Chemical Bonding, Molecular Structure and S-& P- block elements (Weightage 1%)  

Topics from Chemical Bonding, Molecular Structure and S-& P- block elements

  • Kossel - Lewis approach to chemical bond formation, concept of ionic and covalent bonds (7 concepts)
  • Formation of ionic bonds, factors affecting the formation of ionic bonds (1 concepts)
  • Fajans rule, dipole moment (4 concepts)
  • Valence Shell Electron Pair Repulsion (VSEPR) theory and shapes of simple molecules. (9 concepts)
  • Valence bond theory - Its important features, concept of hybridization involving s, p and d orbitals (11 concepts)
  • Resonance (1 concepts)
  • Hydrogen bonding and its applications. (12 concepts)
  • concept of bond order (1 concepts)
  • molecular orbital electronic configurations of homonuclear diatomic molecules (2 concepts)
  • sigma and pi-bonds (3 concepts)
  • MOT:Its important features, LCAOs, types of molecular orbitals (bonding, antibonding) (13 concepts)
  • general trends in physical and chemical properties of elements across the periods and down the groups (8 concepts)
  • Group -13 (15 concepts)
  • Preparation, properties and uses of boron and aluminium (31 concepts)
  • Structure, properties and uses of borax, boric acid, diborane, boron trifluoride (19 concepts)
  • aluminium chloride and alums (8 concepts)
  • Group -14 (9 concepts)
  • Tendency for catenation (1 concepts)
  • Structure, properties, uses of Allotropes and oxides of carbon family (39 concepts)
  • silicon tetrachloride, silicates, zeolites and silicones. (20 concepts)
  • Group -16 oxygen family (23 concepts)
  • preparations, structures, properties, allotropic forms and uses of oxygen family. (52 concepts)
  • Preparation, properties, structures and uses of sulphuric acid (including its industrial preparation); (23 concepts)
  • Group -17 (9 concepts)
  • preparations, structures, properties and uses of halogens. (19 concepts)
  • Structures of Interhalogen compounds and oxides and oxoacids of halogens (3 concepts)
  • Group-18 (6 concepts)
  • Occurrence and uses of noble gases; Structures of fluorides and oxides of xenon (15 concepts)
  • Group -15 Nitrogen family (7 concepts)
  • Group -1 and 2 Elements (43 concepts)
  • General introduction, electronic configuration and general trends in physical and chemical properties of elements, anomalous properties of the first element of each group (72 concepts)
  • Diagonal relationships (4 concepts)
  • Preparation and properties of some important compounds - sodium carbonate and sodium hydroxide and sodium htydrogen carbonate (26 concepts)
  • Industrial uses of lime, limestone, Plaster of Paris and cement; Biological significance of Na, K, Mg and Ca. (22 concepts)
  • preparations, structures, properties and uses of Nitrogen family (79 concepts)
  • ELECTRONIC THEORY OF CHEMICAL BONDING (5 concepts)
  • FORMATION OF IONIC OR ELECTROVALENT BOND (2 concepts)
  • BOND PARAMETER (4 concepts)
  • VALENCE BOND THEORY (2 concepts)
  • HYBRIDISATION (2 concepts)
  • THE VALENCE SHELL ELECTRON PAIR REPULSION THEORY (2 concepts)
  • MOLECULAR ORBITAL THEORY (4 concepts)
  • POLARITY OF BONDS (2 concepts)
  • HYDROGEN BONDING (1 concepts)
  • VAN DER WAAL'S FORCES (1 concepts)
  • SMART TIPS: CHEMICAL BONDING AND MOLECULAR STRUCTURE (1 concepts)
  • POSITION OF HYDROGEN IN THE PERIODIC TABLE (2 concepts)
  • PREPARATION OF DIHYDROGEN, H2 (1 concepts)
  • PROPERTIES OF DIHYDROGEN (4 concepts)
  • HYDRIDES (2 concepts)
  • HYDROGEN PEROXIDE (H2O2) (7 concepts)
  • WATER (3 concepts)
  • GROUP 1 ELEMENTS: ALKALI METALS (1 concepts)
  • PROPERTIES OF ALKALI METALS (4 concepts)
  • ANOMALOUS PROPERTIES OF LITHIUM (1 concepts)
  • GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE COMPOUNDS OF THE ALKALI METALS (1 concepts)
  • SOME IMPORTANT COMPOUNDS OF SODIUM (1 concepts)
  • GROUP 2 ELEMENTS : ALKALINE EARTH METALS (4 concepts)
  • ANOMALOUS BEHAVIOUR OF BERYLLIUM (3 concepts)
  • SOME IMPORTANT COMPOUNDS OF CALCIUM (2 concepts)
  • GROUP 13 ELEMENTS: THE BORON FAMILY (3 concepts)
  • IMPORTANT TRENDS AND ANOMALOUS PROPERTIES OF BORON (3 concepts)
  • SOME IMPORTANT COMPOUNDS OF BORON (3 concepts)
  • GROUP 14 ELEMENTS: THE CARBON FAMILY (7 concepts)
  • IMPORTANT TRENDS AND ANOMALOUS BEHAVIOUR OF CARBON (2 concepts)
  • SOME IMPORTANT COMPOUNDS OF CARBON AND SILICON (5 concepts)
  • GROUP 15 ELEMENTS (4 concepts)
  • IMPORTANT COMPOUNDS OF DINITROGEN (3 concepts)
  • IMPORTANT COMPOUNDS OF PHOSPHORUS (3 concepts)
  • GROUP 16 ELEMENTS (3 concepts)
  • IMPORTANT COMPOUNDS OF OXYGEN (3 concepts)
  • IMPORTANT COMPOUNDS OF SULPHUR (3 concepts)
  • SOME IMPORTANT COMPOUNDS OF HALOGENS (8 concepts)
  • GROUP 18 ELEMENTS (2 concepts)
  • XENON COMPOUNDS (1 concepts)
  • XENON COMPOUNDS (1 concepts)
  • GENERAL PROPERTIES OF THE TRANSITION ELEMENTS (9 concepts)
  • SOME IMPORTANT COMPOUNDS OF TRANSITION ELEMENTS (1 concepts)
  • THE INNER TRANSITION ELEMENTS (5 concepts)
  • DEFINITIONS OF SOME IMPORTANT TERMS PERTAINING TO COORDINATION COMPOUNDS (7 concepts)
  • NOMENCLATURE OF COORDINATION COMPOUNDS (5 concepts)
  • BONDING IN COORDINATION COMPOUNDS (14 concepts)
  • ISOMERISM IN COORDINATION COMPOUNDS (3 concepts)
  • STABILITY OF COORDINATION COMPOUNDS (1 concepts)
  • BONDING IN METAL CARBONYLS (2 concepts)
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