# Chemical Sciences: A Manual for CSIR-UGC National Eligibility Test for Lectureship and JRF/Book outline

The questions would be setup in each of the subject areas of NET , viz., Chemical Sciences; Earth, Atmospheric, Ocean & Planetary Sciences; Life Sciences; Mathematical Sciences and Physical Sciences. 2.COMMON ELEMENTRY COMPUTER SCIENCE:(Applicable to all candidates offering any subject area; A few questions dealing with basic computer awareness and uses.) (i)PROGRAMMING INSTRUCTIONS (ii)SIMPLE ALGORITHMS AND COMMPUTATIONAL METHODS
* Basic principles and applications of quantum mechanics – hydrogen atom, angular momentum.
* Variational and perturbational methods.
* Basics of atomic structure, Chemical Sciences: A Manual for CSIR-UGC National Eligibility Test for Lectureship and JRF/electronic configuration, shapes of orbitals, hydrogen atom spectra.
* Theoretical treatment of atomic structures and chemical bonding.
* Chemical applications of group theory.
* Basic principles and application of spectroscopy – rotational, vibrational, electronic, Raman, ESR, NMR.
* Chemical thermodynamics.
* Phase equilibria.
* Statistical thermodynamics.
* Chemical equilibria.
* Electrochemistry – Nernst equation, electrode kinetics, electrical double layer, Debye-Hückel theory.
* Chemical kinetics – empirical rate laws, Arrhenius equation, theories of reaction rates, determination of reaction mechanisms, experimental techniques for fast reactions.
* Concepts of catalysis.
* Polymer chemistry. Molecular weights and their determinations. Kinetics of chain polymerization.
* Solids - structural classification of binary and ternary compounds, diffraction techniques, bonding, thermal, electrical and magnetic properties
* Collids and surface phenomena.
* Data analysis.
* Chemical periodicity
* Structure and bonding in homo- and heteronuclear molecules, including shapes of molecules
* Concepts of acids and bases
* Chemistry of the main group elements and their compounds Allotropy, synthesis, bonding and structure.
* Chemistry of transition elements and coordination compounds – bonding theories, spectral and magnetic properties, reaction mechanisms.
* Inner transition elements – spectral and magnetic properties, analytical applications
* Organometallic compounds - synthesis, bonding and structure, and reactivity. Organometallics in homogenous catalysis
* Cages and metal clusters
* Analytical chemistry- separation techniques Spectroscopic electro- and thermoanalytical methods
* Bioinorganic chemistry – photosystems, porphyrines, metalloenzymes, oxygen transport, electron- transfer reactions, nitrogen fixation
* Physical characterisation of inorganic compounds by IR, Raman, NMR, EPR, Mössbauer, UV-, NQR, MS, electron spectroscopy and microscopic techniques
* Nuclear chemistry – nuclear reactions, fission and fusion, radio-analytical techniques and activation analysis/]]
* IUPAC nomenclature of organic compounds.
* Principles of stereochemistry, conformational analysis, isomerism and chirality.
* Reactive intermediates and organic reaction mechanisms.
* Concepts of aromaticity.
* Pericyclic reactions.
* Named reactions.
* Common reagents in organic synthesis(organic, inorganic and organometallic).
* Transformations and rearrangements.
* Principles and applications of organic photochemistry. Free radical reactions.
* Reactions involving nucleophotic carbon intermediates.
* Oxidation and reduction of functional groups.
* Chemistry of natural products such as steroids, alkaloids, terpenes, peptides, carbohydrates, nucleic acids and lipids.
* Selective organic transformations – chemoselectivity, regioselectivity, stereoselectivity, enantioselectivity. Protecting groups.
* Chemistry of aromatic and aliphatic heterocyclic compounds.
* Physical characterisation of organic compounds by IR, UV-, MS, and NMR.
* Chemistry in nanoscience and technology.
* Catalysis and green chemistry.
* Medicinal chemistry.
* Supramolecular chemistry.
* Environmental chemistry.