Wbjee Chemistry Syllabus
Wbjee Chemistry Syllabus
Solid State:
Classification of solids based on different binding forces: molecular, ionic,
covalent and metallic solids, amorphous and crystalline solids (elementary idea).
Unit cell in two dimensional and three dimensional lattices, calculation of density
of unit cell, packing in solids, packing efficiency, voids, number of atoms per unit
cell in a cubic unit cell, point defects, electrical and magnetic properties. Band
theory of metals, conductors, semiconductors and insulators and n & p type
semiconductors.
Liquid State:
Vapour pressure, viscosity and surface tension (qualitative idea only, no
mathematical derivations).
Gaseous State:
Measurable properties of gases. Boyle’s Law and Charles Law, absolute scale
of temperature, kinetic theory of gases, ideal gas equation – average, root mean
square and most probable velocities and their relationship with temperature.
Daltons Law of partial pressure, Grahams Law of gaseous diffusion. Deviations
from ideal behavior. Liquefaction of gases, real gases, van der Waals equation;
Numerical problems.
Chemical Energetics and Chemical Dynamics:
Chemical Energetics – Conservation of energy principle, energy changes in
physical and chemical transformations. First law of thermodynamics; Internal
energy, work and heat, pressure – volume work; Enthalpy. Internal energy
change (ΔE) and Enthalpy change (ΔH) in a chemical reaction. Hesss Law and
its applications (Numerical problems). Heat of reaction, fusion and apourization;
Second law of thermodynamics;
Entropy; Free energy; Criterion of spontaneity. Third law of thermodynamics
(brief introduction).
Chemical Equilibria – The Law of mass action, dynamic nature of chemical
equilibria. Equilibrium constants, Le Chateliers Principle. Equilibrium constants
of gaseous reactions (Kp and Kc) and relation between them (examples).
Significance of ΔG and ΔGº.
Chemical Dynamics – Factors affecting the rate of chemical reactions
(concentration, pressure, temperature, catalyst), Concept of collision theory.
Arrhenius equation and concept of activation energy.
Order and molecularity (determination excluded); First order reactions, rate
constant, half – life (numerical problems), examples of first order and second
order reactions.
Hydrogen:
Position of hydrogen in periodic table, occurrence, isotopes, preparation,
properties and uses of hydrogen, hydrides-ionic covalent and interstitial; physical
and chemical properties of water, heavy water, hydrogen
Peroxide – preparation, reactions and structure and use; hydrogen as a fuel.
Chemistry of Metals:
General principles of metallurgy – occurrence, concentration of ores,
production and purification of metals, mineral wealth of India. Typical metals
(Na, Ca, Al, Fe, Cu and Zn) – occurrence, extraction, purification (where
applicable), properties and reactions with air, water, acids and non-metals.
Manufacture of steels and alloy steel (Bessemer, Open-Hearth and L.D. process).
Principles of chemistry involved in electroplating, anodizing and galvanizing.
Preparation and properties of K2Cr2O7 and KMnO4. Lanthanoids – Electronic
configuration, oxidation states, chemical reactivity and lanthanoid contraction
and its consequences.
Actinoids – Electronic configuration, oxidation states and comparison with
lanthanoids.
Chemistry in Industry:
Large scale production (including physicochemical principles where applicable,
omitting technical details) and uses of Sulphuric acid (contact process),
Ammonia (Haber’s process), Nitric acid (Ostwald’s process), sodium bi-
carbonate and sodium carbonate (Solvey process).
Polymers:
Natural and synthetic polymers, methods of polymerization (addition and
condensation), copolymerization, some important polymers – natural and
synthetic like polythene, nylonpolyesters, bakelite, rubber. Biodegradable and
non-biodegradable polymers.
Surface Chemistry:
Adsorption – physisorption and chemisorption, factors affecting adsorption of
gases on solids, catalysis, homogenous and heterogenous activity and selectivity;
enzyme catalysis colloidal state distinction between true solutions, colloids and
suspension; lyophilic , lyophobic multimolecular and macromolecular colloids;
properties of colloids; Tyndall effect, Brownian movement, electrophoresis,
coagulation, emulsion – types of emulsions.
Compounds:
Alcohols:
Preparation of alcohols from carbonyl compounds and esters. Reaction –
dehydration, oxidation, esterification, reaction with sodium, ZnCl2/HCl,
phosphorous halides.
Ethers – Preparation by Williamson’s synthesis; Cleavage with HCl and HI.
Aldehydes and Ketones – Preparation from esters, acid chlorides, gem-
dihalides, Ca-salt of carboxylic acids. Reaction – Nucleophilic addition with
HCN, hydrazine, hydroxyl amines, semi carbazides, alcohols; Aldol condensation,
Clemmensen and Wolff – Kishner reduction, haloform, Cannizzaro and Wittig
reactions.
Carboxylic Acids – Hydrolysis of esters (mechanism excluded) and cyanides;
Hunsdicker and HVZ reactions.
Aliphatic Amines – Preparation from nitro, cyano and amido compounds.
Distinction of 1º, 2º and 3º amines
(Hinsberg method); Reaction with HNO2; Carbyl amine reaction.
Aromatic Compounds:
Amines – Preparation from reduction of nitro compounds; Formation of
diazonium salts and their stability;
Replacement of diazonium group with H, OH, X (halogen), CN and NO2,
diazocoupling and reduction.
Haloarenes – Nature of C -X bond, substitution reactions; Nucleophilic
substitution, cine substitution (excluding mechanism, Directive influence of
halogen in monosubstituted compounds only).
Phenols – halogenation, sulfonation, nitration, Reimer – Tiemann and Kolbe
reactions. Aromatic Aldehydes – Preparation by Gattermann, Gattermann-
Koch, Rosenmund and Stephen’s method. Reactions – Perkin, Benzoin and
Cannizzaro.
Benzene – Kekule structure, aromaticity and Hückel rule. Electrophilic
substitution – halogenation, sulfonation, nitration, Friedel Crafts reaction,
ozonolysis. Directive influence of substituents in monosubstituted benzenes.
Carcinogenicity and toxicity.
Introduction to Bio-Molecules:
Carbohydrates – Pentoses and hexoses. Distinctive chemical reactions of
glucose. Aminoacids – glycine, alanine, aspartic acid, cysteine (structures).
Zwitterion structures of amino acids, peptide bond. ADP and ATP – structures
and role in bioenergetics; Nucleic acids – DNA and RNA skeleton structures.
Names of essential elements in biological system.