BSc Forensic Science Chemical Science III Syllabus - Mumbai University 2026
This degree runs on the Choice Based Credit System throughout, items 6.10, 6.11 and 6.12 of the Academic Council of 17 May 2022, brought in one year at a time from 2022-23. The University has published no NEP 2020 syllabus for it. The University examines only the third year of this degree centrally, under exam forms 1S00815 and 1S00816; the colleges examine the first four semesters.
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Syllabus for Chemical Science III
Module I: Chemical Kinetics
- Introduction, reaction rate, factors affecting the rate of a reaction,
- Order and molecularity, zero order rate expression, integrated rate
- equation for first order reaction; concept of Steady State
- Approximation; Half-life of reactions, activation energy, Transition state theory and Collision theory, Significance of Chemical kinetics in Forensic Science, Related Numerical problems.
- Chemical Thermodynamics
- Intensive and extensive variables; state and path functions; isolated, closed and open systems; zeroth law of thermodynamics and its
- significance; Key concepts, statements and important relationships from first, second and third law of thermodynamics;
- Thermochemistry: Heats of reactions, enthalpy of formation of
- molecules and ions and enthalpy of combustion and its
- applications; effect of temperature (Kirchhoff’s equations) and
- pressure on enthalpy of reactions, Adiabatic flame temperature,
- explosion temperature.
Module II: Electrochemistry
- Redox Reaction, Oxidation and reduction Potential; Half-cell, cell
- potential, Cell constant, specific conductance and molar
- conductance; Variation of specific and equivalent conductance with dilution for strong and weak electrolytes; Application of
- conductance measurement (determination of solubility product and ionic product of water); Conductometric titrations; Types of
- electrochemical cells and examples, cell reactions, emf; Standard
- cells, different types of electrodes (with examples); Standard
- electrode potential; Types of concentration cells; Glass electrode
- and determination of pH of a solution.
Module III: Organic Functional Groups
- Alcohols, phenols, ethers, amines, aldehydes, ketones, acids, esters, amides, anhydrides, etc. and their nomenclatures, structures,
- preparations, physical properties and reactions. Utilization of
- reactions of various functional groups in colour tests/ spot tests.
- Aromaticity
- Aromaticity, Conditions for aromaticity, Hückel rule, aromatic ions (cyclopentadienyl cation, cyclopentadienyl anion and
- cycloheptatrienyl cation), Aromaticity of heterocyclic compounds,
- Antiaromatic, Non- aromatic, Homoaromatic Compounds;
- Polyaromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), their toxicity and forensic
- significance of some aromatic compounds.
Module IV: Mechanism of Organic Reactions
- Elementary ideas of Inductive effect, Electromeric effect,
- Resonance effect, Hyperconjugation; Reactive intermediates:
- Formation, geometry, and stability of carbocations, carbanions, free radicals and carbenes; Types of organic reactions: Addition,
- substitution, elimination and rearrangement reaction.
Text books and Additional References
- 1 Principles of Physical Chemistry by Puri, Sharma and Pathania
- 2 Advanced Inorganic Chemistry by Madan, Malik and Tuli
- 3 Concise Inorganic Chemistry by J.D. Lee, 5 th Ed, ISBN 978-0-632- 05293-6, 1999
- 4 Atkin’s Physical Chemistry by P.W. Atkins, Julio de Paula, James Keeler, 11 th Ed, Oxford University Press, ISBN 978–0–19–108255– 9, 2018
- 5 Fundamentals of Analytical Chemistry by Douglas Skoog, et. al., 9 th Ed, 2014
- 6 Organic Chemistry by Jonathan Clayden, 2 nd Ed, Oxford University Press, ISBN 978- 0-19-927029-3, 2012
- 7 Advanced Organic Chemistry by Francis A. Carey, Richard A. Sundberg Organic Chemistry by Robert N. Boyd and Robert T. Morrison
Reproduced from the University of Mumbai syllabus for B.Sc. (Forensic Science) under the Choice Based Credit System, in force from the academic year 2023-24. Wording is as printed in that syllabus. Module numbering is as printed there too.
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