| Topic | Key Sub-Topics |
| Concepts of Chemistry | - General Introduction: Importance and scope of Chemistry.
- Nature of matter, laws of chemical combination, Dalton's atomic theory: concept of elements, atoms and molecules.
- Atomic and molecular masses, mole concept and molar mass, percentage composition, empirical and molecular formula, chemical reactions, stoichiometry and calculations based on stoichiometry.
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| Atomic Structure | - Discovery of Electron, Proton and Neutron, atomic number, isotopes and isobars.
- Thomson's model and its limitations.
- Rutherford's model and its limitations, Bohr's model and its limitations, concept of shells and subshells, dual nature of matter and light, de Broglie's relationship.
- Heisenberg uncertainty principle, concept of orbitals, quantum numbers, shapes of s, p and d orbitals, rules for filling electrons in orbitals - Aufbau principle, Pauli's exclusion principle and Hund's rule, electronic configuration of atoms, stability of half-filled and filled orbitals.
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| Classification of Elements and Periodicity in Properties | - Significance of classification, brief history of the development of the periodic table, modern periodic law and the present form of the periodic table.
- Periodic trends in properties of elements -atomic radii, ionic radii, inert gas radii, Ionization enthalpy, electron gain enthalpy, electronegativity, valency.
- Nomenclature of elements with atomic number greater than 100.
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| Chemical Bonding and Molecular Structure | - Valence electrons, ionic bond, covalent bond, bond parameters, Lewis’s structure, polar character of covalent bond, covalent character of ionic bond, valence bond theory, resonance, geometry of covalent molecules.
- VSEPR theory, concept of hybridization, involving s, p and d orbitals and shapes of some simple molecules.
- Molecular orbital theory of homonuclear diatomic molecules (qualitative idea only), Hydrogen bond.
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| Chemical Thermodynamics | - Concepts of System and types of systems, surroundings, work, heat, energy, extensive and intensive properties, state functions.
- First law of thermodynamics -internal energy and enthalpy, heat capacity and specific heat, measurement of ΔU and ΔH, Hess's law of constant heat summation, enthalpy of bond dissociation, combustion, formation, atomization, sublimation, phase transition, ionization, solution and dilution.
- Second Law of Thermodynamics (brief introduction) Introduction of entropy as a state function, Gibbs' energy change for spontaneous and non- spontaneous processes, criteria for equilibrium.
- Third law of thermodynamics (brief introduction).
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| Equilibrium | - Equilibrium in physical and chemical processes, the dynamic nature of equilibrium, the law of mass action, and the equilibrium constant.
- Factors affecting equilibrium: Le Chatelier's principle, ionic equilibrium, ionisation of acids and bases.
- Strong and weak electrolytes, degree of ionisation, ionisation of polybasic acids, acid strength, and the concept of pH.
- Hydrolysis of salts (elementary idea), buffer solution.
- Henderson Equation, solubility product, common ion effect (with illustrative examples).
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| Redox Reactions | - Concept of oxidation and reduction, redox reactions, oxidation number, balancing redox reactions, in terms of loss and gain of electrons and change in oxidation number, applications of redox reactions.
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| Organic Chemistry - Some Basic Principles and Techniques | - General introduction, methods of purification, qualitative and quantitative analysis, classification and IUPAC nomenclature of organic compounds.
- Electronic displacements in a covalent bond: inductive effect, electrometric effect, resonance and hyper conjugation.
- Homolytic and heterolytic fission of a covalent bond: free radicals, carbocations, carbanions, electrophiles and nucleophiles, types of organic reactions.
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| Hydrocarbons | - Alkanes - Nomenclature, isomerism, conformation (ethane only), physical properties, chemical reactions including free radical mechanism of halogenation, combustion and pyrolysis.
- Alkenes - Nomenclature, the structure of the double bond (ethene), geometrical isomerism, physical properties, methods of preparation, chemical reactions: addition of hydrogen, halogen, water, hydrogen halides (Markovnikov's addition and peroxide effect), ozonolysis, oxidation, mechanism of electrophilic addition.
- Alkynes - Nomenclature, the structure of triple bond (ethyne), physical properties, methods of preparation, chemical reactions: acidic character of alkynes, addition reaction of - hydrogen, halogens, hydrogen halides and water.
- Introduction, IUPAC nomenclature, benzene: resonance, aromaticity, chemical properties: mechanism of electrophilic substitution.
- Nitration, sulphonation, halogenation, Friedel-Craft's alkylation and acylation, and the directive influence of the functional group in monosubstituted benzene.
- Carcinogenicity and toxicity.
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