I Semester- CHE 1.1

Chemistry I

• Explain the fundamental properties of atoms and molecules, the electronic structure of atoms and its influence on chemical properties, the molecular geometries of selected molecular species, and the basic (colligative) properties of solutions.

• Discuss the principles of organic chemistry, which include chemical bonding, nomenclature, structural isomerism, stereochemistry, chemical reactions, and mechanisms.

• Explain the functional groups and different classes of organic compounds.

• Discuss the structures and properties of organic and biomolecular species.

• Explain nucleophiles, electrophiles, electronegativity, and resonance.

• Describe the hybridization and geometry of atoms and the three-dimensional structure of organic molecules.

• Demonstrate proper laboratory safety and techniques and express the results of their experiments.

• Get a firm foundation in the fundamentals and application of current chemical and scientific theories, including those in Analytical, Inorganic, organic, and Physical chemistry.

•Design and carry out scientific experiments, as well as accurately record and analyse the results of such experiments.

• Demonstrate problem-solving skills, critical thinking, and analytical reasoning as applied to scientific problems.

•Clearly communicate the results of scientific work in oral, written, and electronic formats to both scientists and the public at large.

• Explore new areas of research in both chemistry and allied fields of science and technology.

•Recognise the central role of chemistry in our society and use this as a basis for ethical behaviour in issues facing chemists, including an understanding of safe handling of chemicals, environmental issues, and key issues facing our society in energy, health, and medicine.

•Explain why chemistry is an integral activity for addressing social, economic, and environmental problems.

•Function as a member of an interdisciplinary problem-solving team.

II Semester – CHE 2.1

Chemistry II

• Explain simple quantum mechanical treatments of atoms and molecules.

• Demonstrate the ability to write electronic configurations, orbital diagrams, the Lewis electron dot formula, and quantum numbers for electrons in the ground state.

• Demonstrate the ability to balance simple ionic compounds using the information on how quantum mechanics applies to the charges on metals and nonmetals and predict the molecular geometries of selected molecular species using the Octet rule.

• Explain the fundamentals of electronic structure and bonding in conjugated and aromatic systems.

III Semester- CHE 3.1

Chemistry III

• Demonstrate the ability to carry out organic reactions and prepare their solutions, recognise the basic practical skills for the synthesis and analysis of organic compounds.

• Evaluate the data collected to determine the identity, purity, and yield of products.

• Perform common laboratory techniques like reflux, distillation, steam distillation, recrystallization, vacuum filtration, aqueous extraction, thin layer chromatography, and column chromatography.

• Explain the application of the laws of thermodynamics.

• Discuss the applications of catalysts in water treatment, dye degradation, and industrial applications.

• Discuss the principles of the extraction of metals from their ores and the applications of metallurgy in daily life.

IV Semester- CHE 4.1

Chemistry IV

• Calculate the oxidation states of elements in compounds that have variable oxidation states.

• Explain the nomenclature for nonmetals bonded to nonmetals, transition elements in compounds, and oxy-acids and their salts.

• Discuss the fundamental electronic structure and bonding of carbonyl compounds.

• Explain the substituent effects on pKa (in t).

• Describe the reactivity of carbonyl compounds with both hard and soft nucleophiles (carboxylic acids, aldehydes, and ketones).

• Explain the concepts in thermodynamics, the different thermodynamic quantities such as heat and work, and how they are measured, related, or transformed from one to the other.

• Explain states of matter and how they depend on temperature and pressure, as well as how they co-exist in phase equilibria.

• Explain chemical equilibrium and its relationship with thermodynamic quantities, the structures of ionic solids and defects, and their applications.

V Semester- CHE 5.1

Chemistry V and Organic Chemistry

• Explain the reactivity and stability of an organic molecule based on its structure, including conformation and stereochemistry.

• Apply the understanding of organic mechanisms to predict.

• Design syntheses of organic molecules.

• Determine the structure of organic molecules using IR and NMR spectroscopic techniques.

• Characterise and elucidate the structure of organic molecules by physical and spectroscopic means, including mp, bp, IR, NMR, and GC.

• Explain the fundamental properties and reactivity of biologically important molecules (e.g., carbohydrates, amines, and amino acids).

• Demonstrate the basic practical skills for the synthesis and analysis of organic compounds.

CHE 5.2

Chemistry V I Physical Chemistry

• Explain the fundamentals of acid-base equilibria, including pH calculations, buffer behaviour, and acid-base titrations.

• Describe the thermodynamic and kinetic forces involved in chemical reactions.

• Explain the basics of electrochemistry and the relationship of electrical parameters to thermodynamic and stoichiometric parameters.

• Restate the general chemical equilibria, solubility, and complex ion equilibria and the application of Beer-Lambert’s Law.

• Differentiate between thermal and photochemical processes.

• Describe the Jablonski diagram to depict the reactions in an excited state.

• Recall the basic concepts of spectroscopy, electronic spectra, and the potential energy curve.

VI Semester CHE 6.1

Chemistry – VII Inorganic Chemistry

• Explain the facts, concepts, structures, classification systems, and language associated with silicates.

• Demonstrate theoretical and practical knowledge related to modern materials chemistry and nanotechnology.

• Describe the synthesis of nanoparticles and their characterization using a variety of techniques.

• Describe the ligand strengths based on the stability of the complexes and precipitates formed by the ligands with a given metal ion.

• Discuss the application of organometallic compounds in our day-to-day lives.

• List out the industrial materials and their applications in the advanced era.

• Tell about the Classification, properties, and preparation of explosives.

• Describe the advantages of organic reagents in gravimetric and colorimetric analysis.

• Explain the applications of flame photometry and thermogravimetric analysis.

CHE 6.2

Chenistry -VIII Biochemistry

• Explain the synthesis of proteins, lipids, nucleic acids, and carbohydrates and their role in metabolic pathways, along with their regulation at the epigenetic, transcriptional, translational, and post-translational levels, including RNA and protein folding, modification, and degradation.

• Describe the Regulation of non-coding RNAs and their role in the developmental and physiological functioning of the organism.

• Perform common laboratory techniques like pH measurement, acid/base titrations, UV/Visible spectroscopy in both emission and absorption modes, calorimetry, and colorimetry.