COMPLETE REFERENCE BOOKS FOR CSIR NET/GATE

ORGANIC CHEMISTRY

J. Clayden, N. Greeves, S. Warren, Organic Chemistry, 2nd edition, Oxford Unviersity

Press, New Delhi, 2012. (Must have for CSIR NET)
R. T. Morrison, R. N. Boyd, Organic Chemistry, 6th edition, Prentice-Hall, New Delhi,
1992. (For Basic understanding, very good for basic concepts)
F. A. Carey and R. J. Sundberg, Advanced Organic Chemistry, Part A & B, 5th ed.,
Springer, New York, 2007. (For Advance Readers)
W. Carruthers and I. Coldham, Modern Methods of Organic Synthesis, 4th ed.,
Cambridge University Press, UK, 2004. (For Advance Readers)
P. Y. Bruice, K. J. R. Prasad, Essential Organic Chemistry, 1st edition, Pearson Education,
New Delhi, 2008. (Again Fundamental Organic Book)
Organic Chemistry by LG Wade
Organic Chemistry by John Mcmurry
J. March, Advanced Organic Chemistry, 4th ed., John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Canada, 1992.
M. B. Smith, Organic Synthesis, McGraw Hill Higher Education, 2001
Stuart Warren, Organic Synthesis The Disconnection Approach, John Wiley and Sons, 2005
Modern Organic Synthesis by Michael Nantz and Zweifel
Organic Reaction Mechanism by Peter Sykes (Must have for Basic Organic Mechanism)
Organic chemistry the fundamental principles by Finar
3000 solved problems in organic chemistry by Meislich, Estelle K ; Meislich, Herbert ;
Sharefkin, Joseph
Advanced organic chemistry : reactions and mechanisms by Maya Shankar Singh
Organic chemistry by Loudon
Name reactions and reagents in organic synthesis By Bradford Mundy

STEREOCHEMISTRY

Nasipuri, D. Stereochemistry of Organic Compounds: Principles and Applications

Stereochemistry of Organic Compounds, Wiley: New York, Eleil (BEST BOOK FOR NET)
Organic stereochemistry by Robinson, Michael J. T

MOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY

Spectroscopy by Donald Pavia (Excellent Book for Basic Spectroscopy)

Organic Spectroscopy by William kemp
1H NMR and C13 NMR spectroscopy by Metin and Balcii
Symmetry and spectroscopy of Molecules by K Veera Reddy (Another Good book for
Electronic Spectroscopy)
Molecular Spectroscopy by Banwell (Basic Book for Physical spectroscopy)
Spectrometric identification by Silverstein

Advance Additional Readings

Edwin J. Becker, High Resolution NMR: Theory and Chemical Applications, Academic
Press, U. S. A. (2000).
Jeremy K. M. Sanders and Brian K. Hunter, Modern NMR Spectroscopy: A Guide for
Chemists, Oxford University Press, U. K. (1993)
Andrew E. Derome, Modern NMR Techniques for Chemistry Research, Elsevier, Amsterdam
(1987)
Roger S. Macomber, A Complete Introduction to Modern NMR Spectroscopy, John Wiley &
Sons, U. S. A. (1997).
Malcolm H. Levitt, Spin Dynamics: Basics of Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, John Wiley &
Sons, U. S. A. (2008).
James Keeler, Understanding NMR Spectroscopy, John Wiley & Sons, U. S. A. (2005).
Richard R. Ernst, Geoffrey Bodenhausen and Alexander Wokaun,Principles of Nuclear
Magnetic Resonance in One and Two Dimensions, Oxford University Press, U. K. (1990).
Eiichi Fukushima and Stephen B. W. Roeder, Experimental NMR: A Nuts and Bolts
Approach, Westview Press, U. S. A. (1986)

RELATED LINKS

http://www.cis.rit.edu/htbooks/nmr/
http://www-keeler.ch.cam.ac.uk/lectures/
http://www.chem.queensu.ca/FACILITIES/NMR/nmr/webcourse/
http://e-collection.ethbib.ethz.ch/eserv/eth:25262/eth-25262-01.pdf

EPR Spectroscopy

Principles of Electron Spin Resonance by N. M. Atherton

Electron Paramagnetic Resonance: Elementary Theory and Practical Applications, 2nd
Edition by John A. Weil, James R. Bolton
Electron Spin Resonance Spectroscopy of Organic Radicals by Fabian Gerson and Walter
Huber.
Electron Spin Resonance:Analysis and Interpretation by Philip Rieger

Additional Advance Reading

C. P. Poole, Jr., Electron Spin Resonance: A Comprehensive Treatise on Experimental

Techniques, 2nd edition, New York, John Wiley and Sons, 1983.
J. R. Pilbrow, Transition Ion Electron Paramagnetic Resonance. Oxford, England:Clarendon
Press, 1991.
A. Abragam A and B. Bleaney, Electron Paramagnetic Resonance of Transition
Ions. Oxford, England: Oxford University Press, 1970.

MOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY
P. F. Bernath, Spectra of Atoms and Molecules (Second Edition), Oxford University Press,
2005.
I. N. Levine, Molecular Spectroscopy, Wliey-Interscience, New York, 1975.
E. B. Wilson Jr., J. C. Decius and P. C. Cross, Molecular Vibrations, Dover Publications,
New York, 1980
J. M. Hollas, Modern Spectroscopy (Fourth Edition), John Wiley & Sons, New York, 2004.
J. I. Steinfeld, Molecules and Radiation, Dover, New York, 1986.
D. C. Harris and M. D. Bertolucci, Symmetry and Spectroscopy: An Introduction to
Vibrational and Electronic Spectroscopy, Dover, New York, 1989

ADDITIONAL ADVANCE READINGS

H. W. Kroto, Molecular Rotation Spectra, Dover, New York, 2003

W. Demtroder, Laser Spectroscopy (Third Edition), Springer, Berlin, 2003.

Helene Lefebvre-Brion and R. W. Field, The Spectra and Dynamics of Diatomic Molecules,
Elsevier, Amsterdam, 2004

J. R. Lakowicz, Principles of Fluorescence Spectroscopy, Kluwer Academic, New York, 1999.

W. Gordy and R. L. Cook, Microwave Molecular Spectra, Wiley, New York, 1984.

PHYSICAL ORGANIC CHEMISTRY

Neil S. Isaacs, Physical Organic Chemistry, ELBS/Longman, 1987.

Francis A. Carey and Richard J. Sundberg, Advanced Organic Chemistry, Part A, Structure
and Mechanisms, 5th edition, Springer, 2007.

Jerry March, Advanced Organic Chemistry, Reactions, Mechanims and Structure, 4th Edition,
John-Wiley, 1999.

Thomas H. Lowry, Kathleen S. Richardson, Mechanism and Theory in Organic Chemistry,

2nd Edition, Harper & Row, 1981.

Modern Physical Organic Chemistry by E.V. Anslyn and D.A. Dougherty, University Science
Books, Sausalito, CA, USA, 2006.

RELATED LINKS

http://www.jaun.ethz.ch/oc8/oc8_desc.html

http://orgchem.iisc.ernet.in/faculty/um/teaching.html

http://users.ox.ac.uk/~mwalter/web_05/year3/phys/physical_organic_chemistry.shtml

http://www.chembio.uoguelph.ca/schwan/chem%20769%20outline%202006.pdf

INORGANIC CHEMISTRY

Advanced Inorganic Chemistry by F. Albert Cotton, Geoffery Wilkinson, Carlos A. Murillo

and Manfred Bochmann, Sixth Edition, Wiley-VCH,1999.
Inorganic Chemistry by James E. Huheey, Ellen A. Keiter, Richard R. Keiter, Fourth Edition,
Addison-Wesley, Reading, Massachusetts, 1993.

