Class 11 CBSE Chemistry Syllabus

 CBSE Class XI Chemistry COURSE STRUCTURE-    

Time: 3 Hours                                                                                                                Total Marks70

S.No

UNIT

No. of Periods

Marks

1

Some Basic Concepts of Chemistry

12

7

2

Structure of Atom

14

9

3

Classification of Elements and Periodicity in

Properties

8

6

4

Chemical Bonding and Molecular Structure

14

7

5

Chemical Thermodynamics

16

9

6

Equilibrium

14

7

7

Redox Reactions

6

4

8

Organic Chemistry: Some basic Principles and Techniques

14

11

9

Hydrocarbons

12

10

 

TOTAL

 

70

Detailed Syllabus CBSE Class 11 Chemistry-

Unit I:

Some Basic Concepts of Chemistry                                                                                                12 Periods

 

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.

Unit II:

Structure of Atom                                                                                                                             14 Periods

 

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

completely filled orbitals.

 

Unit III:

Classification of Elements and Periodicity in Properties

08 Periods

 

Significance of classification, brief history of the development of periodic table, modern periodic law and the present form of 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.

Unit IV:

Chemical Bonding and Molecular Structure

14 Periods

 

Valence electrons, ionic bond, covalent bond, bond parameters, Lewis 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.

Unit VI:

Chemical Thermodynamics

16 Periods

 

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 U and H, 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, Gibb’s energy change for spontaneous and non- spontaneous processes, criteria for equilibrium.

 

Third law of thermodynamics (brief introduction).

Unit VII:

Equilibrium

14 Periods

 

Equilibrium in physical and chemical processes, dynamic nature of equilibrium, law of mass action, equilibrium constant, factors affecting equilibrium – Le Chatelier’s principle, ionic equilibrium- ionization of acids and bases, strong and weak electrolytes, degree of ionization, ionization of poly basic acids, acid strength, concept of pH, hydrolysis of salts (elementary idea), buffer solution, Henderson Equation, solubility product, common ion effect (with illustrative

examples).

Unit VIII: Redox Reactions                                                                                                                                          06 Periods

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.

 

Unit XII: Organic Chemistry -Some Basic Principles and Techniques                                                      14 Periods

General introduction, methods of purification, qualitative and quantitative analysis, classification and IUPAC nomenclature of organic compounds. Electronic displacements in a covalent bond: inductive effect, electromeric effect, resonance and hyper conjugation. Homolytic and heterolytic fission of a covalent bond: free radicals, carbocations, carbanions, electrophiles and nucleophiles,

types of organic reactions.

 

Unit XIII:

Hydrocarbons                                                                                                                                      12 Periods

 

Classification of Hydrocarbons

 

Aliphatic Hydrocarbons:

 

Alkanes – Nomenclature, isomerism, conformation (ethane only), physical properties, chemical

reactions including free radical mechanism of halogenation, combustion and pyrolysis.

 

Alkenes – Nomenclature, structure of 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, 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.

 

Aromatic Hydrocarbons:

 

Introduction, IUPAC nomenclature, benzene: resonance, aromaticity, chemical properties: mechanism of electrophilic substitution. Nitration, sulphonation, halogenation, Friedel Craft’s alkylation and acylation, directive influence of functional group in monosubstituted benzene.

Carcinogenicity and toxicity.