Organic Chemistry and Unit Processes
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The official GTU curriculum for Organic Chemistry and Unit Processes (subject code 2130501) as prescribed for Chemical · Semester 3 divides the course into 11 units, covering 47 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 (2130501)Unit 1 General Principles of Organic reactions and Mechanisms
- Fission Reaction and reaction intermediates Free Radical
- Carbenes and Nitrenes
- Nucleophilles and Electrophilles
- Types of Organic reactions and its mechanism: Especially Nucleophillic and Electrophillic Addition and Substitution reactions
Unit 2 Stereochemistry
- 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 3 Introduction to various Unit Processes and Operations
- 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 Polynuclear and Heterocyclic Compounds
- 4 Introduction and Classification
- Properties and Uses of: Naphthalene
- Pyridine and Quinoline
Unit 6 Application of following reactions with Mechanism
- Wolf Kishner
- Baeyer Villiger
- Hoffman and Michael Dieckmann reaction
Unit 7 Carbohydrates
- Configuration and Chemical reactions of mono
- oligo and poly saccharides
- especially of Glucose
- Fructose and Starch
- Conversion of higher to lower and lower to higher aldose (Killiani Synthesis
- Ruff & Wohl’s Degradation)
- Conversion of Aldose to Ketose.Manufacturing of Cane Sugar from Sugarcane with flow sheet
Unit 8 Amino acid &Protein Chemistry
- Classification & Isolation of Proteins
- Qualitative tests of Proteins
- Classification of Amino acids & their synthesis
- Amphoteric nature
- Isoelectric point
- Tertiary and Quartanery Structure of Protein
- RNA and DNA
Unit 9 Synthetic Drugs
- Synthesis of drugs
- Halogenated compounds
- Quinoline derivatives
- Sulpha Aspirin
Unit 10 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.Preparation of some imp derivatives: Congo red, Malachite Green
- Crystal Violet
- Eosin and Indigo
Unit 11 Petroleum Chemistry
- Occurrence- Composition of Crude oil- Distillation of the Crude oil, Cracking
- Octane number & Cetane number
- Synthetic petrol