Chemistry for Biotechnology
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Chemistry for Biotechnology Syllabus — Unit-wise Content
The official GTU curriculum for Chemistry for Biotechnology (subject code 3130407) as prescribed for Biotech · Semester 3 divides the course into 8 units, covering 43 listed topics. The unit-wise breakdown below is read from the GTU syllabus document for this subject code, so you can check what the course actually covers before deciding which papers to attempt.
Download the official syllabus PDF (3130407)Unit 1 Hydrocarbons and Organic reactions
- Hydrocarbons and it’s classification
- Organic reaction
- organic compound
- Fission Reaction and reaction intermediates:Free Radical
- Carbenes and Nitrenes
- Nucleophile and Electrophile
- Types of Organic reactions and its mechanism: Especially Nucleophillic and Electrophillic Addition and Substitution reactions
- Standard Solutions -Types of solutions
- Primary solutions and secondary standard solutions
Unit 2 Electron Displacement
- Reactive intermediate
- Electron displacement effect
- inductive effect
- steric effect
- hyper consumption
Unit 3 Introduction to various Unit Processes
- Alkylation and Polymerization
Unit 4 Carboxylic acid
- Preparation and Properties Manufacture Process of Acetic acid
- Formic acid
- Oxalic acid
- Palmitic acid & Stearic acid Derivatives of Carboxylic acids: Acid Amides
- Acid Anhydrides and Acid Chlorides
- Mechanism of Esterification and Strengths of Acids
Unit 5 Isomerism
- 5 Subject Code: 3130407 w.e.f
- AY 2018-19 somerism and its classification
- Geometrical and Conformational Isomerism:Optical activity
- Specific rotation
- Optical activity in Lactic and Tartaric acid
- R and S configuration of Optically active compound and E and Z designation of Geometrical isomers
- Resolution of racemic mixture
Unit 6 Pharmaceutical concepts of chemistry
- types of drugs –Analgesics
- Anti inflammatory
- Steps of drug preparations and drug delivery
Unit 7 Colour, Dyes and Pigments
- Classification of dyes based on Application and Structural representation
- Colour and Constitution Theory: Quinonoid
- Valence bond and Molecular Orbital theory Application of Dyes and Pigments
Unit 8 Instrumental Method of Analysis
- Chromatography, GC, HPLC
- Adsorption Spectroscopy
- Beer’s law & its derivation
- Calorimetric Analysis
- UV Spectroscopy
- Thermal Methods of Analysis
- Thermogravemetric Analysis
- Conductometric Analysis
- Polentiometric Analysis
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