JKPSC 10+2 Lecturer Chemistry – Official Syllabus

 JKPSC 10+2 Lecturer Chemistry – Official Syllabus 

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📘 I. Physical Chemistry

1. Thermodynamics

   • First, second, and third law of thermodynamics

   • Thermochemistry

   • Partial molar properties, chemical potential

   • Free energy and work functions

   • Fugacity, activity & activity coefficient

2. Chemical Kinetics

   • Order and molecularity of reactions

   • Rate laws, rate constants

   • Arrhenius equation

   • Complex reactions (chain, parallel, consecutive)

3. Quantum Chemistry

   • Black body radiation, photoelectric effect

   • Schrödinger wave equation

   • Particle in a box

   • Operators and observables

   • Angular momentum theory

4. Electrochemistry

   • Electrochemical cells

   • Nernst equation

   • Liquid junction potential

   • Activity coefficients

5. Surface Chemistry

   • Adsorption: Types and isotherms (Langmuir, Freundlich)

   • Colloids and micelles

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📗 II. Inorganic Chemistry

1. Atomic Structure & Periodicity

   • Quantum numbers, electronic configuration

   • Periodic properties: size, ionization energy, etc.

2. Chemical Bonding

   • Valence Bond Theory (VBT)

   • Molecular Orbital Theory (MOT)

   • VSEPR theory

   • Crystal field theory and Ligand field theory

3. Coordination Chemistry

   • Nomenclature, isomerism

   • Stability constants

   • Spectral and magnetic properties

4. Solid State Chemistry

   • Crystal lattice and unit cells

   • Miller indices, Bravais lattices

   • X-ray diffraction

5. Organometallic Compounds

   • Metal carbonyls, metal alkyls

   • Catalysis by organometallic compounds

6. Bioinorganic Chemistry

   • Role of metals in biological systems

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📙 III. Organic Chemistry

1. Reaction Mechanisms

   • Types: substitution, addition, elimination

   • Reactive intermediates: carbocations, carbanions, free radicals

   • Mechanisms of SN1, SN2, E1, E2 reactions

2. Stereochemistry

   • Optical isomerism

   • Conformational analysis

   • R/S and E/Z nomenclature

3. Named & Rearrangement Reactions

   • Aldol, Cannizzaro, Perkin, Wittig

   • Rearrangements: Beckmann, Hofmann, Pinacol, Baeyer-Villiger, etc.

4. Aromatic & Heterocyclic Chemistry

   • Aromaticity: Huckel’s rule

   • Electrophilic substitution

   • Five and six-membered heterocycles

5. Photochemistry

   • Jablonski diagram

   • Norrish reactions

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📕 IV. Analytical Chemistry & Spectroscopy

1. Spectroscopy

   • UV-Vis spectroscopy: λmax, chromophores

   • IR spectroscopy: Functional group identification

   • NMR spectroscopy: Proton and carbon NMR basics

   • Mass spectrometry: Fragmentation patterns

2. Chromatography Techniques

   • Paper chromatography, Thin Layer Chromatography (TLC)

   • HPLC, GC

3. Qualitative and Quantitative Analysis

   • Volumetric and gravimetric methods

   • Error analysis and statistical data treatment