In this post, you will find the important topics of chemistry for JEE and NEET on each and every chapter in Chemistry based on previous year questions of last 15 years. You may skip the chapters which are not in the latest syllabus.
Important Topics of Chemistry Class 11th
Some Basic Concepts of Chemistry
| CONCENTRATION BASED PROBLEMS |
| MOLES, ATOMS AND ELECTRONS |
| EQUATION BASED PROBLEMS |
| LIMITING REAGENT |
| EMPERICAL/MOLECULAR FORMULA |
Structure of Atom
| AUFBAU PRINCIPLE |
| QUANTUM NUMBERS |
| SHELL / SUB SHELL |
| BOHR’S THEORY |
| HEISENBERG UNCERTAINTY PRINCIPLE |
| PLANCK’S THEORY |
| NODAL PLANE |
| DE BROGLIE EQUATION |
| HYDROGEN SPECTRA |
| NUMBER OF E/P/N |
Periodic Classification of Elements
| ATOMIC SIZE |
| IONIZATION ENERGY |
| NATURE OF COMPOUND |
| STABILITY OF COMPOUND |
| ELECTRON AFFINITY |
| ELECTRONIC CONFIGURATION |
| MODERN PERIODIC TABLE AND PERIODICITY |
| ELECTRONEGATIVITY |
Chemical Bonding
| HYBRIDISATION |
| M.O.T |
| POLARITY |
| V.S.E.P.R. THEORY |
| TYPES OF BONDING |
| ACID, BASE AND FAJAN’S RULE |
| OCTATE AND ISOELECTRONICS |
| COVALENT BONDING |
| VANDERWAAL FORCE AND HYDROGEN BONDING |
| LATTICE / HYDRATION ENERGY |
States of Matter (Deleted Chapter)
| KINETIC THEORY OF GASES |
| GAS LAW |
| GRAHAM’S LAW |
| IDEAL GAS LAW |
| COMPRESSIBILITY FACTOR |
| DALTON’S LAW |
| VANDER WAAL CORRECTION |
Thermodynamics
| GIBB’S ENERGY CHANGE |
| THERMOCHEMISTRY |
| ENTHALPY AND INTERNAL CHANGE |
| SPONTANEITY AND ENTROPY |
| SECOND LAW AND WORK DONE |
| FIRST LAW OF THERODYANAMICS |
| THERMODYANAMICS PROPERTIES AND PROCESS |
| EXTENSIVE AND INTENSIVE PROPERTIES |
| HESS’S LAW |
Equilibrium
| Kp, Kc – AND FACTORS AFFECTING THEM |
| ACIDS AND BASES |
| pH CALCULATION |
| SOLUBILITY PRODUCT |
| BUFFER |
| INTRODUCTION TO EQUILIBRIUM |
| COMMOM ION EFFECT |
| K FOR ACID, BASE AND SALT |
| LE CHATELIER’S PRINCIPLE |
| SALT HYDROLYSIS |
Redox Reactions
| OXIDATION AND REDUCING AGENTS ( OXIDATION NO.) |
| EMF – ELCTROMOTIVE FORCE AND ELECTRODE POTENTIAL |
| INTRODUCTION TO REDOX |
| BALANCING OF EQUATION |
| EQUIVALENT WEIGHT AND NORMALITY |
Hydrogen (Deleted Chapter)
| H2O2 ( HYDROGEN PEROXIDE ) |
| HARD AND SOFT WATER |
| PREPARATION AND PROPERTIES |
S-Block Elements (Deleted Chapter)
| CHEMICAL PROPERTIES |
| IMPORTANAT COMPOUNDS OF Ca AND Na |
| REASONING |
| BIOLOGICAL IMPORTNACE OF Na, Mg, Ca AND OTHER ELEMENTS |
| PHYSICAL PROPERTIES |
P-Block Elements
| CARBON FAMILY – CHEMICAL AND PHYSICAL PROPERTIES |
| BORON FAMILY – CHEMICAL AND PHYSICAL PROPERTIES |
| COMPOUNDS OF SILICON, STRUCTURE OF SILICON DIOXIDE |
