Unit-III

1. What are pericyclic reactions and classify them.

2. Explain the 2+2 and 4+2 cycloaddition reaction with examples.
3. Draw pi-MO energy levels of 1, 3-butadiene with p-orbitals.
4. Explain the electrocyclic reaction with stereochemistry (con and dis-rotation) examples.
5. Explain the principles of Frontier Orbital theory to explain the pericyclic reactions
6. Discuss the Molecular rearrangement reaction with inter and intra molecular
rearrangement as example.
7. Explain the Pinacol-pinacolone rearrangement with mechanism.
8. Explain the mechanism of Benzylic acid rearrangement reactions
9. Explain the mechanism of Beckmann rearrangement reactions
10. Explain the mechanism of Baeyer-Villiger Cope rearrangement reactions
11. Explain the mechanism of Claisen (sigmatropic) rearrangement reaction.
12. Explain the mechanism of Chichibabin reaction
13. Explain the mechanism of stark enamine reaction
14. Explain the mechanism of Heck reaction
15. Explain the mechanism of Suzuki coupling reaction
16. Explain the mechanism of Stille coupling reaction
17. Explain the mechanism of Sonogashira coupling reaction
18. Explain the mechanism of Click reaction
Unit-IV
19. Explain the principle of UV-Vis spectroscopy, list out the allowed electronic transitions
and arrange them from lowest energy gap to highest.
20. Briefly explain about the Auxochromes and Chromophores with example and mention
about blue and red shifts.
21. How does the UV-absorption value changes with conjugation and different solvents?
22. Compare and contrast the UV- spectra of Acetone and methyl vinyl ketone.
23. Explain the principle of IR spectroscopy.
24. Explain how to calculate the number of vibrational modes for linear, nonlinear
compounds with example (CO2, H2O etc).
25. Briefly describe the effect of vibrational frequencies on the force constant, reduced mass
and H-bonding
26. Explain the principle of UV-Vis spectroscopy, list out the allowed electronic transitions
and arrange them from lowest energy gap to highest.
27. Explain what Chemical shift is? and list the chemical shift values for different
protons.
28. Plot the NMR spectra of organic compound such as ethyl bromide and comment
on the value and splitting.
29. Represent the IR spectra of methyl benzoate and label all the vibrational
frequencies corresponding to the functional groups present in the compound.
30. Explain the chemical shift values and splitting for acetaldehyde compound.
31. Explain the hook’s law and explain the terms. What is reduced mass and
calculate the reduced mass of CO?
32. Explain the Chromophores and Auxochromes and their effects in UV-
spectroscopy with examples.
33. Demonstrate the Hook’s law to calculate the bond strength of single and multiple
bonds.
 34. Explain the principle involved in the NMR spectroscopy. Demonstrate the
difference between equivalent and non-equivalent protons with suitable example
35. Explain the effect of H-bonding and solvent on the vibrational frequency of
Carbonyl group.
36. Represent the IR spectra of Benzoic acid and label the vibrational frequencies
corresponding the different functional groups present in it.
37. Explain the blue shift and red shift in UV-Spectroscopy with suitable example
38. Explain the terms i. Larmour frequency, ii. Shielding and desheilding effects
with respect to NMR spectroscopy
39. Explain why TMS used as reference in NMR spectroscopy. Calculate the
number of vibrational modes of H2O
Student’s SRN(20C--) Question Number

R20PC01, 05, 08, 2, 5, 6,17, 23, 25

R20PC31, 06, 13, 1, 3, 12, 21, 15, 8

03, 09, 11, 4, 11, 22, 19, 24, 9
04, 10, 12, 7, 10, 12, 14, 19, 22
07, 12, 22, 5, 3, 14, 23, 25, 16
14, 24, 19 6, 3, 1, 21, 24, 17
25,30, 28, 14, 12, 7, 9, 24, 25
23, 18, 7, 18, 24, 4, 21, 13
21, 27, 2, 19, 23, 17, 8, 12