NEET Chemistry Syllabus 2024

Every year lot of students try to make their dream a reality and all they need is accurate NEET syllabus to prepare. Chemistry section will have a total of 45 questions for 180 marks. Since many students find Chemistry to be easy to study, the topics from both class 11^th and 12^th have been listed as prescribed by NTA and NCERT.

NEET Syllabus 2024 for Chemistry

Class XI	Class XII
Some Basic Concepts of Chemistry	Solutions
Structure of Atom	Electrochemistry
Classification of Elements and Periodicity in Properties	Chemical Kinetics
Molecular Structure & Chemical Bonding	d and f Block Elements
Thermodynamics	Co-ordination Compounds
Equilibrium - (a) Chemical Equilibirium & (b) Ionic Equilibirium	Haloalkanes and Haloarenes
Redox Reactions	Alcohols, Phenols and Ethers
Some p-Block Elements	Aldehydes, Ketones and Carboxylic Acids
Organic Chemistry- Some Basic Principles and Techniques	Organic Compounds Containing Nitrogen, Amines, and Cyanides and Isocyanides
Hydrocarbons	Biomolecules

CHEMISTRY: CONTENTS OF CLASS XI SYLLABUS

CHEMISTRY	CONTENTS OF CLASS XI SYLLABUS
UNIT I:	Some Basic Concepts of Chemistry Matter and its nature, Dalton's atomic theory: Concept of atom, molecule, element & compound:: Laws of chemical combination; Atomic and moleculat masses, mole concept, molar mass, percentage composition, empirical and molecular formulae: Chemical equations and stoichiometry.
UNIT II:	Structure of Atom Nature of electromagnetic radiation, photoelectric effect; Spectrum of the hydrogen atom. Bohr model of a hydrogen atom - its postulates, derivation of the relations for the energy of the electron and radii of the different orbits, limitations of Bohr's model. Dual nature of matter, de Broglie's relationship. Heisenberg uncertainty principle. Elementary ideas of quantum mechanics, quantum mechanics, the quantum mechanical model of the atom, its important features. Concept of atomic orbitals as one-electron wave functions: Variation of ψ and ψ² with r for ls and 2s orbitals; various quantum mumbers (principal, angular momentum, and magnetic quantum numbers) and their significance; shapes of s, p, and d - orbitals, electron spin and spin quantum number: Rules for filling electrons in orbitis - Aufbau principle. Pauli's exclusion principle and Hund's rule, electronic configuration of elements, extra stability of half-filled and completely filled orbitals.
UNIT III:	Classification of Elements and Periodicity in Properties Modern periodic law and present form of the periodic table, s, p, d and f block elements, periodic trends in properties of elements atomic and ionic radii, ionization enthalpy, electron gain enthalpy, valency, oxidation states and chemical reactivity.
UNIT IV:	Molecular Structure & Chemical Bonding Kossel - Lewis approach to chemical bond formation, the concept of ionic and covalent bonds. Ionic Bonding: Formation of ionic bonds, factors affecting the formation of ionic bonds; calculation of lattice enthalpy. Covalent Bonding: concept of electronegativity. Fajan's rule, dipole moment: valence Shell Electron Pair Repulsion (VSEPR) theory and shapes of simple molecules. Quantum mechanical approach to covalent bonding: Valence bond theory - its important features, the concept of hybridization involving s, p, and d orbitals; Resonance. Molecular orbital Theory - Its important features. LCAOs, types of molecular orbitals (bonding, antibonding), sigma and pi-bonds, molecular orbital electronic configurations of homonuclear diatomic molecules, the concept ofbond order, bond length, and bond energy. Elementary idea of metallic bonding. Hydrogen bonding & its applications.
UNIT V:	Thermodynamics Fundamentals of thermodynamics: System and surroundings, extensive and intensive properties, state functions, types of processes. The first law of thermodynamics - Concept of work, heat internal energy and enthalpy, heat capacity, molar heat capacity; Hess's law of constant heat summation; Enthalpy of bond dissociation, combustion, formation, atomization, sublimation, phase transition, hydration, ionization & solution. The second law of thermodynamics - Spontaneity of processes; ΔS of the universe and ΔG of the system as criteria for spontaneity. ΔG°(Standard Gibbs energy change) and equilibrium constant.
UNIT VI:	Equilibrium Meaning of equilibrium, the concept of dynamic equilibrium. Equilibrium involving physical processes: Solid-liquid, liquid - gas and solid-gas equilibria, Henry's law. General characterics of equilibrium involving physical processes. Equilibrium involving chemical processes: Law of chemical equilibrium, equilibrium constants (K_p and K_c) and their significance, the significance of ΔG and ΔG° in chemical equilibrium, factors affecting equilibrium concentration, pressure, temperature, the effect of catalyst; Le Chatelier's principle. Ionic equilibrium: Weak and strong electrolytes, ionization of electrolytes, various concepts of acids and bases (Arrhenius. Bronsted - Lowry and Lewis) and their ionization, acid-base equilibria (including multistage ionization) and ionization constants, ionization of water. pH scale, common ion effect, hydrolysis of salts and pH of their solutions, solubility of sparingly soluble salts and solubility products, buffer solutions.
UNIT VII:	Redox Reactions Electronic concepts of oxidation and reduction, redox reactions, oxidation number, rules for assigning oxidation number, balancing of redox reactions. Electrolytic and metallic conduction, conductance in electrolytic solutions, molar conductivities and their variation with concentration: Kohlrausch's law and its applications. Electrochemical cells - Electrolytic and Galvanic cells, different types of electrodes, electrode potentials including standard electrode potential, half - cell and cell reactions, emf of a Galvanic cell and its measurement: Nernst equation and its applications; Relationship between cell potential and Gibbs' energy change: Dry cell and lead accumulator; Fuel cells.
UNIT VIII:	Some p-Block Elements Group -13 to Group 18 Elements General introduction: Electronic configuration and general trends in physical and chemical properties of elements across the periods and down the groups; unique behaviour of the first element in each group.
UNIT IX:	Organic Chemistry- Some Basic Principles and Techniques 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 radials, carbocations, carbanions; electrophiles and nucleophiles, types of organic reactions.
UNIT X:	Hydrocarbons Classification isomerism. IUPAC nomenclature, general methods of preparation, properties, and reactions. Alkanes - Conformations: Sawhorse and Newman projections (of ethane): Mechanism of halogenation of alkanes. Alkenes - Geometrical isomerism: Mechanism of electrophilic addition: addition of hydrogen, halogens, water, hydrogen halides (Markownikoffs and peroxide effect): Ozonolysis & polymerization. Alkynes - Acidic character: Addition of hydrogen, halogens, water and hydrogen halides: Polymerization. Aromatic hydrocarbons - Nomenclature, benzene-structure and aromaticity: Mechanism of electrophilic substitution: halogenation, nitration. Friedel - Craft's alkylation and acylation, directive influence of the functional group in mono-substituted benzene.

