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| IITJEE 2010 Syllabus |
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| Chemistry |
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| Physical chemistry |
General topics:
Concept of atoms and molecules; Dalton's atomic theory; Mole
concept; Chemical formulae; Balanced chemical equations;
Calculations (based on mole concept) involving common
oxidation-reduction, neutralisation, and displacement
reactions; Concentration in terms of mole fraction, molarity,
molality and normality. |
Gaseous and liquid
states:
Absolute scale of temperature, ideal gas equation; Deviation
from ideality, van der Waals equation; Kinetic theory of gases,
average, root mean square and most probable velocities and
their relation with temperature; Law of partial pressures;
Vapour pressure; Diffusion of gases. |
Atomic structure
and chemical bonding:
Bohr model, spectrum of hydrogen atom, quantum numbers;
Wave-particle duality, de Broglie hypothesis; Uncertainty
principle; Qualitative quantum mechanical picture of hydrogen
atom, shapes of s, p and d orbitals; Electronic configurations
of elements (up to atomic number 36); Aufbau principle; Pauli's
exclusion principle and Hund's rule; Orbital overlap and
covalent bond; Hybridisation involving s, p and d orbitals
only; Orbital energy diagrams for homonuclear diatomic species;
Hydrogen bond; Polarity in molecules, dipole moment
(qualitative aspects only); VSEPR model and shapes of molecules
(linear, angular, triangular, square planar, pyramidal, square
pyramidal, trigonal bipyramidal, tetrahedral and octahedral). |
Energetics:
First law of thermodynamics; Internal energy, work and heat,
pressure-volume work; Enthalpy, Hess's law; Heat of reaction,
fusion and vapourization; Second law of thermodynamics;
Entropy; Free energy; Criterion of spontaneity. |
Chemical
equilibrium:
Law of mass action; Equilibrium constant, Le Chatelier's
principle (effect of concentration, temperature and pressure);
Significance of DG and DGo in chemical equilibrium; Solubility
product, common ion effect, pH and buffer solutions; Acids and
bases (Bronsted and Lewis concepts); Hydrolysis of salts. |
Electrochemistry:
Electrochemical cells and cell reactions; Standard electrode
potentials; Nernst equation and its relation to DG;
Electrochemical series, emf of galvanic cells; Faraday's laws
of electrolysis; Electrolytic conductance, specific, equivalent
and molar conductivity, Kohlrausch's law; Concentration cells. |
Chemical kinetics:
Rates of chemical reactions; Order of reactions; Rate constant;
First order reactions; Temperature dependence of rate constant
(Arrhenius equation). |
Solid state:
Classification of solids, crystalline state, seven crystal
systems (cell parameters a, b, c, ), close packed
structure of solids (cubic), packing in fcc, bcc and hcp
lattices; Nearest neighbours, ionic radii, simple ionic
compounds, point defects. |
Solutions:
Raoult's law; Molecular weight determination from lowering of
vapour pressure, elevation of boiling point and depression of
freezing point. |
Surface chemistry:
Elementary concepts of adsorption (excluding adsorption
isotherms); Colloids: types, methods of preparation and general
properties; Elementary ideas of emulsions, surfactants and
micelles (only definitions and examples). |
Nuclear chemistry:
Radioactivity: isotopes and isobars; Properties of  rays; Kinetics of
radioactive decay (decay series excluded), carbon dating;
Stability of nuclei with respect to proton-neutron ratio; Brief
discussion on fission and fusion reactions. |
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| Inorganic Chemistry |
| Isolation/preparation and properties of the following
non-metals: Boron, silicon, nitrogen, phosphorus, oxygen,
sulphur and halogens; Properties of allotropes of carbon (only
diamond and graphite), phosphorus and sulphur. |
Preparation and
properties of the following compounds:
Oxides, peroxides, hydroxides, carbonates, bicarbonates,
chlorides and sulphates of sodium, potassium, magnesium and
calcium; Boron: diborane, boric acid and borax; Aluminium:
alumina, aluminium chloride and alums; Carbon: oxides and
oxyacid (carbonic acid); Silicon: silicones, silicates and
silicon carbide; Nitrogen: oxides, oxyacids and ammonia;
Phosphorus: oxides, oxyacids (phosphorus acid, phosphoric acid)
and phosphine; Oxygen: ozone and hydrogen peroxide; Sulphur:
hydrogen sulphide, oxides, sulphurous acid, sulphuric acid and
sodium thiosulphate; Halogens: hydrohalic acids, oxides and
oxyacids of chlorine, bleaching powder; Xenon fluorides. |
Transition elements
(3d series):
Definition, general characteristics, oxidation states and their
stabilities, colour (excluding the details of electronic
transitions) and calculation of spin-only magnetic moment;
Coordination compounds: nomenclature of mononuclear
coordination compounds, cis-trans and ionisation isomerisms,
hybridization and geometries of mononuclear coordination
