How Was VITEEE Paper

I want to get information from this year VITEEE applicants. So tell me how was this year VITEEE Exam Paper? Please provide syllabus of Chemistry Subject of this exam?

[Kiran Chandar]

The VITEEE Entrance Exam was held on 8th to 19th April 2015.

This year applicants said that questions were of moderate difficulty level with Physics section being the toughest.

As per another applicant “There were direct questions in the paper. I found Physics section quite difficult. The test comprised less analytical questions.”

There were questions from algebra, complex numbers and determinant in Mathematics section.

Syllabus of VITEEE Chemistry Section
1. Atomic Structure:
Bohr’s atomic model-Sommerfeld’s extension of atomic structure; Electronic configuration and Quantum numbers; Shapes of s,p,d,f orbitals - Pauli’s exclusion principle - Hund’s Rule o maximum multiplicity- Aufbau principle. Emission spectrum, absorption spectrum, line spectr and band spectra; Hydrogen spectrum – Lyman, Balmer, Paschen, Brakett and Pfund series deBroglie’s theory; Heisenberg’s uncertainty principle – wave nature of electron – Schrodinger wave equation (No derivation). Eigen values and eigen functions. Hybridization of atomic orbitals involving s,p,d orbitals.

2. p,d and f – Block Elements:
p-block elements – Phosphorous compounds; PCl3, PCl5 – Oxides. Hydrogen halides, Inter halogen compounds. Xenon fluoride compounds. General Characteristics of d – block elements – Electronic Configuration – Oxidation states of first row transition elements and their colours. Occurrence and principles of extraction: Copper, Silver, Gold and Zinc. Preparation, properties of CuSO4, AgNO3 and K2Cr2O7.
Lanthanides – Introduction, electronic configuration, general characteristics, oxidation state – lanthanide contraction, uses, brief comparison of Lanthanides and Actinides.

3. Coordination Chemistry and Solid State Chemistry
Introduction – Terminology in coordination chemistry – IUPAC nomenclature of mononuclear coordination compounds. Isomerism, Geometrical isomerism in 4-coordinate, 6-coordinate complexes. Theories on coordination compounds – Werner’s theory (brief), Valence Bond theory. Uses of coordination compounds. Bioinorganic compounds (Haemoglobin and chlorophyll).
Lattice – unit cell, systems, types of crystals, packing in solids; Ionic crystals – Imperfections in solids – point defects. X-Ray diffraction – Electrical Property, Amorphous solids elementary ideas only).

4. Thermodynamics, Chemical Equilibrium and Chemical Kinetics
I and II law of thermodynamics – spontaneous and non spontaneous processes, entropy, Gibb’s free energy – Free energy change and chemical equilibrium – significance of entropy. Law of mass action – Le Chatlier’s principle, applications of chemical equilibrium. Rate expression, order and molecularity of reactions, zero order, first order and pseudo first order reaction – half life period. Determination of rate constant and order of reaction . Temperature dependence of rate constant – Arrhenius equation, activation energy.

5. Electrochemistry
Theory of electrical conductance; metallic and electrolytic conductance. Faraday’s laws –
theory of strong electrolytes – Specific resistance, specific conductance, equivalent and molar
conductance – Variation of conductance with dilution – Kohlrausch’s Law – Ionic product of
water, pH and pOH – buffer solutions – use of pH values. Cells – Electrodes and electrode
potentials – construction of cell and EMF values, Fuel cells, Corrosion and its prevention.

6. Isomerism in Organic Compounds
Definition, Classification – structural isomerism, stereo isomerism – geometrical and optical
isomerism. Optical activity- chirality – compounds containing chiral centres – R – S notation,
D – L notation.

7. Alcohols and Ethers
Nomenclature of alcohols – Classification of alcohols - distinction between 10, 20 and 30
alcohols – General methods of preparation of primary alcohols, properties. Methods of
preparation of dihydric alcohols: Glycol – Properties – Uses. Methods of preparation of
trihydric alcohols - Properties – Uses. Aromatic alcohols – preparation and properties of
phenols and benzyl alcohol.
Ethers – Nomenclature of ethers – general methods of preparation of aliphatic ethers -
Properties – Uses. Aromatic ethers – Preparation of Anisole – Uses.

8. Carbonyl Compounds
Nomenclature of carbonyl compounds – Comparison of aldehydes and ketones. General
methods of preparation of aldehydes – Properties – Uses. Aromatic aldehydes – Preparation of
benzaldehyde – Properties and Uses. Ketones – general methods of preparation of aliphatic
ketones (acetone) – Properties – Uses. Aromatic ketones – preparation of acetophenone –
Properties – Uses, preparation of benzophenone – Properties. Name reactions; Clemmenson
reduction, Wolff – Kishner reduction, Cannizzaro reaction, Claisen Schmidt reaction, Benzoin
Condensation, aldol Condensation. Preparation and applications of Grignard reagents.

9. Carboxylic Acids and their derivatives
Nomenclature – Preparation of aliphatic monobarboxylic acids – formic acid – Properties –
Uses. Monohydroxy mono carboxylic acids; Lactic acid – Synthesis of lactic acid. Aliphatic
dicarboxylic acids; Preparation of oxalic and succinic acid. Aromatic acids; Benzoic and
Salicylic acid – Properties – Uses. Derivatives of carboxylic acids; acetyl chloride (CH3COCl) –
Preparation – Properties – Uses. Preparation of acetamide, Properties – acetic anhydride –
Preparation, Properties. Preparation of esters – methyl acetate – Properties.

10. Organic Nitrogen Compounds
Aliphatic nitro compounds – Preparation of aliphatic nitroalkanes – Properties – Uses.
Aromatic nitro compounds – Preparation – Properties – Uses. Distinction between aliphatic
and aromatic nitro compounds. Amines; aliphatic amines – General methods of preparation –
Properties – Distinction between 10, 20 and 30 amines. Aromatic amines – Synthesis of
benzylamine – Properties, Aniline – Preparation – Properties – Uses. Distinction between
aliphatic and aromatic amine. Aliphatic nitriles – Preparation – properties – Uses. Diazonium
salts – Preparation of benzene diazoniumchloride – Properties.

11. Biomolecules
Carbohydrates – distinction between sugars and non sugars, structural formulae of glucose,
fructose and sucrose, with their linkages, invert sugar – definition, examples of oligo and
polysaccharides,
Amino acids – classification with examples, Peptides-properties of peptide bond,
Lipids - Definition, classification with examples, difference between fats, oils and waxes.