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C Chem-203

This document outlines the course requirements for a 4-year Bachelor of Science degree for affiliated colleges. It includes a list of course codes, subject titles, credit hours, and semesters. The document also provides detailed descriptions of the course content for subjects like Quantum Mechanics, Electrochemistry, Evaluation of Analytical Data, Spectroscopy, Chemistry of Carbonyl Compounds, and Chemistry of Carboxylic Acids. It concludes with a list of 7 recommended textbooks for reference.

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C Chem-203

This document outlines the course requirements for a 4-year Bachelor of Science degree for affiliated colleges. It includes a list of course codes, subject titles, credit hours, and semesters. The document also provides detailed descriptions of the course content for subjects like Quantum Mechanics, Electrochemistry, Evaluation of Analytical Data, Spectroscopy, Chemistry of Carbonyl Compounds, and Chemistry of Carboxylic Acids. It concludes with a list of 7 recommended textbooks for reference.

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BS(4Years)forAffiliatedColleges

Code SubjectTitle Cr.Hrs Semester


CHEMͲ203 ChemistryͲIV(GeneralChemistry) 3 IV
Year Discipline
2 Botany,Zoology,ChemistryͲI,II
Quantum Mechanics and Atomic Structure:
Elementary treatment of Compton effect and photoelectric effect; Brief discussion of result of
Bohr’s Model and its defects; Somerfield’s modification and evolution of azimuthal quantum
number; Dual nature of matter; Verification of dual nature by Davisson and Germer’s
experiment; Detail of Heisenberg’s uncertainty principle; Postulates of quantum mechanics;
Brief introduction of operators; Derivation of time independent Schrodinger wave equation in
terms of polar coordinates and derivation of principle quantum number; Energy equation for
free motion of particle in one-dimensional box; Eigen values and Eigen functions;
normalization of wave function; Probability functions; radial distribution, probability density
functions.
Electrochemistry:
Electrolytic conduction and its measurement; Specific, equivalent and molar conductance,
Determination of resistance; Cell content, conductance ratio, conduction of strong and weak
electrolytes; Ionic motilities and their determination; Kohlrausch’s law and its applications;
Faraday’s law (first and second) and their significance; Transport number; Hittort’s rule;
Determination of transference number by Hittort’s method. Applications of conductance
measurement; EMF of the chemical cells; Electrode potential and its measurement with
reference to Weston standard, glass electrode, calomel electrode and quinhydrone electrode;
Nerst equation; Thermodynamics of cells; Concentration of cells with liquid junction and
without liquid junction.
Evaluation of Analytical Data and Essentials of Chemical Analysis:
Some fundamental concepts like mole, activity and activity co-efficient; Concepts of mean,
median, accuracy, precision, significant figures; Various types of errors, their detection and
elimination; Standard deviation; Relative standard deviation; Confidence limits; Rounding
off the analytical data. Law of mass action and its applications; precipitation and solubility
product; common ion effect; Co-precipitation, fractional precipitation, concept of pH, buffers,
working of indicators.
Spectroscopy:
Electromagnetic radiation and its interaction with matter; Nature of different transitions
possible in atoms and molecules; Electronic, vibrational, rotational and other possible
transitions by absorption of radiation by molecules and atoms. Development of spectroscopic
analytical techniques employing various transitions. Classification of spectroscopic
techniques on the basis of type of radiation, phenomenon occurring and the nature of the
matter. Basic introduction to atomic and molecular spectroscopic techniques including flame
emission, spectrophotometry, UV, IR spectroscopy.
Chemistry of Carbonyl Compounds:
Preparation of aldehydes and ketones by pyrolysis of calcium salts of acids, acylation of
alkenes and arenas, reduction of acid halides and nitriles. Physical properties of aldehydes
and ketones; Structure and reactivity of carbonyl group; Comparison of the reactivity of
aldelydes and ketones; Nucleophilic additions of water, alcohols, ammonia and its
derivatives, hydrogen cyanide, bisulfite, reduction and oxidation reactions; Aldol
condensation and related reaction; Cannizaro’s reaction; Witting reaction; Oxidation
reactions, Chemical tests of aldehydes and ketones.

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Chemistry of Carboxylic Acids and Their Derivatives:


Physical properties of carboxylic acids; Effects of different parameters on the acid strengths
of aliphatic and aromatic carboxylic acids. Chemical properties like salt formation
nucleophilic acylt substitution, reduction of carboxylic acids, decarbonylation, Hunsdicker
reaction, Kochi reaction, substitution at a-carbon. Preparations, properties and reactions of
acids chlorides, acids anhydrides, amides, cyanides, and esters; Malonic and acetoacetic
esters syntheses.

Recommended Books:
1. Adamson A. W. “Understanding Physical Chemistry” 3rd Ed. Benjamin Cummings
publishing company Inc.
2. Akhtar M.N. & Ghulam Nabi, “Textbook of Physical Chemistry” ilmi kutab khana,
Lahore.
3. Bhatti H.N. and K. Hussain, “Principles of Physical Chemistry”; Carwan Book
House, Lahore.
4. Shriver, D.F., P.W. Atkins and C.H. Langford, “Inorganic Chemistry”; Oxford, 2nd
Ed. (1996).
5. Snarp, A.G. “Inorganic Chemistry”, Longman, 3rd Edition (1992).
6. Rayner Canham, Gelof, “Descriptive Inorganic Chemistry” & Co. (1995).
7. Daniel R. Pallers, “Experimental Organic Chemistry, John Willey & Sons” Inc., 2009.
8. James A. Moore, “Experimental methods in Organic Chemistry” Holt-Saunders Int.
1983.
9. R.L. Shriner, R.C. Fuson, D.lV. Curtin and T.C. Morrill “The systematic
Identification of organic compounds, 6th ed. John Willey & sons, 1979.

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