| ALLOTROPES OF CARBON, STRUCTURE OF DIAMOND AND GRAPHITE |
| COMPOUND OF BORON, STRUCTURE AND REACTIONS OF DIBORANE / BORIC ACID |
General Organic Chemistry
| NOMENCLATURE |
| NUCLEOPHILE AND ELECTROPHILE |
| ELECTRON DISPLACEMENT EFFECT |
| REACTION INTERMEDIATE AND THEIR STABILITY |
| STEREO ISOMER |
| ACID AND BASE CHARACTER |
| HYBRIDIDATION AND STRUCTURE OF CARBON COMPOUNDS |
| STRUCTURAL ISOMER |
| CONFORMATIONAL ISOMER |
| PURIFICATION OF ORGANIC COMPOUNDS |
| QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS OF ORGANIC COMPOUNDS |
| QUANITATIVE ANALYSIS OF ORGANIC COMPOUNDS |
| SN, ADDITION AND ELIMINATION REACTION |
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Hydrocarbons
| ALKANES, ALKENES AND ALKYNES –CHEMICAL PROPERTIES |
| ALKANES, ALKENES AND ALKYNES – NOMENCLATURE, ISOMERISM AND MECHANISM |
| ALKANES, ALKENES AND ALKYNES – METHODS OF PREPARATION |
| AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS – BENZENE, STRUCTURE, PREPARATION AND CHEMICAL REACTIONS |
| AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS – MECHANISM |
| ALKANES, ALKENES AND ALKYNES – CONFORMATIONS AND HYBRIDISATION |
Environmental Chemistry (Deleted Chapter)
| AIR POLLUTION – GREENHOUSE EFFECT |
| AIR POLLUTION – SMOG |
| AIR POLLUTION – GASEOUS POLLUTANTS – OXIDES OF C AND N |
| WATER POLLUTION – BIOLOGICAL OXYGEN DEMAND |
Important Topics of Chemistry Class 12th
Solid State (Deleted Chapter)
| DENSITY / FORMULA / PACKING FRACTION |
| VOIDS AND RADIUS / CO-ORDIANTION NUMBER |
| INTRODUCTION AND TYPE OF CRYSTAL SYSYTEM |
| IMPERFECTIONS IN SOLIDS |
Solutions
| DEPRESSION OF FREEZING POINT |
| INTRODUCTION / COLLIGATIVE PROPERTIES |
| ELEVATION OF BOILING POINT |
| RAOULT’S LAW |
| RELATIVE LOWERING OF VAPOUR PRESSURE |
| VAN’T HOFF FACTOR |
| OSMOSIS AND OSMOTIC PRESSURE |
| AZEOTROPE |
| CONCENTRATION TERM AND HENRY’S LAW |
| DALTON’S LAW OF PARTIAL PRESSURE |
Electrochemistry
| FARADAY’S LAW OF ELECTROLYSIS |
| ELECTRODE POTENTIAL / INTRODUCTION |
| RELATION BETWEEN CELL POTENTIAL AND GIBB’S ENERGY |
| LOHLRAUSCH’S LAW / CELL CONSTANT |
| ELECTROLYTIC CELL / ELECTROCHEMICAL CELL / GALVANIC CELL |
| NERST EQUATION |
| SPECIFIC AND MOLAR CONDUCTANCE / CONDUCTIVITY |
| ELECTROCHEMICAL SERIES |
| HYDROGEN ECONOMY |
Chemical Kinetics
| DEFINITION , RATE CONSTANT , RATE LAW |
| FIRST ORDER REACTION KINETICS |
| ARRHENIUS EQUATION |
| ORDER, MOLECULARITY AND MECHANISM |
| CATALYST |
Surface Chemistry (Deleted Chapter)
| COLLOIDAL SOLUTION |
| ADSORPTION ISOTHERM |
| ADSORPTION AND ABSORPTION |
| CATALYST |
Metallurgy (Deleted Chapter)
