SYLLABUS- ENGINEERING CHEMISTRY,Unit-I: Introduction of Engineering ChemistryAtoms to Molecules to Materials for Engineers: Atoms combines to give molecules and howmolecules aggregate o give materials.Recapitulation of salient feature of valence bond theory, Hybridization, sigma and pi shape of thesimple inorganic compounds based upon concepts of hybridization and to illustrate planar, tetrahedralsquare, and octahedral geometries.Molecular orbital theory and its application to form homo (H2, N2 & O2) and hetero (HF, NO)diatomic molecules.Structure and Stereo Structure of Molecules: Representing three dimensional structure of organicmolecules including Conformations, Newman, Sawhorse, Fischer, projections wedge and dashstructural representation, equivalence of structural representations.Chirality, optical activity and isomerism, compounds containing one and two chiral carbons,enantiomers, distereo isomers, meso compounds, no. of chiral atoms and optical isomers, Dynamicstereochemistry, concepts of regiochemistry, stereo selectivity, stereo specificity and enantiomericexcess R&S nomenclature.Geometrical isomerism in simple acyclic and cyclic molecules, E & Z nomenclature.Unit-II: Materials and their CharacterizationMicro and macroscopic properties of molecules Intermolecular forces, Molecular aggregationmicelles. Examples of inorganic and organic functional materials, core concepts of nanotechnology.Purification: Physical (crystallization, fractional crystallization, distillation, fractional distillation,steam distillation) and chemical methods of purification. General chromatographic (Adsorption andpartition) techniques (column thin layer and paper chromatography) and their application.Criteria of Purity: Melting and Boiling point, chromatography, particle size measurement andsurface area.Characterization:Surface tension, Viscosity, Conductivity and Absorption Spectroscopy (IR, UV -Visible, NMR).Unit-III: Stability and Reactivity of Molecules: Unit Processes in Organic ChemistryReactivity of Molecules: Electron displacement effects inductive, electromeric, resonance and hyperconjugation, Reactive sites in molecules-functional groups.Reactions Dynamics: Chemical kinetics, Order and molecularity, zero, first and second orderreactions, pseudo first order reaction, temperature dependence of reaction rates, Catalysis and someindustrially importance catalytic reactions.Reaction Mechanism: Fission of a covalent Bond, types of reactions-nucleophilic (SN1 & SN2, SNi,SNAr) and electrophilic substitution reactions (Nitratation, Sulphonation, Halogenation, and FriedelCrafts reaction) and their mechanism, regio and Stereochemistry of involved reactions.Unit-IV: Water and Its TreatmentAlkalinity of water, estimation of alkalinity, Hard and soft water, hardness-units, determination ofhardness by complexometric Titration, Removal of hardness of water-zeolite, ion exchange process,Boiler Feed water, descaling of boilers desalination of brackish water, Reverse osmosis, potable water.Unit-V: Some Materials of Industrial ImportancePolymers and polymerization (ionic, anionic and free radical induced), Properties of polymers,Number average and weight average molecular weights, caracterization of polymer samples, polymerblends, Stereo structures of polymers, Dendrimers, Some examples of common polymers used inIndustry, Natural and Synthetic rubber, Silicones, Composites, Adhesives, Conducting polymers,
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