Chemical Sciences: A Manual for CSIR-UGC National Eligibility Test for Lectureship and JRF/Book outline

1.../General information on Science and its interface with society/ to test the candidate’s awareness of science, aptitude of scientific and quantitative reasoning. Questions would be so designed to judge the creativity, analytical ability and research aptitude of a candidate. The questions would be setup in each of the subject areas of NET , viz., ../Chemical Sciences/; ../Earth, Atmospheric, Ocean & Planetary Sciences/; ../Life Sciences/; ../Mathematical Sciences/ and ../Physical Sciences/. 2.../COMMON ELEMENTRY COMPUTER SCIENCE/:(Applicable to all candidates offering any subject area; A few questions dealing with basic computer awareness and uses.) (i)PROGRAMMING INSTRUCTIONS (ii)SIMPLE ALGORITHMS AND COMMPUTATIONAL METHODS ../Basic principles and applications of quantum mechanics/ – hydrogen atom, angular momentum. ../Variational and perturbational methods/. Basics of ../atomic structure/, ../electronic configuration, ../shapes of orbitals/, ../hydrogen atom spectra/. Theoretical treatment of ../atomic structures and chemical bonding/. ../Chemical applications of group theory/. ../Basic principles and application of spectroscopy/ – rotational, vibrational, electronic, Raman, ESR, NMR. ../Chemical thermodynamics/. ../Phase equilibria/. ../Statistical thermodynamics/. ../Chemical equilibria/. ../Electrochemistry/ – Nernst equation, electrode kinetics, electrical double layer, Debye-Hückel theory. ../Chemical kinetics/ – empirical rate laws, Arrhenius equation, theories of reaction rates, determination of reaction mechanisms, experimental techniques for fast reactions. ../Concepts of catalysis/. ../Polymer chemistry/. Molecular weights and their determinations. Kinetics of chain polymerization. ../Solids - structural classification of binary and ternary compounds/, diffraction techniques, bonding, thermal, electrical and magnetic properties ../Collids/ and ../surface phenomena/. ../Data analysis/. ../Chemical periodicity/ ../Structure and bonding/ in homo- and heteronuclear molecules, including shapes of molecules ../Concepts of acids and bases/ ../Chemistry of the main group elements and their compounds/ Allotropy, synthesis, bonding and structure. ../Chemistry of transition elements and coordination compounds/ – bonding theories, spectral and magnetic properties, reaction mechanisms. ../Inner transition elements – spectral and magnetic properties, analytical applications/ ../Organometallic compounds/ - synthesis, bonding and structure, and reactivity. ../Organometallics in homogenous catalysis/ ../Cages and metal clusters/ ../Analytical chemistry- separation techniques/ ../Spectroscopic electro- and thermoanalytical methods/ ../Bioinorganic chemistry – photosystems, porphyrines, metalloenzymes, oxygen transport, electron- transfer reactions, nitrogen fixation/ ../Physical characterisation of inorganic compounds/ by IR, Raman, NMR, EPR, Mössbauer, UV-, NQR, MS, electron spectroscopy and microscopic techniques ../Nuclear chemistry/ – nuclear reactions, fission and fusion, radio-analytical techniques and activation analysis/]] ../IUPAC nomenclature of organic compounds/. ../Principles of stereochemistry/, ../conformational analysis/, ../isomerism/ and ../chirality/. ../Reactive intermediates/ and ../organic reaction mechanisms/. ../Concepts of aromaticity/. ../Pericyclic reactions/. ../Named reactions/. ../Common reagents in organic synthesis/(organic, inorganic and organometallic). ../Transformations and rearrangements/. ../Principles and applications of organic photochemistry/. ../Free radical reactions/. ../Reactions involving nucleophotic carbon intermediates/. ../Oxidation and reduction of functional groups/. ../Chemistry of natural products/ such as steroids, alkaloids, terpenes, peptides, carbohydrates, nucleic acids and lipids. ../Selective organic transformations/ – chemoselectivity, regioselectivity, stereoselectivity, enantioselectivity. Protecting groups. ../Chemistry of aromatic and aliphatic heterocyclic compounds/. ../Physical characterisation of organic compounds/ by IR, UV-, MS, and NMR. ../Chemistry in nanoscience and technology/. ../Catalysis and green chemistry/. ../Medicinal chemistry/. ../Supramolecular chemistry/. ../Environmental chemistry/.