parts in a question and different units may be mixed in questions. Two questions to be answered from group ‘A’ and three questions to be answered from group ‘B’

Group: ‘A’ [Physical] (Four questions)

Chemical Kinetics and Catalysis:

Rate law for a general reaction. Mathematical derivation of 1st, 2nd and 3rd order reaction and their life period. Methods of determining order reactions. Arrhenius equation. Energy of activation. Potential energy diagram and concept of activated complex. Rate data and mechanism of reactions. Homogeneous and Heterogeneous catalysis. Effect of catalyst on reaction rate . Specificity of catalysed reaction.

Distribution of velocities of gases:

Maxwell distribution law of velocities and energies of gaseous molecules. Effect of mass and temperature on molecular velocities. Collision number, Collision frequency, mean free path, viscosity of gases.

Ionic Equilibria:

Ostwald’s dilution law and its verification, pH of buffer solutions. Hydrolysis of salts. Relation between Kh, Kw, Ka and Kb, pH of hydrolysed salts solutions, degree of hydrolysis, Choice of acid base indicator with pH Change, solubility product , Ionic product and common ion effect.

Electrochemical Cell:

Electrochemical cell, reversible and irreversible cells, reversible electrode, Concept of electrode potential, standard electrode potential, Nernst equation for electrode potential , Calomel electrode, Quinhydrone electrode, Applications of emf measurement , determination of pH , ionic product of water , solubility and solubility product of sparingly soluble salts.

Suggested Books:

• Principles of Physical chemistry Puri, Sharma, Pathania Vishal Publishing Co.
• A Text Book of Physical Chemistry, K.L. Kapoor Volume-I&III Mc Graw Hill Education

Group : ‘B’ [Inorganic] (Five questions)

Nature of Chemical Bond:

Types of bond : σ, π, Ƭ and δ bonds. Bonding in B2H6 ,copper acetate and chromous acetate. Concept of resonance and delocalization of orbitals e. g. NO, NO3, SO2, SO3, SO42-,PO4 3- and CO3 2- ions. Hydrogen bond and related properties.

Chemistry of Elements of First Transition Series:

d-block elements and their characteristic properties, Study of elements of first transition series and their binary compounds. Complex formation in different oxidation states and their stabilities. Principle behind volumetric estimation of Cu2+ , Fe2+ and Cr3+ ions, by the use of standard sodium thiosulphate , potassium permagnate and potassium dichromate solution.

Chemistry of Elements of Second Transition Series:

General characteristics of heavy elements. comparative study with their 3d analogous in respect of their ionic radii, stability of oxidation states. Magnetic behavior of compounds complexes forming tendencies and stereochemistry.

Non-aqueous Solvents :

Physical properties of solvents. Types of solvents and their general characteristics, reactions in nonaqueous solvents such as liquid ammonia and liquid sulphur dioxide.

Coordination compounds:

Werner’s coordination theory and its justification from physical data, Isomerism in complexes. Sidwick theory of effective atomic number. Chelates, Nomenclature of coordination compounds , valence bond theory of metalligand bonding with respect to coordination number 4 and 6 Inner and outer orbital complexes inner complexes metal ions with organic reagents such as 8- hydroxyquinoline cupferron and dimethyl glyoxime.

Suggested Books:

1. Inorganic Chemistry, R.L. Madan, G.D. Tuli S. Chand
2. Selected Topics Chemistry, G.D. Tuli, S.K. Basu, R.D. Madan Bharti Bhawan

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Honors Paper-IV (Theory)

Nine questions to be set. Five questions to be answered. Short answer type questions are recommended. There may be several parts in a question and different units may be mixed in questions. Two questions to be answered from group ‘A’ and three questions to be answered from group ‘B’

Group : ‘A’ [Physical] (Four questions)

Thermodynamics :

Spontaneous and non-spontaneous process, necessity of second law of thermodynamics, Carnot cycle and its efficiency, Clausius inequality, entropy, entropy change of an ideal gas. Entropy of mixing, Helmholtz energy and Gibb’s energy, their variation with pressure and temperature, Gibbs Helmoltz equation, Clausius-Clapeyron equation and its application in colligative properties.

Solutions:

Types of solution, solutions of gases in liquids, Henry’s law, solutions of liquids in liquid. Raoult’s law, vapour pressure of ideal solution, free energy, volume and enthalpy, change for an ideal and non-ideal solution, Duhem Margules equation, variation of total vapour pressure with variation of composition of the liquid phase, azeotropic mixture, Principle of steam distillation and fractional distillation.

Surface Chemistry:

Types of adsorption, Langmuir’s adsorption isotherm and Adsorption and Catalysis, Effect of temperature and pressure on surface reaction with reference to heterogeneous catalysis, classification, preparation and purification of colloidal sols., their optical and electrical properties, Hardy Schultze law, Gel, Synthesis, thixotropy, Association of colloidal electrolytes, soap, micelles, emulsions.

Distribution law:

Nernst distribution law, its thermodynamic derivation and limitations factors affecting partition coefficient, essential conditions for validity of distribution law, Modification of distribution law for association, dissociation and solvent participation, Applications: Complex formation between KI and I2, CuSO4 and NH3, solvent extraction process.

