(Course Objectives: To understand basic chemistry of various drugs and their mechanism as well as their preparation)

Reference Books:

  1. Patrick, G. L. Introduction to Medicinal Chemistry, Oxford University Press, UK, 2013.
  2. Singh, H. & Kapoor, V.K. Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Vallabh Prakashan, Pitampura, New Delhi, 2012
  3. Foye, W.O., Lemke, T.L. & William, D.A.: Principles of Medicinal Chemistry, 4th ed., B.I. Waverly Pvt. Ltd. New Delhi.


Course Objectives: To understand phase diagram which summarize the behavior of substances under different condition. To introduce the principles of the study of reaction rates.

Reference Books:

  1. Peter Atkins & Julio De Paula, Physical Chemistry 10th Ed., Oxford University Press (2014).
  2. Castellan, G. W.  Physical Chemistry, 4th Ed., Narosa (2004).
  3. McQuarrie, D. A. & Simon, J. D., Molecular Thermodynamics, Viva Books Pvt. Ltd.: New Delhi (2004).
  4. Engel, T. & Reid, P. Physical Chemistry 3rd Ed., Prentice-Hall (2012).
  5. Assael, M. J.; Goodwin, A. R. H.; Stamatoudis, M.; Wakeham, W. A. & Will, S. Commonly Asked Questions in Thermodynamics. CRC Press: NY (2011).
  6. Zundhal, S.S. Chemistry concepts and applications Cengage India (2011).
  7. Ball, D. W. Physical Chemistry Cengage India (2012).
  8. Mortimer, R. G. Physical Chemistry 3rd Ed.,Elsevier: NOIDA, UP (2009).
  9. Levine, I. N. Physical Chemistry 6th Ed., Tata McGraw-Hill (2011).
  10. Metz, C. R. Physical Chemistry 2nd  Ed., Tata McGraw-Hill (2009).
  11. Khosla, B. D.; Garg, V. C. & Gulati, A. Senior Practical Physical Chemistry, R. Chand & Co.: New Delhi (2011).
  12. Garland, C. W.; Nibler, J. W. & Shoemaker, D. P. Experiments in Physical Chemistry 8th Ed.; McGraw-Hill: New York (2003).
  13. Halpern, A. M. & McBane, G. C. Experimental Physical Chemistry 3rd Ed.; W.H. Freeman & Co.: New York (2003).


Course Objectives: To impart basic knowledge on the chemistry of certain classes of organic compounds viz halogenated hydrocarbons, alcohols, phenols, ethers, carbonyl compounds, carboxylic acids and their derivatives

Reference Books:

  1. Morrison, R. T. & Boyd, R. N. Organic Chemistry, Dorling Kindersley (India) Pvt. Ltd. (Pearson Education).
  2. Finar, I. L. Organic Chemistry (Volume 1), Dorling Kindersley (India) Pvt. Ltd. (Pearson Education).
  3. Graham Solomons, T.W. Organic Chemistry, John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
  4. McMurry, J.E. Fundamentals of Organic Chemistry, 7th Ed. Cengage Learning India Edition, 2013.
  5. Ahluwalia, V.K. & Dhingra, S. Comprehensive Practical Organic Chemistry: Qualitative  Analysis, University Press (2000).
  6. Furniss, B.S., Hannaford, A.J., Smith, P.W.G. & Tatchell, A.R. Practical Organic Chemistry, 5th Ed. Pearson (2012)
  7. Ahluwalia, V.K. & Aggarwal, R. Comprehensive Practical Organic Chemistry: Preparation and Quantitative Analysis, University Press (2000).
  8. Mann, F.G. & Saunders, B.C. Practical Organic Chemistry, Pearson Education (2009)

Course Objectives: To understand Inorganic Chemistry in the form of materials science. To understand the occurrence of metals based on electrode potential, To classify substances as acids or bases according to Bronsted-Lowry and Lewis concepts, To understand Hard and Soft Acids and Bases (HSAB) principle and its application, To know the role of solvent in acidity or basicity of substances, To know the general chemistry of s & p block elements and basic idea on inorganic polymers

Reference Books:

  1. Lee, J.D. Concise Inorganic Chemistry, ELBS, 1991.
  2. Douglas, B.E; Mc Daniel, D.H. & Alexander, J.J. Concepts & Models of Inorganic Chemistry 3rd Ed., John Wiley Sons, N.Y. 1994.
  3. Greenwood, N.N. & Earnshaw. Chemistry of the Elements, Butterworth-Heinemann. 1997.
  4. Cotton, F.A. & Wilkinson, G. Advanced Inorganic Chemistry, Wiley, VCH, 1999.
  5. Miessler, G. L. & Donald, A. Tarr. Inorganic Chemistry 4th Ed., Pearson, 2010.
  6. Mendham, J., A. I. Vogel’s Quantitative Chemical Analysis 6th Ed., Pearson, 2009.