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Faculty of Science Handbook, Session 2019/2020

Chemical reactivity: energy, orientation, and other Interactions between dipoles/induced dipoles, hydrogen
requirements for chemical reaction, electrophiles and bonding, hydrophobic interactions, and applications.
nucleophiles, acidity and basicity, factors affecting pKa Repulsive and total interactions. Molecular interactions in
values, (e.g., role of substituents), Lewis acids and gases and liquids.
bases, organic acids and bases; Reaction mechanisms: Magnetic properties of molecules, Magnetization and
bond formation and bond breaking and description by use types of magnetic materials, Interaction between magnetic
of curly arrows. moment and magnetic field.

Preparation and chemistry of alkanes and cycloalkanes Symbols and units, measurements and significant figures,
(free radical halogenation), alkenes and alkynes accuracy and precision. Uncertainty and errors: systematic
(electrophilic addition, acetylides from terminal alkynes, and random errors; estimation of random and combination
etc.), dienes (electrophilic 1,2- and 1,4-addition, Diels- errors; the least square method.
Alder cycloaddition); Conformational analysis of acyclic
and cyclic hydrocarbons. Assessment Methods:
Practical: 25%
Stereochemistry: Isomerism in organic compounds: Continuous assessment: 15%
constitutional and stereoisomers; chirality and optical Final examination: 60%
activity; enantiomers, diastereomers, racemates and
resolution; molecules with two (or more) chiral centers, Medium of instruction:
meso-compounds; configuration and labelling chiral English
centers: Cahn-Ingold-Prelog system.
Aromatic Chemistry: Aromaticity and aromatic Soft skills:
compounds; benzene and reactions of benzene, CT1-3
electrophilic aromatic substitution, activating and directing
effects of substituents in electrophilic aromatic References:
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substitution, heteroaromatic compounds. 1. P.W. Atkins, Physical Chemistry, 11 ed. OUP, 2018.
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2. G.M. Barrow, Physical Chemistry, 6 ed., McGraw-Hill,
Assessment Methods: 1996.
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Practical: 25% 3. B. Mahan & R.J. Myres, University Chemistry, 4 ed.,
Continuous assessment: 15% Addison Wesley, 1987.
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Final examination: 60% 4. R. Alberty & J.D. Paula, Physical Chemistry, 9 ed.,
Oxford University Press, 2010.
Medium of instruction: 5. IR.J. Taylor, An Introduction to Error Analysis: The
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English Study of Uncertainties in Physical Measurements, 2
ed., University Science Books, 1997.
Soft skills:
CT1-3
SIC1005 Basic Mathematics for Chemistry
References:
1. Graham Solomons and Craig Fryhle, Organic This course provides a foundational introduction to
Chemistry, 10 ed., Wiley, 2011. mathematical methods and concepts that are used to
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2. Paula Yukanis Bruice, Organic Chemistry, 5 ed., explore basic concepts in chemistry. The topics covered
Pearson Prentice Hall, 2007. are organized in three independent parts.
3. John McMurry, Organic Chemistry, 7 ed., Part I: algebra, functions, differential and integral calculus,
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Brookes/Cole, 2008. complex number, differential equations.
4. Clayden, Greeves, Warren and Worthers, Organic Part II: vectors, determinants and matrices.
Chemistry OUP, 2001. Part III: probability and statistics
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5. Janice G. Smith, Organic Chemistry, 2 ed., McGraw
Hill, 2008. Assessment Methods:
Continuous assessment: 30%
Final examination: 70%
SIC1004 PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY I
Medium of instruction:
Part A: Principle of Thermodynamics and equilibrium English
processes
Definitions of system, heat and work. The Zeroth Law and Soft skills:
direction of heat flow. The First, Second and Third Laws CT1-3
are being discussed together with the introduction of
relavant state functions. Criteria for spontaneous and References:
equilibrium processes (reversible processes). The 1. P. Monk & L. J. Munro, Maths for Chemistry: A chemist
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application of thermodynamics to chemical equilibrium and toolkit of calculation, 2 ed., Oxford University Press:
equilibrium and electrochemistry. New York, 2010.
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2. E. Steiner. The Chemistry Maths Book, 2 ed., Oxford
Part B: Electrochemistry and chemical kinetics University Press: New York, 2008.
Properties of electrolyte solutions, electrochemical cells, 3. M.C.R. Cockett & G. Doggett, Math for Chemists, Vol. I:
Debye Huckel Theory, standard potential and application. Numbers, Functions & Calculus, The Royal Society of
Nernst equation and thermodynamics properties from Chemistry: Cambridge, 2003.
electrochemistry. 4. M.C.R. Cockett & G. Doggett, Math for Chemists, Vol. II:
The rate law and orders of reaction. Kinetic theory of gas Power Series, Complex Number and Linear Algebra,
and activated complex, approximation to steady state The Royal Society of Chemistry: Cambridge, 2003.
conditions, kinetics of complex reactions.

Part C: Molecular Interactions
Electric properties of molecules: electric dipole moments,
polarizabilities, polarization, and relative permittivities.
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