JEE ADVANCED CHEMISTRY SYLLABUS

Chapter 01: Some basic concepts of chemistry

Concept of atoms and molecules; Dalton’s atomic theory; Mole
concept; Chemical formulae; Balanced chemical equations;
Calculations (based on mole concept) involving common
oxidation-reduction, neutralisation, and displacement reactions;
Concentration in terms of mole fraction, molarity, molality and
normality.
Chapter 02: Gaseous and liquid states
Absolute scale of temperature, ideal gas equation; Deviation
from ideality, van der Waals equation; Kinetic theory of gases,
average, root mean square and most probable velocities and their
relation with temperature; Law of partial pressures; Vapour
pressure; Diffusion of gases.
Chapter 03: Atomic structure
Bohr model, spectrum of hydrogen atom, quantum numbers;
Wave-particle duality, de Broglie hypothesis; Uncertainty
principle; Qualitative quantum mechanical picture of hydrogen
atom, shapes of s, p and d orbitals; Electronic configurations of
elements (up to atomic number 36); Aufbau principle; Pauli’s
exclusion principle and Hund’s rule.
Chapter 04: chemical bonding and molecular structure
Orbital overlap and covalent bond; Hybridisation involving s, p
and d orbitals only; Orbital energy diagrams for homonuclear
diatomic species; Hydrogen bond; Polarity in molecules, dipole
moment (qualitative aspects only); VSEPR model and shapes of
molecules (linear, angular, triangular, square planar, pyramidal,
square pyramidal, trigonal bipyramidal, tetrahedral and
octahedral).

Chapter 05: Energetics

First law of thermodynamics; Internal energy, work and heat,
pressure-volume work; Enthalpy, Hess’s law; Heat of reaction,
fusion and vapourization; Second law of thermodynamics;
Entropy; Free energy; Criterion of spontaneity.

Chapter 06: Equilibrium

Law of mass action; Equilibrium constant, Le Chatelier’s
principle (effect of concentration, temperature and pressure);
Significance of ΔG and ΔG0 in chemical equilibrium; Solubility
product, common ion effect, pH and buffer solutions; Acids and
bases (Bronsted and Lewis concepts); Hydrolysis of salts.
Chapter 07: Electrochemistry
Electrochemical cells and cell reactions; Standard electrode
potentials; Nernst equation and its relation to ΔG;
Electrochemical series, emf of galvanic cells; Faraday’s laws of
electrolysis; Electrolytic conductance, specific, equivalent and
molar conductivity, Kohlrausch’s law; Concentration cells.

Chapter 08: Chemical kinetics

Rates of chemical reactions; Order of reactions; Rate constant;
First order reactions; Temperature dependence of rate constant
(Arrhenius equation).

Chapter 09: Solid state

Classification of solids, crystalline state, seven crystal systems
(cell parameters a, b, c, α, β, γ), close packed structure of solids
(cubic), packing in fcc, bcc and hcp lattices; Nearest neighbours,
ionic radii, simple ionic compounds, point defects.

Chapter 10: Solutions

Raoult’s law; Molecular weight determination from lowering of
vapour pressure, elevation of boiling point and depression of
freezing point.
Chapter 11: Nuclear chemistry
Radioactivity: isotopes and isobars; Properties of α, β and γ rays;
Kinetics of radioactive decay (decay series excluded), carbon
dating; Stability of nuclei with respect to proton- neutron ratio;
Brief discussion on fission and fusion reactions.

Chapter 12: S and P block elements

Isolation/preparation and properties of the following non-metals
Boron, silicon, nitrogen, phosphorus, oxygen, sulphur and
halogens; Properties of allotropes of carbon (only diamond and
graphite), phosphorus and sulphur.
Preparation and properties of the following compounds
Oxides, peroxides, hydroxides, carbonates, bicarbonates,
chlorides and sulphates of sodium, potassium, magnesium and
calcium; Boron: diborane, boric acid and borax; Aluminium:
alumina, aluminium chloride and alums; Carbon: oxides and
oxyacid (carbonic acid); Silicon: silicones, silicates and silicon
carbide; Nitrogen: oxides, oxyacids and ammonia; Phosphorus:
oxides, oxyacids (phosphorus acid, phosphoric acid) and
phosphine; Oxygen: ozone and hydrogen peroxide; Sulphur:
hydrogen sulphide, oxides, sulphurous acid, sulphuric acid and
sodium thiosulphate; Halogens: hydrohalic acids, oxides and
oxyacids of chlorine, bleaching powder; Xenon fluorides.
Chapter 13: d and f block elements
Definition, general characteristics, oxidation states and their
stabilities, colour (excluding the details of electronic transitions)
and calculation of spin-only magnetic moment; Coordination
compounds: nomenclature of mononuclear coordination
compounds, cis- trans and ionisation isomerisms, hybridization
and geometries of mononuclear coordination compounds (linear,
tetrahedral, square planar and octahedral).Preparation and
properties of the following compounds
Oxides and chlorides of tin and lead; Oxides, chlorides and
sulphates of Fe2+, Cu2+ and Zn2+; Potassium permanganate,
potassium dichromate, silver oxide, silver nitrate, silver
thiosulphate.

