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CSIR NET Chemistry

Unlock your potential in the world of molecules with the official CSIR NET Chemistry syllabus, which includes Inorganic, Organic, and Physical Chemistry along with Interdisciplinary Topics and Analytical Techniques.

From reaction mechanisms to quantum chemistry, each unit requires in-depth preparation.  At Professor Academy, we deliver targeted online coaching with expert breakdowns and practice support.  View the complete CSIR NET Chemistry syllabus and begin your strategic preparation today.

CSIR NET Chemistry Syllabus

1. Atomic Structure

  • Basic principles of quantum chemistry: postulates; operator algebra; exactly solvable systems: particle-in-a-box, harmonic oscillator, rigid-rotor, and the hydrogen atom.
  • Shapes of atomic orbitals; orbital and spin angular momenta; angular momentum operators, tunneling.
  • Approximate methods of quantum mechanics: Variational principle; first-order perturbation. Many-electron systems and antisymmetry principle.

2. Molecular Structure and Bonding

  • Chemical bonding; elementary concepts of molecular orbital (MO) and valence bond (VB) theories; Born Oppenheimer (BO) approximation, Hückel theory for conjugated π-electron systems. Valence bond (VB) theory.
  • Molecular orbital (MO) theory: heteronuclear diatomic molecules, polyatomic molecules AHn (n = 2 to 4).
  • Ionic bond, covalent bond, metallic bond, coordinate covalent bond and weak chemical forces.

3. Nomenclature, Structure, and Isomerism of Organic Compounds

  • Nomenclature, hybridization, resonance, frontier molecular orbitals, aromaticity, acidity and basicity, structure and stability of reactive intermediates (carbocations, carbanions, free radicals, carbenes, benzynes and nitrenes).
  • Isomerism, stereoisomerism (centre, axial, planar and helical chirality), configuration descriptors; topicity and descriptors; conformations of organic molecules.

4. Group Theory and Spectroscopy

  • Chemical applications of group theory: symmetry elements; point groups; character tables; selection rules.
  • Atomic spectroscopy: term symbols; Molecular spectroscopy: rotational, vibrational and Raman spectra; electronic spectra; basic principles of magnetic resonance.
  • Analytical Techniques for Inorganic Compounds: Ultraviolet-Visible (UV-Vis) spectroscopy, fluorescence spectroscopy, Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) and Raman spectroscopy, nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) and electron spin resonance (ESR) spectroscopy, mass spectrometry, cyclic voltammetry.
  • Interpretative Molecular Spectroscopy: Structure elucidation of organic compounds using Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), ultraviolet-visible (UV-Vis), 1H, 13C nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) and mass spectra. Determination of configurations and conformations and probing reaction mechanisms.

5. Chemical and Statistical Thermodynamics

  • Laws of thermodynamics, state and path functions and their applications; thermochemistry, thermodynamic functions and their relationships; Maxwell's relations; spontaneity and equilibria; temperature and pressure dependence of thermodynamic quantities; Le Chatelier principle; phase transitions, phase equilibria and phase rule; thermodynamics of ideal and non-ideal gases, and solutions.
  • Kinetic theory of gases; Boltzmann distribution; partition functions and their relation to thermodynamic quantities.

6. Electrochemistry

  • Nernst equation, redox systems, electrochemical cells; Debye-Hückel theory; electrolytic conductance – Kohlrausch's law and its applications; ionic equilibria; conductometric and potentiometric titrations.

7. Chemical Kinetics and Surface Chemistry

  • Empirical rate laws and complex reactions; steady state approximation; mechanism of complex reactions, collision and transition state theories of rate constants; potential energy surfaces, unimolecular reactions, temperature dependence of rate constants; enzyme kinetics; salt effects; homogeneous catalysis; photochemical reactions, fast reactions.
  • Nuclear reaction processes. Kinetics of polymerization and molecular weight determination of polymers.
  • Stability and properties of colloids; isotherms and surface area; principles of heterogeneous catalysis.

8. s and p Block Elements

  • Periodic trends, hydrides, halides, oxides, oxoacids, nitrides, sulfides. Boranes, carboranes, silicones, silicates, boron nitrides, borazines and phosphazenes. Allotropes of carbon, phosphorous and sulphur. Noble gases.
  • Acids and bases: Lewis, Brønsted, Hard and Soft Acids and Bases (HSAB). Nonaqueous solvent systems, liquid NH3, liquid SO2, superacids.