Coordination chemistry by ramlingam

Fundamental Concepts of Inorganic Chemistry By Asim K Das (Vol I & II)
Concise Inorganic Chemistry by J D Lee, Fifth Edition, Chapman and Hall, London, 1996.
Physical methods in inorganic chemistry by Russel Drago
Inorganic Chemistry (5th Edition) by D. F. Shriver and P. W. Atkins; Oxford.
Chemistry of the Elements by N N Greenwood & A Earnshaw, Butterworth-Heinemann,
Elsevier, Oxford, 2005 (Indian Reprint).
Inorganic Chemistry By Gary L. Miessler & Donald A. Tarr and Donald A. Tarr, Pearson,
Prentice Hall, New Jersey, 2010.
Concepts and Models of Inorganic Chemistry (3rd Edition) by B. E. Douglas, D. H.
McDaniel, J. J. Alexander; John Wiley.
General & Inorganic Chemistry (Part I & II) by R. Sarkar.
Inorganic Chemistry, 2nd Edition, 2005,C.C. Housecroft and A. G. Sharpe, Pearson, Prentice
Hall, England.
Inorganic Chemistry by Gary Wulfsberg , 2006,University Science Books (For Advance
Readers)
Biological inorganic chemistry : structure and reactivity / edited by Ivano Bertini
Vogel's Qualitative Inorganic Analysis, by G. Svehla
Inorganic chemistry By Holleman
Inorganic chemistry : by G. S. Sodhi.
Descriptive inorganic chemistry by Rayner-Canham, Geoffrey.
Modern inorganic chemistry by William L. Jolly.
Inorganic structural chemistry / Ulrich Mller
Inorganic polymers by Mark, James E ; Allcock, H. R ; West, Robert
Essentials of inorganic chemistry by Mingos
Inorganic spectroscopic methods by Brisdon,Alan K
Principles of inorganic chemistry : comprehensively covering the ugc syllabus by Puri,B R ;
Sharma,L R ; Kalia,K C .
Infrared and Raman spectra of inorganic and coordination compounds by Nakamoto
Inorganic and organometallic polymers by Chandrasekhar, Vadapalli.
Physical inorganic chemistry : vol-II principles, methods, and models by Bakac.,Andreja
(editor) ; Bakac, Andreja
Solid state chemistry : compounds by Cheetham,A.K. (ed) ; Cheetham, A. K ; Day, P

ORGANOMETALLIC CHEMISTRY

Organometallics: A Concise Introduction by Christoph Elschenbroich,2006, Wiley-VCH3rd

Edition
Basic Organometallic Chemistry: Concepts, Syntheses and Application by BD Gupta & Anil
J Elias Year,2013, Universities Press
Fundamentals of Organometallic Catalysis by Dirk Steinborn, 2012, Wiley-VCH
The organometallic chemistry of the transition metals by Robert H Crabtree, Third edition,
2001, John Wiley & sons, Inc.
Inorganic and Organometallic Reaction Mechanisms, Atwood
NMR spectroscopy in inorganic chemistry / Jonathan A. Iggo.

PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY

Physical chemistry by Castellan

Physical Chemistry by KL Kapoor (VOL I V) (must have collection of these series)
Physical chemistry by Mortimer (Very good book for thermodynamics & quantum chemistry)
Physical chemistry by Atkins (Favorite book of CSIR NET Exam Setter)
Physical chemistry by silbey and bawendi (For Basic Concepts)
Physical chemistry by Barrow
Physical chemistry by Samuel Glasstone.

QUANTUM CHEMISTRY

P. W. Atkins and R. S. Friedman, Molecular Quantum Mechanics, Oxford University Press,

Oxford, 2004. (Must for Quantum Chemistry basics)
Quantum Chemistry by RK Prasad
Quantum Chemistry by Era Levine (For Advance Quantum Chemistry)
Introduction to Quantum Chemistry by Clifford Dykstra
Elementary Quantum Chemistry by Frank Pilar, Mineola, N.Y. Dover, 2001
Quantum chemistry and spectroscopy by Thomas Engel, Pearson/Benjamin Cummings,
c2006
Quantum chemistry : fundamentals to applications by Tams Veszprmi , Kluwer
Academic/Plenum, 1999.
J. P. Lowe and K. Petersen, Quantum Chemistry, Elsevier Academic Press, MA, USA, 2006
A. K. Chandra, Quantum Chemistry, Tata McGrawHill, New Delhi, 2004.
J. N. Murrell, S. F. A. Kettle and J. M. Tedder, Valence Theory, English Language Book
Society, London, 1977.
Quantum Mechanics by R. Shankar
D. A. McQuarrie, Quantum Chemistry, Viva Books, New Delhi, 2003.
Pauling and Wilson, Introduction to Quantum Mechanics, Dover Edition
Quantum Mechanics by Schwabl, Springer Books
P.M. Mathews and Venkatesan, Quantum Mechanics, Tata McGraw Hill
Fundamentals of quantum chemistry by James House, Academic Press, c2004
Physical chemistry: Quantum mechanics by Horia Metieu, Taylor & Francis Group, c2006
Quantum Mechanics in Chemistry by George C. Schatz, Englewood Cliffs, N.J. : Prentice
Hall, c1993
Quantum Mechanics for chemist by David O. Hayward, Wiley-Interscience, c2002.
Physical chemistry by Robert G. Mortimer, Harcourt/Academic Press, c2000
Quanta : a handbook of concepts by Atkins, Oxford University Press, 1991.
Ideas of quantum chemistry by Piela,Lucjan, Oxford Press.
Quantum chemistry : a unified approach by David, Cook, London Imperial College.
Quantum Chemistry : through problems and solutions by RK Prasad.