Chapter 14: metallurgy

Ores and minerals Commonly occurring ores and minerals of
iron, copper, tin, lead, magnesium, aluminium, zinc and silver.
Extractive metallurgy Chemical principles and reactions only
(industrial details excluded); Carbon reduction method (iron and
tin); Self reduction method (copper and lead); Electrolytic
reduction method (magnesium and aluminium); Cyanide process
(silver and gold).
Chapter 15: Principles of qualitative analysis
Groups I to V (only Ag+, Hg2+, Cu2+, Pb2+, Bi3+, Fe3+, Cr3+,
Al3+, Ca2+, Ba2+, Zn2+, Mn2+ and Mg2+); Nitrate, halides
(excluding fluoride), sulphate and sulphide.

Chapter 16: General Organic chemistry

Hybridisation of carbon; σ and π-bonds; Shapes of simple
organic molecules; Structural and geometrical isomerism;
Optical isomerism of compounds containing up to two
asymmetric centres, (R,S and E,Z nomenclature excluded);
IUPAC nomenclature of simple organic compounds (only
hydrocarbons, mono-functional and bi-functional compounds);
Conformations of ethane and butane (Newman projections);
Resonance and hyperconjugation; Keto-enoltautomerism;
Determination of empirical and molecular formulae of simple
compounds (only combustion method); Hydrogen bonds:
definition and their effects on physical properties of alcohols
and carboxylic acids; Inductive and resonance effects on acidity
and basicity of organic acids and bases; Polarity and inductive
effects in alkyl halides; Reactive intermediates produced during
homolytic and heterolytic bond cleavage; Formation, structure
and stability of carbocations, carbanions and free radicals.
Chapter 17: Hydrocarbons
Classification, isomerism, IUPAC nomenclature, general
methods of preparation, properties and reactions.
Alkanes – Conformations: Sawhorse and Newman projections
(of ethane); Mechanism of halogenation of alkanes.
Alkenes – Geometrical isomerism; Mechanism of electrophilic
addition: addition of hydrogen, halogens, water, hydrogen
halides (Markownikoff’s and peroxide effect); Ozonolysis and
polymerization.
Alkynes – Acidic character; Addition of hydrogen, halogens,
water and hydrogen halides; Polymerization.
Aromatic hydrocarbons – Nomenclature, benzene – structure
and aromaticity; Mechanism of electrophilic substitution:
halogenation, nitration, Friedel – Craft’s alkylation and
acylation, directive influence of functional group in mono-
substituted benzene.

Chapter 18: Organic Compounds Containing Halogens

General methods of preparation, properties and reactions; Nature
of C-X bond; Mechanisms of substitution reactions.
Uses; Environmental effects of chloroform & iodoform.
Chapter 19: Alcohols, Phenols And Ethers
General methods of preparation, properties, reactions and uses.
Alcohols, Phenols And Ethers Alcohols: Identification of
primary, secondary and tertiary alcohols; mechanism of
dehydration.
Phenols: Acidic nature, electrophilic substitution reactions:
halogenation, nitration and sulphonation, Reimer – Tiemann
reaction. Kolbe reaction.
Ethers: Structure.

Chapter 20: Aldehyde and Ketones

Aldehyde and Ketones: Nature of carbonyl group;Nucleophilic
addition to >C=O group, relative reactivities of aldehydes and
ketones; Important reactions such as –
Nucleophilic addition reactions (addition of HCN, NH3 and its
derivatives), Grignard reagent; oxidation; reduction (Wolff
Kishner and Clemmensen); acidity of r – hydrogen, aldol
condensation, Cannizzaro reaction, Haloform reaction;
Chemical tests to distinguish between aldehydes and Ketones.
Chapter 21: Carboxylic Acids and its derivatives
Carboxylic Acids: Acidic strength and factors affecting it.

Chapter 22: Organic Compounds Containing Nitrogen

General methods of preparation, properties, reactions and uses.
Amines: Nomenclature, classification, structure, basic character
and identification of primary, secondary and tertiary amines and
their basic character. Diazonium Salts: Importance in synthetic
organic chemistry.

Chapter 23: Practical organic chemistry

Detection of elements (N, S, halogens); Detection and
identification of the following functional groups: hydroxyl
(alcoholic and phenolic), carbonyl (aldehyde and ketone),
carboxyl, amino and nitro; Chemical methods of separation of
mono-functional organic compounds from binary mixtures.