9. Properties and Reactions of Organic Compounds

  • Synthesis and reactions of organic compounds: alkanes, alkenes, alkynes, arenes, alcohols, phenols, aldehydes, ketones, carboxylic acids, esters, nitriles, halides, nitro compounds, amines, amides, etc.
  • Reactions of aromatic compounds: electrophilic and nucleophilic substitutions. Reagents for functional group interconversion, oxidation and reduction.
  • Pericyclic reactions: cycloadditions, electrocyclic, sigmatropic, cheletropic and group-transfer reactions – stereochemical implications. Photochemical reactions.

10. d and f Block Elements

  • d-block elements and complexes: Structure and isomerism of complexes. Periodic trends. Stability of various oxidation states. Crystal Field Theory (CFT) and Molecular Orbital Theory (MOT) of 4, 5, 6-coordinate complexes. Energy level diagrams, Crystal Field Stabilisation Theory (CFSE), applications of CFT, Jahn-Teller distortion. Metal-metal bonded compounds.
  • Spectroscopy and magnetism: Term symbols, selection rules, Orgel and Tanabe-Sugano diagrams, spectrochemical series, nephelauxetic effect and Racah parameter, charge-transfer spectra. Magnetic properties.
  • Reaction mechanism: Kinetic and thermodynamic stability, substitution. Electron transfer processes. Photochemistry of [Ru(bpy)3]2+ and related complexes.
  • f-block elements: Electronic configuration, oxidation states, spectral and magnetic properties, Lanthanide contraction, separation of lanthanides.

11. Organometallic Compounds

  • Synthesis, structure and bonding of organometallic compounds: metal-alkyl, carbene, alkylidene and alkylidyne, carbonyl, alkene and arene complexes and metallocenes. Fluxionality in organometallic complexes. Fundamental organometallic reactions.
  • Homogeneous catalysis: hydrogenation, hydroformylation, acetic acid synthesis, metathesis, C-X bond forming reactions and olefin oxidation. Heterogeneous catalysis: Fischer-Tropsch reaction, Ziegler-Natta polymerization.

12. Bioinorganic Chemistry

  • O2: Evolution (Photosystem II), Carriers (Hb, Mb, Hr, Hc), Activation (Cytochrome P450, MMO) and Reduction (Cyt c oxidase).
  • Electron transport (iron sulphur clusters, cytochromes, cofactors); hydrogenase and nitrogenase; Zinc containing enzymes.

13. Solid-state Chemistry and Inorganic Materials

  • Crystal systems and lattices, X-ray crystallography, Miller planes, crystal packing, crystal defects, Bragg's law, ionic crystals, structures of AX, AX2, ABX3 type compounds, spinels, band theory, metals and semiconductors.

14. Reaction Mechanism

  • Mechanisms of addition, elimination, substitution, condensation, concerted, rearrangement, fragmentation reactions. Generation and reactions of reactive intermediates. Common named reactions and their mechanism.
  • Selectivity (chemo-, regio-, and stereo-selectivity) and stereo-electronic effects. Kinetic and thermodynamic control.
  • Methods for probing reaction mechanisms – Hammond's postulate, reaction kinetics, Hammett equation, kinetic isotope effect, Curtin-Hammett principle.

15. Organic Synthesis

  • Main group and transition metal-based reagents – formation of carbon-carbon single and multiple bonds. Applications of named reactions. Chemo, regio and stereo-selective transformations. Acid/base catalysis, organocatalysis, transition metal catalysed transformations.
  • Retrosynthesis, disconnection, synthons, linear, convergent, divergent, diverted and iterative synthesis, umpolung, and protecting groups.
  • Asymmetric synthesis: methods of asymmetric induction – substrate, auxiliary, reagent and catalyst controlled reactions; determination of enantiomeric and diastereomeric excess. Resolution, kinetic, parallel and dynamic kinetic resolution, desymmetrisation. Specific examples of reactions – epoxidation, dihydroxylation, aldol, carbonyl addition, and hydrogenation.

16. Heterocyclic Chemistry

  • Synthesis and reactivity of common heterocyclic compounds containing one or more heteroatoms (O, N, S). Chemistry of heterocycles in biological systems and pharmaceutical molecules.

17. Chemistry of Biological Molecules

  • Structure, synthesis and reactions of amino acids, peptides, proteins, carbohydrates, fatty acids, nucleic acids and secondary metabolites (terpenes, alkaloids, polyketides, steroids, etc.) / natural products.

18. Data Analysis and Representation

  • Precision and accuracy; significant digits, mean and standard deviation; absolute and relative errors; linear and non-linear regression, covariance and correlation coefficient. Linear, exponential, trigonometric and parabolic functions. Graphs.
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