GROUP THEORY

Group theory by Alan Vincent

F. A. Cotton, Chemical applications of Group theory, Third Edition, John Wiley & Sons, New
York, 1990
D. M. Bishop, Group Theory and Chemistry, Dover Publications, New York, 1977.
P. W. M. Jacobs, Group Theory with Applications in Chemical Physics, Cambridge
University Press, Cambridge, U. K., 2005

ADDITIONAL READINGS
1. E. P. Wigner, Group Theory, Academic Press, New York, 1959.
2. R. McWeeney and B. T. Sutcliffe, Methods of Molecular Quantum Mechanics,
Wiley-VCH, 1989.
RELATED LINKS
Professor David Sherrill group at Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia
USA has maintained a website with very useful pdf summary of many lectures in the
area of quantum chemistry. Its URL is
http://vergil.chemistry.gatech.edu/notes/index.html

CHEMICAL KINETICS

Chemical Kinetics and Reaction Dynamics by Paul L. Houston

Chemical Kinetics and Dynamics by Jeffrey I. Steinfeld, Joseph S. Francisco, William L.
Hase
Principles of Chemical Kinetics by James E. House
Molecular Reaction Dynamics by Raphael D. Levine
Chemical kinetics and Reaction dynamics by Santosh Upadhyay
Chemical Kinetics by Ladler

Principles of chemical kinetics by James House

Fundamentals of enzyme kinetics by Cornish-Bowden, Athel

PHOTOCHEMISTRY AND PERICYCLIC REACTIONS:

Photochemistry and pericyclic Reactions by Jagdamba Singh

J. D. Coyle, ed., "Photochemistry in Organic Synthesis", Royal society of Chemistry,
London, 1986
A. Gilbert and J. Baggott, "Essentials of Molecular Photochemistry," CRC Press, London,
UK, 1991
N. J. Turro, "Modern Molecular Photochemistry" (MMP), University Press, Menlo Park, CA,
1978
S. Sankararaman, Pericyclic Reactions: A Textbook, Wiley-VCH, 2005.

HETEROCYCLIC CHEMISTRY

Aromatic Heterocyclic Chemistry (Oxford Chemistry Primers) by David T. Davies

Heterocyclic Chemistry (3rd Edition) by Thomas. L. Gilchrist
Heterocyclic Chemistry by John A. Joule and K. Mills
The Chemistry of Heterocycles: Structure, Reactions, Syntheses, and Applications by
Theophil Eicher and Siegfried Hauptmann

ELECTROCHEMISTRY
General Reading :
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P.H.Rieger Electrochemistry
S.Glasstone Electrochemistry
Mortimer Physical Chemistry
Berry, Rice and Ross Physical Chemistry
Additional Readings :

J.O.M.Bockris, A.K.N.Reddy and Modern Electrochemistry Volume 1 and 2A

Plenum Press
W.Schmickler Interfacial Electrochemistry Oxford University Press

STATISTICAL MECHANICS

Statistical Mechanics by Mayer, J. E.; Mayer, M. G.

Statistical Mechanics by Norman Davidson
Statistical Mechanics: Principles and Selected Applications by Terrell Hill
Statistical Mechanics: A Set Of Lectures (Advanced Books Classics) by Richard
Feynman.
Statistical Physics by L. D. Landau and M. Lifshitz
Quantum Chemistry by Donald Mcquarrie.
Physical Chemistry of Surfaces by A.W. Adamson, A.P. Gast, Wiley
Surface Chemistry and Spectroscopy by G. Ranga Rao

Additional Advance Reading

Surface Science Reports, Vol.13, 1991, 221-263

Introduction to Surface Chemistry and Catalysis by G. A. Somorjai, Wiley, 1994.
Surface Science, Vol.327, 1995, 293-300.

Current Science, Vol.75, 1998, 901-910

Surface Science, Vol.570, 2004, 178-188.