CHEMISTRY: CONTENTS OF CLASS XII SYLLABUS

CHEMISTRY	CONTENTS OF CLASS XII SYLLABUS
UNIT I:	Solutions Different methods for expressing the concentration of solution - molality, molarity, mole fraction, percentage (by volume and mass both), the vapour pressure of solutions and Raoult's Law - Ideal and non-ideal solutions, vapour pressure - composition, plots for ideal and non-ideal solutions; Colligative properties of dilute solutions - a relative lowering of vapour pressure, depression of freezing point, the elevation of boiling point and osmotic pressure; Determination of molecular mass using colligative properties; Abnormal value of molar mass, van't Hoff factor and its significance.
UNIT II:	Electrochemistry Electronic concepts of oxidation and reduction, redox reactions, oxidation number, rules for assigning oxidation number, balancing of redox reactions. Electrolytic and metallic conduction, conductance in electrolytic solutions, molar conductivities and their variation with concentration: Kohlrausch's law and its applications. Electrochemical cells - Electrolytic and Galvanic cells, different types of electrodes, electrode potentials including standard electrode potential, half - cell and cell reactions, emf of a Galvanic cell and its measurement: Nernst equation and its applications; Relationship between cell potential and Gibbs' energy change: Dry cell and lead accumulator; Fuel cells.
UNIT III:	Chemical Kinetics Rate of a chemical reaction, factors affecting the rate of reactions: concentration, temperature, pressure and catalyst; elementary and complex reactions, order and molecularity of reactions, rate law, rate constant and its units, differential and integral forms of zero and first-order reactions, their characteristics and half-lives, the effect of temperature on rate of reactions, Arrhenius theory, activation energy and its calculation, collision theory of bimolecular gaseous reactions (no derivation).
UNIT IV:	d and f Block Elements Transition Elements General introduction, electronic configuration, occurrence and characteristics, general trends in properties of the first-row transition elements - physical properties, ionization enthalpy, oxidation states, atomic radii, colour, catalytic behaviour, magnetic properties, complex formation, interstitial compounds, alloy formation; Preparation, properties and uses of K₂Cr₂O₇ and KMnO₄. Inner Transition Elements Lanthanoids - Electronic configuration, oxidation states and lanthanoid contraction. Actinoids - Electronic configuration and oxidation states.
UNIT V:	Co-ordination Compounds Introduction to co-ordination compounds. Werner's theory; ligands, co-ordination number, denticity. chelation; IUPAC nomenclature of mononuclear co-ordination compounds, isomerism; Bonding-Valence bond approach and basic ideas of Crystal field theory, colour and magnetic properties; Importance of co-ordination compounds (in qualitative analysis, extraction of metals and in biological systems).
UNIT VI:	Haloalkanes and Haloarenes Haloalkanes: Nomenclature, nature of C-X bond, physical and chemical properties, mechanism of substitution reactions. Optical rotation. Haloarenes: Nature of C-X bond, substitution reactions (directive influence of halogen for monosubstituted compounds only). Uses and environment effects of - dichloromethane, trichloromethane, tetra chloromethane, iodoform, freons, DDT.
UNIT VII:	Alcohols, Phenols and Ethers Alcohols: Identification of primary, secondary and tertiary alcohols: mechanism of dehydration. Phenols: Acidic nature, electrophilic substitution reactions: halogenation, nitration and sulphonation. Reimer - Tiemann reaction. Ethers: Structure.
UNIT IX:	Aldehydes, Ketones and Carboxylic Acids Aldehyde and Ketones: Nature of carbonyl group; Nucleophilic addition to >C=O group, relative reactivities of aldehydes and ketones; Important reactions such as - Nucleophilic addition reactions (addition of HCN. NH₃ and its derivatives), Grignard reagent; oxidation: reduction (Wolff Kishner and Clemmensen); the acidity of α-hydrogen. aldol condensation, Cannizzaro reaction. Haloform reaction, Chemical tests to distinguish between aldehydes and Ketones. Carboxylic Acids: Nomenclature, acidic nature, methods of preparation, physical and chemical properties; uses.
UNIT X:	Organic Compounds Containing Nitrogen, Amines, and Cyanides and Isocyanides General methods of preparation. Properties, reactions, and uses. Amines: Nomenclature, classification structure, basic character, and identification of primary, secondary, and tertiary amines and their basic character. Diazonium salts: Importance in synthetic organic chemistry.
UNIT XI:	Biomolecules General introduction and importance of biomolecules. CARBOHYDRATES - Classification; aldoses and ketoses, monosaccharide (glucose and fructose) and constituent monosaccharides of oligosaccharides (sucrose, lactose, maltose). PROTEINS - Elementary Idea of α-amino acids, peptide bond, polypeptides. Proteins: primary, secondary, tertiary and quaternary structure (qualitative idea only), denaturation of proteins, enzymes. VITAMINS - Classification and functions. NUCLEIC ACIDS - Chemical constitution of DNA and RNA. Biological functions of nucleic acids. Hormones (General introduction)

