ORGANIC CHEMISTRY SYLLABUS FOR NET, SET, GATE AND MPSC COMPETITIVE EXAMS

 CSIR – NET
ORGANIC CHEMISTRY
1. IUPAC nomenclature of organic compounds.
2. Principles of stereochemistry, conformational analysis, isomerism and chirality.
3. Reactive intermediates and organic reaction mechanisms.
4. Concepts of aromaticity.
5. Pericyclic reactions.
6. Named reactions.
7. Transformations and rearrangements.
8. Principles and applications of organic photochemistry. Free radical reactions.
9. Reactions involving nucleophotic carbon intermediates.
10. Oxidation and reduction of functional groups.
11. Common reagents (organic, inorganic and organometallic) in organic synthesis.
12. Chemistry of natural products such as steroids, alkaloids, terpenes, peptides, carbohydrates, nucleic acids and lipids.
13. Selective organic transformations – chemoselectivity, regioselectivity, stereoselectivity, enantioselectivity. Protecting groups.
14. Chemistry of aromatic and aliphatic heterocyclic compounds.
15. Physical characterisation of organic compounds by IR, UV-, MS, and NMR.
 MPSC
ORGANIC CHEMISTRY
1.       Aromaticity : Huckel’s rule and concept of aromaticity : annulenes and heteroannulenes, fullerenes. (C ) Stereochemistry and Conformational Analysis : Newer methods of assymetric synthesis (including enzymatic and catalytic nexus), enantio-and diastereo selective synthesis. Effects of conformation on reactivity in acylic compounds and cyclohexanes.
2.       Selective Organic Name        Reactions : Favorskii reaction, Strok enamine reaction,
3.       Michael addition, Mannich  reaction, Sharpless asymmetric expoxidation, ene reaction,
4.       Barton reaction, Hofmann   Loffler-Freytag reaction, Shapiro reaction, Baeyer-Villiger
5.       reaction, Chichibabin reaction.
6.       Mechanisms of Organic Reactions : Labelling and kinetic isotope effects, Hamett
7.       equation, a-5 (sigma-rho)    relationship, non-classical carbonium ions, neighbouring
8.       group participation.
9.       Pericyclic Reactions : Selection rules and stereochemistry of electrocyclic reactions, cycloaddition and sigmatrophic shifts, Sommelet-Hauser, Cope and Claisen rearrangements.
10.   Heterocycles : Synthesis and reactivity of furan, thiophene, pyrrole, pyridine, quinoline, isoquinoline and indole. Skraup synthesis, Fischer indole synthesis.
11.   Reagents in Organic Synthesis : Use of following reagents in organic synthesis and fuctinal group transformations-Complex metal hydride. Gilman’s reagent, lithium, dimethylcuprate, lithim, disopropylamide (LDA) dicyclohexylcarbodimide, 1, 3-dithiane (reactivity umpolung). Trimethy, silyl iodide, tri-n-butyltin hydride, Woodward and Prevost hydroxylation, osmium tetraoxide, DDQ, selenium dioxide, phase transfer catalysts, crown ethers and Merrifield resin. Peterson’s synthesis, Wilkinson’s catalyst, Baker’s yeast.
12.   Chemistry of Natural Products : Familiarity with methods of structure elucidation and biosynthesis of alkaloids, terpenoids, steroids, carbohydrates and proteins, Conformations of proteins and nucleic acids.
13.   Bioorganic Chemistry : Elementary structure and function of biopolymers such as proteins and nucleic acids, Genetic code, Mechanism of enzyme action.
14.   Photochemistry : Principles of energy transfer, cis-trans isomerization, Paterno-Buchi reaction, Norrish Type I and II reactions, photoreduction of ketones, di-pi-methane rearrangement, photochemistry of arenes.
15.   Spectroscopy : Combined applications of mass, UV-VIS, IR and NMR spectroscopy for structural elucidation of compounds.

