JEE Main

Chemistry Syllabus

JEE Main Chemistry Syllabus (B.E/B.Tech)

Chemistry plays a significant role in the JEE Main exam. The JEE Main Chemistry
syllabus 2024 covers a wide range of topics in Chemistry, including Physical Chemistry,
Organic Chemistry, and Inorganic Chemistry. The syllabus is divided into 13 units, each
of which is assigned a weightage. The total weightage of the Chemistry in JEE Main
is 33.33%.

Chapter Name Topics Weightage

Section A - Physical Chemistry

● Matter and its nature, Dalton's atomic theory:

Concept of atom, molecule, element, and
Some Basic compound:: Laws of chemical combination;
Concepts in Atomic and molecular masses, mole concept, 4%
Chemistry molar mass, percentage composition,
empirical and molecular formulae: Chemical
equations and stoichiometry

● 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
Atomic Structure different orbits, limitations of Bohr's model; 4%
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, and
its important features.

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● Concept of atomic orbitals as one-electron

wave functions: Variation of and 2 with r for
1s and 2s orbitals; various quantum numbers
(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 orbitals – Aufbau principle.

● Pauli's exclusion principle and Hund's rule,

electronic configuration of elements, and
extra stability of half-filled and completely
filled orbitals

● 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
Chemical moment: Valence Shell Electron Pair
Bonding and Repulsion (VSEPR ) theory and shapes of 4%
Molecular simple molecules.
Structure
● 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

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concept of bond order, bond length, and bond

energy.

● Elementary idea of metallic bonding.

Hydrogen bonding and its applications.

● Fundamentals of thermodynamics: System

and surroundings, extensive and intensive
properties, state functions, Entropy, types of
processes.

● The first law of thermodynamics - Concept

of work, heat internal energy and enthalpy,
heat capacity, molar heat capacity; Hess’s
Chemical law of constant heat summation; Enthalpies
4%
Thermodynamics of bond dissociation, combustion, formation,
atomization, sublimation, phase transition,
hydration, ionization, and solution.

● The second law of thermodynamics -

Spontaneity of processes; S of the universe
and G of the system as criteria for
spontaneity. G (Standard Gibbs energy
change) and equilibrium constant.

● 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
Solutions 2%
● Law - Ideal and non-ideal solutions, vapour
pressure - composition, plots for ideal and
nonideal solutions; Colligative properties of
dilute solutions - a relative lowering of
vapour pressure, depression of freezing

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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.

Meaning of equilibrium is the concept of dynamic

equilibrium.

● Equilibria involving physical processes:

Solid-liquid, liquid-gas - gas and solid-gas
equilibria, Henry's law. General
characteristics of equilibrium involving
physical processes.

● Equilibrium involving chemical processes:

Law of chemical equilibrium, equilibrium
constants (Kp and Kc) and their significance,
the significance of G and G in chemical
equilibrium, factors affecting equilibrium
Equilibrium concentration, pressure, temperature, the 4%
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, the solubility of
sparingly soluble salts and solubility
products, and buffer solutions.

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● Electronic concepts of oxidation and

reduction, redox reactions, oxidation number,
rules for assigning oxidation number, and
balancing of redox reactions.

● Electrolytic and metallic conduction,

conductance in electrolytic solutions, molar
conductivities and their variation with
concentration: Kohlrausch’s law and its
Redox Reactions
applications.
and 2%
Electrochemistry ● 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.

● 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
Chemical
integral forms of zero and first-order 2%
Kinetics
reactions, their characteristics and half-lives,
the effect of temperature on the rate of
reactions, Arrhenius theory, activation energy
and its calculation, collision theory of
bimolecular gaseous reactions (no
derivation).

Section B - Inorganic Chemistry

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