Please Note:- An additional chapter has been added in NEET syllabus which includes experiments based on chapters of both class 11^th and 12^th.

CHEMISTRY	CONTENTS OF COMMON CHAPTERS
UNIT-1:	Principles Related to Practical Chemistry Detection of extra elements (Nitrogen, Sulphur, halogens) in organic compounds; Detection of the following functional groups; hydroxyl (alcoholic and phenolic), carbonyl (aldehyde and ketones) carboxyl, and amino groups in organic compounds. The chemistry involved in the preparation of the following: Inorganic compounds; Mohr's salt, potash alum. Organic compounds: Acetanilide, p-nitro acetanilide, aniline yellow, iodoform. The chemistry involved in the titrimetric exercises-Acids, bases and the use of indicators, oxalic-acid vs KMnO₄, Mohr's salt vs KMnO₄. Chemical principles involved in the qualitative salt analysis:- Cations - Pb²⁺, Cu²⁺, Al³⁺, Fe³⁺, Zn²⁺, Ni²⁺, Ca²⁺, Ba²⁺, Mg²⁺, NH⁺₄. Anions - CO₃^2-, S^2-,S0₂^4-, NO^3-, NO^2-, Cl^-, Br^-, I^-( Insoluble salts excluded). Chemical principles involved in the following experiments:- 1. Enthalpy of solution of CuSO₄ 2. Enthalpy of neutralization of strong acid and strong base. 3. Preparation of lyophilic and lyophobic sols & 4. Kinetic study of the reaction of iodide ions with hydrogen peroxide at room temperature.

CHEMISTRY

CONTENTS OF COMMON CHAPTERS

UNIT-1:

Principles Related to Practical Chemistry

Detection of extra elements (Nitrogen, Sulphur, halogens) in organic compounds; Detection of the following functional groups; hydroxyl (alcoholic and phenolic), carbonyl (aldehyde and ketones) carboxyl, and amino groups in organic compounds.

The chemistry involved in the preparation of the following:
Inorganic compounds; Mohr's salt, potash alum.
Organic compounds: Acetanilide, p-nitro acetanilide, aniline yellow, iodoform.
The chemistry involved in the titrimetric exercises-Acids, bases and the use of indicators, oxalic-acid vs KMnO₄, Mohr's salt vs KMnO₄.
Chemical principles involved in the qualitative salt analysis:-
Cations - Pb²⁺, Cu²⁺, Al³⁺, Fe³⁺, Zn²⁺, Ni²⁺, Ca²⁺, Ba²⁺, Mg²⁺, NH⁺₄.
Anions - CO₃^2-, S^2-,S0₂^4-, NO^3-, NO^2-, Cl^-, Br^-, I^-( Insoluble salts excluded).

Chemical principles involved in the following experiments:-
1. Enthalpy of solution of CuSO₄
2. Enthalpy of neutralization of strong acid and strong base.
3. Preparation of lyophilic and lyophobic sols &
4. Kinetic study of the reaction of iodide ions with hydrogen peroxide at room temperature.

If one analyzes the NEET previous years Question papers, one can deduce the most important topics in NEET Chemistry syllabus 2024 which are solution, electrochemistry, chemical bonding, basic organics, equilibrium & classification of elements and their periodicity.

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