 GATE
ORGANIC CHEMISTRY
1.       Stereochemistry: Chirality of organic molecules with or without chiral centres. Specification of configuration in compounds having one or more stereogeniccentres. Enantiotopic and diastereotopic atoms, groups and faces. Stereoselective and stereospecific synthesis. Conformational analysis of acyclic and cyclic compounds. Geometrical isomerism. Configurational and conformational effects on reactivity and selectivity/specificity.
2.       Reaction mechanism: Methods of determining reaction mechanisms. Nucleophilic and electrophilic substitutions and additions to multiple bonds. Elimination reactions. Reactive intermediates- carbocations, carbanions, carbenes, nitrenes, arynes, free radicals. Molecular rearrangements involving electron deficient atoms.
3.       Organic synthesis: Synthesis, reactions, mechanisms and selectivity involving the  ollowingalkenes, alkynes, arenes, alcohols, phenols, aldehydes, ketones, carboxylic acids and their derivatives, halides, nitro compounds and amines. Use of compounds of Mg, Li, Cu, B and Si in organic synthesis. Concepts in multistep synthesis- retrosynthetic analysis, disconnections, synthons, synthetic equivalents, reactivity umpolung, selectivity, protection and deprotection of functional groups.
4.       Pericyclic reactions: Electrocyclic, cycloaddition and sigmatropic reactions. Orbital  correlation, FMO and PMO treatments.
5.       Photochemistry: Basic principles. Photochemistry of alkenes, carbonyl compounds, and arenes. Photooxidation and photoreduction. Di-π- methane rearrangement, Barton reaction.
6.       Heterocyclic compounds: Structure, preparation, properties and reactions of furan, pyrrole, thiophene, pyridine, indole and their derivatives.
7.       Biomolecules: Structure, properties and reactions of mono- and di-saccharides, physicochemical properties of amino acids, chemical synthesis of peptides, structural features of proteins, nucleic acids, steroids, terpenoids, carotenoids, and alkaloids.
8.       Spectroscopy: Principles and applications of UV-visible, IR, NMR and Mass spectrometry in the determination of structures of organic molecules.
 SET – SLET
ORGANIC CHEMISTRY
1.       Aromaticity : Huckel's rule and concept of aromaticty (n) annulenes and heteroannulenes, fiillerenes (C60)
2.       Stereochemistry and conformational Analysis : Nwere method of asymmetric synthesis (including enzymatic and catalytic nexus), enantio and diastereo selective synthesis. Effects of con­formation on reactivity in acyclic compounds and cyclohexanes.
3.       Selective Organic Name Reactions : Favorskil reaction; Stork enamine reaction; Michael addition; Sharpless asymmetric epoxidaton; Ene reaction, Barton reaction, Hofmann-Loffler- Freytag reaction, Shapiro reaction, Baeyer-Villiger reaction, Chichibabin reaction.
4.       Mechanisms of Organic Reaction : Labelling and Kinetio iso­tope effects, Hamett equation, (sigma-rho) relationship, non-clas­sical carbonium ions, neighbouring group participation.
5.       Pericyclic Reactions : Selection rules and stereochemistry of electrocyclic reactions, cycloaddition and sigmatropic shifts, Sommelet, Hauser, Cope and Claisen rearrangements.
6.       Heterocyclic Chemistry : Synthesis and reactivity of furan thiophene, pyrrole, pyridine, quinoline, isoquinoline and indole; Skraup synthesis, fischer indole synthesis.
7.       Reagents in Organic Synthesis : Use of the following reagents in organic synthesis and functional group transformations; Com­plex metal hybrides, Gilmen's reagent, lithium dimethylcuprate, lithium disopropylamide (LDS\A) dicyclohexyicarbodimide, 1,3-dithiane (reactivity umpolung), trimethylisilyl iodide, tri-n- butyltin hybride, Woodward and prevost hydroxylation, osmium tetroxide, DDZ, selenium dioxide, phase transfer catalysis, crown ethers and Merrifield resin, Peterson's synthesis, Wilkinsons catalyst, Baker yeast.
8.       Chemistry of Natural products : Familiarity with methods of structure elucidation and biosynthesis of alkaloids, terponoids, steroids, carbohydrates and protains.
9.       Bioorganic Chemistry : Elementary structure and function of biopolymers such as proteins and nucleic acids.
10.   3 3. Photochemistry : Cis-trans isomeriation, Patemo-Buchi reaction, Norrish Type I and II reactions, photoreduction of ketones, dipin ethane rearrangement, photochemistry of areanes.
11.  34. Spectroscopy : Applications of mass, UV-VIS, IR and NMR spectroscopy for structural elucidation of compound.
  

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