Suggested Books:

1. Principles of Physical chemistry Puri, Sharma, Pathania Vishal Publishing Co.
2. A Text Book of Physical Chemistry K.L. Kapoor Volume-I&III Mc Graw Hill Edu

Group : ‘B’ [Organic] (Five questions)

Stereochemistry of organic compounds

1. Optical Isomerism: Element of symmetry, molecular chirality, Stereogenic centre, optical activity, Enantiomers and their properties, Chiral and achiral molecules with two stereogenic centres. Diastereomers and meso compounds. Resolutions of racemic mixture. Relative and absolute configurations. Representation of configurations by Fischer and Flying Wedge formulae. Threo and erythro nomenclature of diastereomers having two chiral centres. Sequence rules, D, L, and R,S systems of nomenclature.
2. Geometrical Isomerism: Restricted rotation about double bonds, Geometrical isomerism about C=C and C=N, specification of configuration by Cis/Trans and E-Z system. Basis idea about geometrical isomerism in alicyclic compounds.
3. Conformational Isomerism: Conformational analysis of ethane, propane and n-butane, Representation of conformations by Newmann and Sawhorse projection formulae. Difference between configuration and conformation, conformations of cyclohexane and its monosubstituted derivatives.

Active Methylene Compounds

Acidity of α-hydrogens. Preparation of ethyl acetacetate and diethyl malonate and their applications to organic synthesis, Keto enol tautomerism of ethyl acetacetate and β-dicarboxyl compounds

Hydroxy Acids

General methods of preparation and properties of α, β and γ hydroxyl acids with special reference to lactic , tartaric and citric acids structure of tartaric and citric acids.

Carbohydrates

Classification and nomenclature. Glucose open chain structure. Mechanism of osazone formation . Conversion of glucose into fructose and vice-versa. Chain lengthening and chain shortening of aldoses. Configuration of D & LGlucose. Determination of ring size of glucose & fructose, Cyclic structures of D glucose: α and β- D- glucose pyranose & furanose. Mutarotation, Mutarotation of Glucose.

Aromatic Chemistry

Aromaticity: the Huckel rule, Aromatic, nonaromatic and antiaromatic structure of benzene, resonance and resonance energy of benzene. Electrophilic aromatic substitution: general pattern of the mechanism, role of σ and π- complexes, Mechanism of nitration, halogenations, sulphonation and FriedelCraft reactions. Directing influence of substituents in aromatic substitution and their activating and deactivating effect, ortho-para ratio in substitution reaction. General methods of preparation and reactions of arenens and monofuctional benzene derivative like amines, phenols, aldehydes, ketones, carboxylic and sulphonicacid. Synthesis of organic compounds via diazonium salts.

Name Reactions and their Mechanism

(i) Cannizaro (ii) Aldol condensation (iii) Reimer-Tiemann (iv) Sandmayer (v) Perkin reaction (vi) Reformatsky reaction (vii) Wurtz-Fittig reaction (vii) Wolff- Kishner (ix) Knoevengel reaction (x) Williamson ether synthesis.

Reference Books

1. Mechanism in Organic Chemistry Peter Sykes Orient Longman
2. Organic Chemistry, Robert Thornton Morrison Prentice Hall of India
3. Organic Chemistry Dr. Jagdamba Singh, L.D.S.Yadav Pragati Publication

BRABU BSc Chemistry Honors 2nd Year (Practical) Syllabus:

One exercise will be performed in the examination out of items 1 or 2. Item 3 is compulsory.

Volumetric Analysis :

1. Preparation and standardization of potassium permagnates and sodium thiosulphate solution
2. Estimation of Fe2+ using dichromate
3. Estimation of Cu2+ ion using thiosulphate

Gravimetric Analysis

1. Estimation of Ba2+ as barium sulphate
2. Estimation of Ni2+ as nickel dimethyl glyoximate 20

Organic Qualitative Analysis:

Identification of monofuntional compounds Determination of melting point and preparation of suitable derivatives. 20 Marks

Note book 05 Marks

Viva-Voce 05 Marks

Suggested Books:

1. Elementary Practical Organic Chemistry Small Scale preparation Part I Arthur I. Vogel Pearson India
2. Practical Chemistry Dr. O.P.Pandey, D.N. Bajpai, Dr. S. Giri S.Chand
3. Text book of Quantitative chemical Analysis J Mendham, R C Denney, J D Barnes, M Thomas Pearson

BRABU BSc Chemistry Honors 2nd Year Syllabus Marks Distribution:

Honors Paper-III	Full Marks: 75
Honors Paper-IV	Full Marks: 75
Practical Paper-II	Full Marks: 50

BRABU BSc Chemistry Honors 2nd Year Exam Time Duration:

Honors Paper-III	3 Hours
Honors Paper-IV	3 Hours
Practical Paper-II	6 Hours

BRABU BSc Chemistry Honors Paper-3 Syllabus

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BRABU BSc Chemistry Part-2 (Practical) Syllabus

BRABU BSc Chemistry Honors 2nd Year Syllabus FAQs:

University Name	Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar Bihar University
Subject Name	BSc Chemistry
Academic Year	2nd Year
Paper Type	Honors Paper-3 and 4
Location	Muzaffarpur, Bihar
Official Website	https://brabu.net/