| INTRO – FLUX, LEACHING, ROASTIONG AND CALCINATION |
| METALLURGY OF INDIVIDUAL ELEMENTS |
| REFINING PROCESS |
| ELLINGHAM DIAGRAM |
P-Block Elements (Group 15 to 18)
| GROUP 15 – PREPARATION AND PROPERTIES |
| GROUP 16 – PREPARATION AND PROPERTIES |
| GROUP 17 – PREPARATION AND PROPERTIES |
| GROUP 18 – PREPARATION AND PROPERTIES |
| INTERHALOGEN COMPUNDS |
D and F-Block Elements
| D BLOCK ELEMENTS – PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PROPERTIES |
| CHEMISTRY OF KMnO4. K2Cr2O7 AND CrO5 AND OTHERS |
| F BLOCK ELEMENTS – PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PROPERTIES |
| LANTHANOID AND ACTINOID CONTRACTION |
Coordination Compounds
| VBT AND CFT, LIMITATION / HYBRIDISATION |
| ISOMERISM IN CO ORDINATION COMPOUNDS |
| CO ORDINATION COMPOUNDS – INTRODUCTION AND CLASSFICATION / NOMENCLATURE |
| LIGANDS |
| ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS |
| WERNER’S THEORY |
Haloalkanes and Haloarenes
| MECHANISM OF REACTIONS |
| CHEMICAL PROPERTIES |
| ISOMERISM AND CHIRALITY |
Alcohols, Phenols and Ethers
| ALCOHOLS – PREPARATION, PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PROPERTIES |
| PHENOLS – PREPARATION, PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PROPERTIES, USES |
| ALCOHOLS – PREPARATION, PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PROPERTIES, ACIDIC NATURE OF PHENOL |
| MECHANISM OF DEHYDRATION , USES, METHANOL AND ETHANOL |
Aldehydes, Ketones and Carboxylic Acids
| MECHANISM AND ISOMERS |
| PREPARATIONS AND PROPERTIES OF ALDEHYDES AND KETONES |
| NAME REACTION |
| ACID DERIVATIVES PREPARATION AND PROPERTIES |
| CARBOXYLIC ACIDS |
| HYBRIDISATION |
Amines
| AMINES – INTRODUCTION PREPARATION AND PROPERTIES |
| DIAZONIUM SALTS PREPARATION, REACTION AND USES |
| UREA AND NITRO COMPOUNDS |
| IDENTIFICATION OF PRIMARY, SECONDARY AND TERTIARY AMINES |
| CYANIDES AND ISOCYANIDES |
Biomolecules
| CARBOHYDRATES – CLASSIFICATION |
| PROTEINS – AMINO ACIDS, PEPTIDE BONDS, PROTIENS, STRUCTURE OF PROTIENS |
| VITAMINS / HORMONES / ENZYMES |
| NUCLEIC ACIDS , DNA AND RNA |
| DENATURATION OF PROTIENS AND CHEMICAL PROPERTIES |
Polymers (Deleted Chapter)
| CLASSIFICATION – METHODS OF POLYMERISATION, COPOLYMERISATION |
| POLYMERS – NATURAL / SYNTHETIC, BIODEGRADABLE / NON – BIODEGRADABLE |
Chemistry in Everyday Life (Deleted Chapter)
| MEDICINES AND OTHER CHEMICAL USES IN DAILY LIFE |
| CLENSING AGENTS – SOAPS AND DETERGENTS, CLEANSING ACTION/ DYES/ PROPOLLANT |
| FOOD – PRESERVATION , ARTIFICIAL, SWEETENING AGENTS, ANTIOXIDANTS |
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