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)