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Chemistry (Subject - 04) Inorganic Chemistry

1. Atomic Structure: Bohr's and Sommerfield models of atom Wave particle duality, de Broglic equation Heisenberg uncertainty principle. Electronic configurations of elements : Paull's exclusion principle. Hund's rule of maximum spin multiplicity Aufbauprinciple, periodic classification of elements.
2. Radio Chemistry: Natural and artificial radio activity mass defect, binding energy, applications of radioactive isotopes, fission and fusion reactions.
3. Periodic Properties of Elements: Atomic, covalent, vender walls and ionic radii, ionization energy electron affinity and electronegativity.
4. General Characteristics of: s.p.d. and f, block elements.
5. Chemical Bonding: lonic, covalent and coordinate bonds, s and p bonds, hydrogen bonding, concept of hybridization of atomic orbital, Shapes of simple inorganic molecules on the basis of VSEPR theory. Elementary ideas of molecular orbital theory.
6. Redox Reactions: Oxidation state, equivalent weights of oxidants and reductants, Balancing of redox reactions.
7. Coordination Chemistry: Warmer's theory of coordination compounds, concept of effective atomic number (ENA), IUPAC system of nomenclature of coordination compounds, Isomerism in coordination compounds.
8. Preparation Properties and use of the following compounds: Lithium aluminium hydride, diborane, potassium dichromate, potassium permanganate, heavy water, hydrazine trialkyl and triaryl phosphates.
9. Environmental Pollution : Pollutants and their influence on environment.

Organic Chemistry

1. Bonding in Organic Compounds: sp.sp2 and sp3 hybridizations and p bonds, inductive and electrometric effects, hyper conjungation resonance.
2. Reaction Mechanism: Hemolytic and heterolytic cleavage of bonds, Adition and substitution reactions (E, E2, SN, and Sn2 reactions).
3. Hydrocarbons: Studies of alkanes, alkenese and alkynes.
4. Preparation: Properties of the following Alphatic Compounds: Halides. alcohols, aldelydes, ketones, acids, esiers, amines, amides and hydroxyacids (lacto, tartaric and citric acids).
5. Carbohydrates: General reactions and structures of glucose and fructose.
6. Organometalllc Compounds: Grignard reagents and their sythetic applications.
7. Storeochemistrv: Geometrical and optical isomerisms.
8. Benzene and Its simple Derivaties: Benezene, toluene, xylene, phenols, halides, nitra and amino compounds, Benzoic, Salicyclic, Aronatic adelydes and hetones, Diazo compunds.
9. Elementary idea of oils, fats, proteins and vitamins and their roles in nutrition.

Physical Chemistry

1. Gaseous State: Kinetic theory of gases and gas laws, Vender Walls equations, Distribution of velocities, Critical behaviour of gasses Heat capacities of gases.
2. Physical Properties and Molecular Constitution: Molar volume parachor, molar refraction, molar polarization and dipole moment.
3. Liquid State: Viscosity and surface tension of liquids.
4. Solutions: Rapult's Law, Osmotic pressure, elevation of boiling point, depression of freezing point. Determination of molecular weights of-solutes. Association and dissociation of solutes.
5. Thermodynamics: First Law of thermodynamics, isothemal and adiabatic expansions, Joule-Thomson effect enthalpy, heat capacity, Hess's law. Heats of reaction, formation and combustion Bond energy Kirchoff's equation. Second Law of thermodynamics Free energy entropy.
6. Chemical Equilibrium: Law of mines action and its application to homogeneous and heterogeneous equilibria.
7. Chemical Kinetics: Molecularitv and order of reactions. First and seceond order reactions Determination of order of reactions Effect of temperature on reaction rates. Energy of activation Collision theory of reaction rates.
8. Electro Chemistry: Faraday's Law of electrolysis, specific and equivalent conductivity and their variation dillution, Transport number.
9. Ionic Equilibria: Electrolytic dissociation, Ionic product of water Ostwald's dilution law, theory of strong efectrolytes solubility product Acids and bases, Strength of acids and bases, hydrolysis of salts, ph And buffer solution, theory of indicators'.
10. Colloids: General nature of colloidal solutions, General methods of preparation and properties of colloids, Protective action and gold number. Adsorption, Physical adsorption and chemical adsorption, Freundich and Lagmuir's is other ms.

Numerical Problems: Simple numerical problems and conceptual problems based on full syllabus.

UPPSC - Combined Lower Subordinate Services Exam 2009 Chemistry Syllabus