DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY
INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS

DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY
INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS

CY1001 : Chemistry: Principles, Structure, Reactivity and Applications

Overview of the role of Chemistry in addressing global challenges.

Basic Principles of Quantum Chemistry and Applications:

Wave-particle duality, uncertainty principle, Schrödinger equation, and simple models to illustrate the origin of quantization and degeneracy, H atom solution (no derivation), the concept of atomic orbitals, and introduction to chemical bonding, modeling vibration and rotation of diatomic molecule and spectroscopic applications. Orbital overlap, band structure, metals, semiconductors, and insulators.

Transition Metal Coordination Chemistry:

Transition Metal Coordination Chemistry: Crystal field theory (CFT) – Structure, bonding, and properties (color, magnetism) of coordination complexes, Transition metal complexes of bio-relevance.

Organometallic Chemistry:

Concepts of organometallic chemistry and their application in catalytic processes of industrial relevance.

Inorganic materials of relevance.

Chemical Thermodynamics:

Introduction to equilibrium thermodynamics; Gibbs free energy, fundamental equations, Maxwell’s relations; chemical potential, phase rule, phase diagrams, one and two-component systems, Clapeyron and Clausius-Clapeyron equations, eutectic mixture and cooling curves, applications of eutectic mixtures.

Chemical Kinetics:

Steady-state approximation, applications in atmospheric chemistry and enzyme kinetics.

Aromatic compounds:

Aromaticity and application of NMR spectroscopy, Substitution reactions, functional group interconversions and application in Biomolecules and Pharmaceuticals.

Orbitals and symmetry-driven reactions:

Electrocyclic reactions – Implications in functional materials.

Text Books:

  • Physical Chemistry, R J Silbey, R A Alberty and M G Bawendi, 4th Edition, 2009, Wiley –India Pvt. Ltd.
  • Atkin’s Physical Chemistry, P W Atkins and J de Paula, 9th Eds., 2010, Oxford University Press.
  • Inorganic Chemistry, M T Weller, T L Overton J P Rourke and F A Armstrong, 7th Edition, 2018, Oxford University Press.
  • Inorganic Chemistry, C E Housecroft and A G Sharpe, 5th Edition, 2018, Pearson
  • Organic Chemistry, J Clayden, N Greeves and S Warren, 2nd Edition 2012, Oxford University Press

 

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