compounds (linear, tetrahedral, square planar and octahedral). |
Preparation and
properties of the following compounds:
Oxides and chlorides of tin and lead; Oxides, chlorides and
sulphates of Fe2+, Cu2+ and Zn2+; Potassium permanganate,
potassium dichromate, silver oxide, silver nitrate, silver
thiosulphate. Ores and minerals: Commonly occurring ores and
minerals of iron, copper, tin, lead, magnesium, aluminium, zinc
and silver. |
Extractive
metallurgy:
Chemical principles and reactions only (industrial details
excluded); Carbon reduction method (iron and tin); Self
reduction method (copper and lead); Electrolytic reduction
method (magnesium and aluminium); Cyanide process (silver and
gold). |
Principles of
qualitative analysis:
Groups I to V (only Ag+, Hg2+, Cu2+, Pb2+, Bi3+, Fe3+, Cr3+,
Al3+, Ca2+, Ba2+, Zn2+, Mn2+ and Mg2+); Nitrate, halides
(excluding fluoride), sulphate and sulphide. |
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| Organic Chemistry |
Concepts:
Hybridisation of carbon; Sigma and pi-bonds; Shapes of simple
organic molecules; Structural and geometrical isomerism;
Optical isomerism of compounds containing up to two asymmetric
centres, (R,S and E,Z nomenclature excluded); IUPAC
nomenclature of simple organic compounds (only hydrocarbons,
mono-functional and bi-functional compounds); Conformations of
ethane and butane (Newman projections); Resonance and
hyperconjugation; Keto-enol tautomerism; Determination of
empirical and molecular formulae of simple compounds (only
combustion method); Hydrogen bonds: definition and their
effects on physical properties of alcohols and carboxylic
acids; Inductive and resonance effects on acidity and basicity
of organic acids and bases; Polarity and inductive effects in
alkyl halides; Reactive intermediates produced during homolytic
and heterolytic bond cleavage; Formation, structure and
stability of carbocations, carbanions and free radicals. |
Preparation,
properties and reactions of alkanes:
Homologous series, physical properties of alkanes (melting
points, boiling points and density); Combustion and
halogenation of alkanes; Preparation of alkanes by Wurtz
reaction and decarboxylation reactions. |
Preparation,
properties and reactions of alkenes and alkynes:
Physical properties of alkenes and alkynes (boiling points,
density and dipole moments); Acidity of alkynes; Acid catalysed
hydration of alkenes and alkynes (excluding the stereochemistry
of addition and elimination); Reactions of alkenes with KMnO4
and ozone; Reduction of alkenes and alkynes; Preparation of
alkenes and alkynes by elimination reactions; Electrophilic
addition reactions of alkenes with X2, HX, HOX and H2O
(X=halogen); Addition reactions of alkynes; Metal acetylides. |
Reactions of
benzene:
Structure and aromaticity; Electrophilic substitution
reactions: halogenation, nitration, sulphonation,
Friedel-Crafts alkylation and acylation; Effect of o-, m- and
p-directing groups in monosubstituted benzenes. |
Phenols:
Acidity, electrophilic substitution reactions (halogenation,
nitration and sulphonation); Reimer-Tieman reaction, Kolbe
reaction. Characteristic reactions of the following (including
those mentioned above): Alkyl halides: rearrangement reactions
of alkyl carbocation, Grignard reactions, nucleophilic
substitution reactions; Alcohols: esterification, dehydration
and oxidation, reaction with sodium, phosphorus halides,
ZnCl2/concentrated HCl, conversion of alcohols into aldehydes
and ketones; Ethers:Preparation by Williamson's Synthesis;
Aldehydes and Ketones: oxidation, reduction, oxime and
hydrazone formation; aldol condensation, Perkin reaction;
Cannizzaro reaction; haloform reaction and nucleophilic
addition reactions (Grignard addition); Carboxylic acids:
formation of esters, acid chlorides and amides, ester
hydrolysis; Amines: basicity of substituted anilines and
aliphatic amines, preparation from nitro compounds, reaction
with nitrous acid, azo coupling reaction of diazonium salts of
aromatic amines, Sandmeyer and related reactions of diazonium
salts; carbylamine reaction; Haloarenes: nucleophilic aromatic
substitution in haloarenes and substituted haloarenes
(excluding Benzyne mechanism and Cine substitution). |
Carbohydrates:
Classification; mono- and di-saccharides (glucose and sucrose);
Oxidation, reduction, glycoside formation and hydrolysis of
sucrose. |
Amino acids and
peptides:
General structure (only primary structure for peptides) and
physical properties. |
Properties and uses
of some important polymers:
Natural rubber, cellulose, nylon, teflon and PVC. |
Practical organic
chemistry:
Detection of elements (N, S, halogens); Detection and
identification of the following functional groups: hydroxyl
(alcoholic and phenolic), carbonyl (aldehyde and ketone),
carboxyl, amino and nitro; Chemical methods of separation of
mono-functional organic compounds from binary mixtures. |
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