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Content: Evolution and organization of the nervous system; electrical properties of neurons; ionic

basis of membrane potentials and the action potential; synaptic transmission and neurotransmitters;
development of the nervous system; experience-dependent synaptic refining & plasticity; introduction
to Hebb's postulate and learning andmemory.
Recommended Readings:
1. Principles of Neural Science: E. Kandel et al. (2000) 4th edition, McGraw-HillMedical
2. Neuroscience: M. Bear et al. (2006) 3rd edition, Lippincott Williams &Wilkins
3. Development of the Nervous System: D. Sanes et al. (2005) 3rd edition, AcademicPress
4. Foundations of Cellular Neurophysiology: D. Johnston and S. Wu (1994) 1st edition, MIT
Press

IBS-302: World of Chemistry III: Inorganic Chemistry


Contents: Atomic Structure, electronic configuration, periodicity, sizes of atomsand ions, ionization
energy, electron affinity, relativistic effects, chemical bonding, Lewis theory, valance bond and
molecular orbital theories, solid state structures and properties, concepts of acids and bases, Brønsted
and Lewis theory, hard and soft acids and bases, oxidation and reduction, electrode potentials, Nernst
equation, representation of electrochemical data, importance of water splitting, batteries and fuel cells,
coordination complexes, theories of bonding in transition metal compounds, some introduction to main
group compounds.

Laboratory Course
Contents: Acid-base titrations relevant to the neutralizing power of antacids,conventional and
photochemical synthesis of coordination compounds, complexametric and spectroscopic estimation of
metal ion concentrations in coordination compounds, redox titration relevant to the iodine content in
common salts, synthesis of disinfectants containing main group compounds such as Alum, soaps
andmicelles.
Recommended Readings:
1. Inorganic Chemistry: Shriver and Atkins (2006) International Student Edition, 4th edition,
Oxford UniversityPress
2. Concepts and Models of Inorganic Chemistry: B. Douglous, D. McDaniel and J. Alexander
(2006) 3rd edition (student edition), Wiley-India
3. Inorganic Chemistry: J.E. Huheey, E.A. Keiter and R.L. Keiter (2007) 4thedition, Pearson
Education
4. Concise Inorganic Chemistry: J.D. Lee (1999) 5th edition, BlackwellScience
5. A Collection of Interesting General Chemistry Experiments: A.J. Elias (2007) Revised edition
Universities Press (India) Pvt. Ltd.

IBS-302a: Heterocyclic chemistry


Replacement and systematic nomenclature (Hantzsch-Widman system) for monocyclic, fused and
bridged heterocycles. General Chemical Behaviour of aromatic heterocycles, classification (structural
type), criteria of aromaticity (bond lengths, ring current and chemical shifts in 1H NMR- spectra.
Preparation and properties of azirine, oxirane, azitidine, oxetene, oxatane and thietane.
Preparationofdiazirineandoxaziridine.Preparationandpropertiesofpyrrole,furan,thiophene,

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