NTRCA college written syllabus

Section C: Organic Chemistry 
Assessment Targets: 
The candidate will be able to....... 
Contents Marks 
•  Define different terms related 
to basic organic chemistry . 
• Explain different phenomena 
in organic compounds. 
• Explain the stabilities of 
carbocation’s, carbanions- free 
radicals  
• Explain nomenclature of 
organic compounds 
• Analyze the isomerization 
(structural, geometrical and 
conformational ) in organic 
compounds 
1. Bonding of Organic Compounds  
Atomic orbitals,  covalent bonds,  
hybridization of orbitals and shapes of 
molecules, functional groups, homologous 
series, no menclature of organic compounds , 
polarity of molecules,  fission/clevage of 
covalent bond,  carbocation’s, carboanions- 
free radicals and the ir stabilities,  
Isomerisations. 
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• Explain structure, source, 
preparation, physical and 
chemical properties of aliphatic 
and aromatic hydrocarbons. 
• Explain the characteristic 
reactions in  aliphatic and 
aromatic hydrocarbons. 
• Idenfy the saturated and 
unsaturated hydrocarbon 
through chemical reactions. 
• Explain the mechanism of 
reactions in  aliphatic and 
aromatic hydrocarbons 
• Explain the markowikov’s and 
anti-markowikov’s rule & 
application. 
• Explain the Concept of 
aromaticity and Huckel’s rule 
2. Aliphatic and Aromatic Hydrocarbons 
Alkanes, cycloalkanes, alkenes, dienes, 
alkynes, classification of  hydrocarbons, 
(structure, source, preparation, physical and 
chemical properties) of aliphatic and aromatic 
hydrocarbons, mechanism of reactions, CFC, 
cis-trans & E -Z systems, markowikov’s and 
anti-markowikov’s rule & application, 
conjugated dienes, acidiy of alkynes etc. 
Addition reaction in unsaturated 
hydrocarbons. 
Concept of aromaticity, Huckel’s rule, 
substitution and orientation, activation and 
deactivation in aromatic substitutions, 
electrophilic substitutions in aromatic system: 
(halogenations, nitration. sulphonation, 
alkylation and acylation).