CH 410

Bioorganic Chemistry
 
 
 

CH 849

Organic Spectroscopy
 
 
 

CH 848

Advanced Molecular Energetics
 
 
 

CH 864

Biopolymers
 
 
 

CH 824

Organotransition Metal and Acceptor Ligand Complex
 
 
 

CH 806

Molecular Photochemistry
 
 
 

CH 820

Structure Analysis by Diffraction Methods
Syllabus: 

Review of the principles and applications of the following for structure analysis: Electron microscopy, electron diffraction, X-ray diffraction and neutron diffraction. Advanced methods of X-ray data collection and solving the phase problem. Patterson function, image seeking functions and their use in structure analysis.

Refinement of crystal structures. Low energy electron diffraction technique of structure analysis. Fluid diffraction patterns and structure dynamics. Methods of neutron diffraction: data collection, structure analysis and refinement. Use of polarised neutron beams in structure analysis. Diffraction at small angles/interpretation of larger structures. Working examples of Structure Determination of self-assembled structures, polymers etc by diffraction.

Text References: 

1. M. J. Buerger, Contemporary Crystallography, McGraw Hill, l970.

2. G. H. Stout and L. H. Jenson, X-ray Structure, Mcmillan, l968.

3. L. A. Feigin and D. I. Svergun, Structure Analysis by Small Angle X-ray and Neutron Scattering, Springer, 2013.

4. N. Kasai and M. kakudo, X-Ray Diffraction by Macromolecules, Springer, 2006.

 

CH 806

Molecular Photochemistry
Syllabus: 

Introduction to molecular photochemistry: Photochemical laws, electronic absorption spectra of organic and inorganic compounds. Radiative and non-radiative processes. Nature of electronically excited states (singlets and triplets). Jablonski diagrams, Kasha’s rule, experimental methods in photochemistry.

Organic photochemistry: The intermolecular processes: excimers, exciplexes, energy transfer processes, electron or proton transfer reactions. Fluorescence, phosphorescence and thermally activated delayed fluorescence in organic systems. Effect of solvents on these processes. Fluorescence quenching mechanisms (static and dynamic), Stern-Volmer analysis. Photochemical name reactions: Norrish type I and II cleavage, Patero-Buchi reaction, de Mayo reaction etc.

Frontier orbital correlation diagrams of photochemical reactions, photochemistry of alkenes and dienes, photochemistry of carbonyl compounds, photochemistry of aromatic compounds, photosynthesis.

Photochromism. Bioluminescent and photo-luminescent reactions.

Introduction to inorganic photochemistry. photochemical kinetics. Photoelectrochemistry of excited states  of  inorganic compounds. Redox reactions. Photosensitization. Photochemical reactions: substitution, decomposition and fragmentation, rearrangement, and redox reactions. Photochemistry in  biological processes and their model studies.

Text References: 

1. N. J. Turro, V. Ramamurthy and J. C. Scaiano, Modern Molecular Photochemistry of Organic Molecules, Viva Books, New Delhi, 2017.

2. B. Dinda, Essentials of Pericyclic and Photochemical Reactions, Springer International Publishing AG Cham, Switzerland, 2017.

3. V. Balzani, P. Ceroni, A. Juris, Eds, Photochemistry and Photophysics: Concepts, Research, Applications, Wiley-VCH Weinheim, Germany, 2014.

4. S. Saha, Ed, Molecular Photochemistry-​Various Aspects, In Tech Rijeka, Croatia, 2012.

5. A. Griesbeck, M. Oelgemoller, F. Ghetti, Eds, CRC Handbook Of Organic Photochemistry and Photobiology, Third Edition, Volume 1, CRC Press, Boca Raton, Fla. 2012.

6. A. Griesbeck, M. Oelgemoller, F. Ghetti, Eds, CRC Handbook Of Organic Photochemistry and Photobiology, Third Edition, Volume 2, CRC Press, Boca Raton, Fla. 2012.

7. A. Albini, M. Fagnoni, Eds, Handbook of Synthetic Photochemistry, Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH, Weinheim, Germany, 2010.

8. V. Balzani, S. Campagna, Eds, Photochemistry and Photophysics of Coordination Compounds II, In: top. Curr. Chem. 2007, 281, Springer GmbH Berlin, Germany, 2007.

9. V. Balzani, S. Campagna, Eds, Photochemistry and Photophysics of Coordination Compounds I, In: Top Curr. Chem. 2007; 280, Springer GmbH, Berlin, Germany.

10. S. Kumar, V. Kumar and S. P. Singh, Pericyclic Reactions, 1st Edition, Academic Press, Elsevier Inc, 2016.

 

CH 818

Single Molecule Fluorescence Spectroscopy
Syllabus: 

Methods: Fundamentals of fluorescence microscopy and benefits of probing the sub-ensemble; Requirements and evidences for single-molecule/nanocrystal fluorescence detection; Advantages/drawbacks of various single-molecule (SM) imaging techniques; SM image processing, data analyses procedures and interpretation. Dynamics and Spectroscopy: Single-emitter fluorescence intermittency (blinking); SM diffusion (translational and rotational) dynamics; Spectroscopy of single emitters; SM fluorescence lifetime; single-emitter energy and electron transfer. Applications: Select applications of in chemistry, soft matter systems, biology/biophysics and nanomaterials science through discussion of seminal publications.

Text References: 

1. J. R. Lakowicz, Principles of Fluorescence Spectroscopy, 3rd Ed, Springer, 2007.

2. D. B. Murphy, Fundamental of Light Microscopy and Electronic Imaging, Wiley-LISS, 2001.

3. C. Gell, D. Brockwell and A. Smith, Eds. Handbook of Single Molecule Fluorescence Spectroscopy, Oxford, 2013.

4. M. Sauer, J. Hofkens and J. Enderlein, Eds. Handbook of Fluorescence Spectroscopy and Imaging: From Ensemble to Single Molecules, Wiley-VCH, 2010.

5. C. Brauchle, D.C. Lamb and J. Michaelis Eds. Single Particle Tracking and Single Molecule Energy Transfer, Wiley-VCH, 2010.

 

CH 847

Introductory Quantum Chemistry
Syllabus: 

Postulates of Quantum Mechanics; Operators; The Harmonic Oscillator and the Rigid Rotator as models for vibrational and rotational transitions; Overview of H atom; Variational Method; Overview of He atom; SCF-LCAO-MO theory; Diatomics; Transition Dipole; Electronic spectroscopy; Frank-Condon principle; Spin transitions and Magnetic resonance. Bra-ket notation, Ehrenfest theorem, ladder operators, simple harmonic oscillator, and angular momentum operator.

Text References: 

1. D. A. McQuarrie, Physical Chemistry: A Molecular Approach Viva Books, New Delhi, 2011.

2. S. N. Datta, Lectures on Chemical Bonding and Quantum Chemistry, Prism Books, Bangalore 1998; Kindle Edition, World Scientific, 2019.

3. F. A. Pilar, Elementary Quantum Chemistry, 2nd Edition, Dover Books, 2003.

 

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