Kerala PSC has called for Scientific officer post in the Department of Police Forensic Laboratories. The syllabus for Chemistry Subject candidates are as follows. Download kerala PSC Scientific officer syllabus for Chemistry at the end of this page.
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Module - 1
- Formulation of Quantum Mechanics - Approximation Methods - Hydrogen like Atoms -Multi Electron Systems - Angular Momentum - Applications
- Chemical Bonding in Diatomic and Polyatomic Molecules
- Electronic Spectroscopy of Atoms – Basic principles of Molecular Spectroscopy: Microwave, Infrared, Electronic, NMR, ESR, Raman and Mossbauer
- Basic principles of Group Theory - Character Tables - Chemical and Spectral Applications
- Introduction to Computational Chemistry - Computational methods : ab initio, Semi Empirical methods - Molecular Mechanics
Module - 2
- Laws of Thermodynamics - Thermodynamics of Solutions - Thermodynamics of irreversible process - Phase Equilibria - Two and Three Component Systems
- Statistical Mechanics - Fundamentals - Partition Function - Quantum Statistics - Heat capacities of Solids and Gases .
- Electrodes and Electrochemical Cells - Nernst, Debye-Huckel, Onsager Equations - Electro kinetic Phenomena, Electrolytic Polarization.
- Electro Analytical Methods : Potentiometry, Polarography , Coulometry, Conductometry,
- Voltammetry and Amperometry.
- Electronic Structure of Solids - Crystal Symmetry - Theories of Solids - Properties of Solids : Electrical, Magnetic and Optical - Crystal defects.
- Structure and Theories of Liquids - Liquid Crystals and their applications.
- Basic principles of Kinetics - Kinetics of Complex reactions - steady state approximation
- Theories of Reaction Rates - Arrhenius equation - fast reactions.
- Homogeneous and Heterogeneous Catalysis - Enzyme Catalysis
- Monolayer and multilayer adsorption - Adsorption Isotherms - Principles of SEM, TEM, ECSA and Auger Spectroscopy
- Colloids - Zeta Potential - Electrokinetic Phenomena
Module - 3
- Basic concepts of Organic reactions - Electron displacement effects - Aromaticity
- Organic Reactions : Substitution, Addition, Elimination, Rearrangements - Mechanism
- Concept of Molecular Chirality - Carbon and Nitrogen Compounds - Chiral reagents and Chiral Catalysts
- Stereochemistry of biphenyls and allenes . Topicity and prostereoisomerism - asymmetric synthesis.
- Geometrical isomerism, Conformational analysis in acyclic and cyclic systems
- Reactivity in substitution and elimination reactions.
- Reaction intermediates - reactions related to substitution, addition, elimination and
- rearrangements -mechanism and application.
- Esterification and ester hydrolysis reactions - structure and reactivity: Linear Free Energy relationship.
Module - 4
- Photoreactions of Carbonyl compounds - enes, dienes, arenes – applications Pericyclic
- reactions: Electrolytic, cycloaddition, Sigmatropic - Selection rules and stereochemistry -applications
- Chromatographic techniques. Column, TLC, Paper, GC, HPLC and ion exchange Applications of UV, IR, H NMR, C NMR and Mass Spectroscopy - D NMR techniques -Structural Analysis using Spectral Data
- ORD and CD - theory and applications
- Organic, Inorganic and organometallic reagents in organic synthesis.
- Protecting groups in peptide synthesis
- Natural Products : Terpenes, steroids, alkaloids, carbohydrates, proteins, nucleic acids, vitamins, prostaglandins, hormones and enzymes.
- Fundamentals of polymerization - structure - property relationship of polymers - biopolymers.
Module - 5
- Accuracy & Precision - statistical treatment of data - Theories of titrations
- Thermal methods of analysis
- Structure and bonding in molecules - chemical periodicity
- Theories of acids and bases - Non-aqueous solvents - Isopoly and heteropoly acids
- Theories in coordination chemistry - stereochemistry of coordination compounds - stability of metal complexes - reactions of metal complexes
- Electronic, Infrared, NMR, ESR and Mossbauer spectra of complexes - Co-ordination complexes of Lanthanides and actinides.
Module - 6
- Synthesis, structure, properties and bonding of organometallic compounds - metal carbonyls and cyanides - Catalysts by organometallic compounds - hydrogenation, hydroformylation and polymerization.
- Metal ions in biological systems - Role and effects - Coenzymes, Cytochromes, chlorophylls and hormones.
- Nuclear reactions - structure and stability - radioactive equilibria - neutron activation analysis – counting techniques
- Synthesis, reactions, structure and bonding in boranes - organoboranes and hydroboration - synthesis, structure and uses of phosphorus, nitrogen compounds, phosphorus - Sulphur compounds, silicones and silicates.
Module - 7
Recent Developments in Chemistry
- Nanostructures - ID, 2D and 3D structures - Synthesis and applications of nanomaterials.
- Principles of Green chemistry - Green synthesis - Application of Phase Transfer Catalysts -Green Reactions.
- Molecular recognition: Synthetic Receptors, Cyclodextrin, Calixarenes, Cyclophanes, Crown
- Ethers. Drug design and Drug action.
