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Faculty of Science Handbook, Academic Session 2023/2024

Mass spectrometry: EIMS – molecular ions, isotope peaks, Assessment Weightage:
fragmentation ions and patterns. HREIMS and determination of Continuous assessment: 40%
molecular formula of organic compounds. Application of combined Final examination: 60%
techniques in organic structure determination.
SIC3023 PRACTICAL OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY III
Assessment Weightage:
Continuous assessment: 40% ‘Oligo-step’ organic synthesis; Carbonyl chemistry: Correlation of experimental
Final examination: 60% operations with theory;

SIC2025 CHEMISTRY AND SOCIETY Separation of organic compounds using an acid-base extraction scheme;
application of qualitative elemental analysis, functional group tests, spectroscopy
This course exposes students to community services and and small- scale chemical conversion for the identification of organic compounds.
volunteerism with the knowledge of chemistry to assist the community
in solving current issues. Assessment Weightage:
Continuous assessment: 100%
Students need to plan and implement programs in groups, as well as Final examination: -
group reports and presentations based on experiences with the
communities. SIC3024 PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY III

Assessment Weightage: Part A: Electronic Structure Theory and Photochemistry
Continuous assessment: 100% Linear variational method, Time independent and dependent perturbation theories,
Final examination: - Angular momentum theory. Energy diagram of many-electron atoms, Molecular
orbital theory and electronic potential energy.
SIC3020 INORGANIC CHEMISTRY III
Absorption and emission of light, Fluorescence and quenching, Intramolecular
Organometallic Chemistry: vibrational energy redistribution, Internal conversion, Intersystem crossing,
Historical background, classification/bonding types of organometallics Phosphorescence, Photodissociation, Laser-induced fluorescence, Multiphoton
compounds of transition elements, main group organometallics & ionization, Photochemistry on short time scales, Atmospheric chemistry.
lanthanides, 18-electron rules, ligands in organometallics (carbonyl,
hydride, alkyl/alkene, carbene, carbyne, metallocene & fullerene) Part B: Statistical Thermodynamics and Dynamics of Molecular Reactions
organometallic reactions. The fundamentals of statistical mechanics from the definitions of molecular
interactions giving a set of energy levels for N-molecule systems. Statistical
Metal chemistry: treatment to obtain a distribution of the most probable energy configuration or
Occurrence, methods of extraction, chemical reactions and Boltzmann distribution. Introduction to partition function of molecules containing all
applications of metals, chemistry of block d and f metals. the information on N-molecule systems. Ensemble concept, incorporated partition
function and its relation to thermodynamic properties.
Assessment Weightage:
Continuous assessment: 40% Diffusion controlled reactions. Activated complex theory and reactions in
Final examination: 60% solutions. The dynamics of molecular collisions.

SIC3021 PRACTICAL OF INORGANIC CHEMISTRY III Assessment Weightage:
Continuous assessment: 40%
Synthesis of organometallic compounds, spectroscopic analysis for Final examination: 60%
structural determination and investigation of point group based on IR
and Raman spectra. SIC3025 PRACTICAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY III

Assessment Weightage: Bomb calorimetry, molecular spectroscopy, the critical point, determination of acid
Continuous assessment: 100% dissociation constant for methyl red, phase diagram of a three-component partially
Final examination: - immiscible liquid system, hydrolysis of tert-butyl chloride, influence of alcohol chain
elongation on the surface activity for normal aliphatic alcohol, determination of
SIC3022 ORGANIC CHEMISTRY III vapour viscosity, rotational-vibrational spectra of HCl and DCl.

Strategies in multistep synthesis: retrosynthetic analysis. Synthesis of Assessment Weightage:
C-C-bonds. Continuous assessment: 100%
Final examination: -
Asymmetric synthesis: axial chirality, importance of enantiopure
compounds, chiral pool; selected examples of asymmetric synthesis SIC3026 INDUSTRIAL TRAINING
including hydrogenation, epoxidation, dihydroxylation, use of chiral
auxiliaries. Industrial training is a platform for BSc in Chemistry students to equip themselves
with chemical industry related skills and working ethics via practical training under
Reactivity; intermediates and product studies, energetics and the supervision of professionals. Experience in the industry will provide an
kinetics, isotope effects and linear free energy relationships. opportunity for the students to explore their career interest, develop personal
potential and increase their employability in the field of Chemistry.

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