Important Topics for CUET Chemistry 2025

Unit 1

Solutions

• Types of solutions
• Expression of concentration of solids in liquids
• The solubility of gasses in liquids
• Solid solutions, the relative lowering of vapour pressure
• Raoult’s law
• Elevation of B.P.
• Determination of molecular masses using colligative properties
• Van't Hoff factor

Unit 2

Electrochemistry

• Redox reactions
• Conductance in electrolytic solutions
• Specific and molar conductivity variations of conductivity with concentration
• Kohlrausch’s Law
• Electrolysis and laws of electrolysis
• Lead accumulator, EMF of a cell
• Standard electrode potential
• Nernst equation and its application to chemical cells
• Fuel cells
• Corrosion

Unit 3

Chemical Kinetics

• Rate of a reaction
• Factors affecting rates of reaction
• Concentration, temperature, catalyst
• Order and molecularity of a reaction
• Rate law and specific rate constant
• Integrated rate equations, and half-life
• Concept of collision theory
• Activation Energy
• Arrhenius equation

Unit 5

d and f block Elements

• General electronic configuration
• Occurrence and characteristics of transition metals
• General trends in properties of the first-row transition metals – metallic character, ionization enthalpy, colour, catalytic property, magnetic properties, interstitial compounds, and alloy formation
• Preparation and properties of K2Cr2O7 and KMnO4
• Lanthanoids & Actinoids

Unit 6

Coordination compounds

• Introduction
• Ligands
• Coordination number
• Colour, magnetic properties and shapes
• IUPAC nomenclature of mononuclear coordination compounds
• Bonding
• Werner’s theory VBT
• CFT, isomerism, importance of coordination compounds

Unit 7

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
• Uses And Environmental Effects of dichloromethane, trichloromethane, tetrachloromethane, freons, and DDT

Unit 8

Alcohols, Phenols, and Ethers

• Alcohols: Nomenclature, methods of preparation, physical and chemical properties
• Identification of primary, secondary, and tertiary alcohols
• Mechanism of dehydration, uses, with special reference to methanol and ethanol
• Phenols: Nomenclature, methods of preparation, physical and chemical properties, acidic nature of phenol, electrophilic substitution reactions, and uses of phenols
• Ethers: Nomenclature, methods of preparation, physical and chemical properties, and uses

Unit 9

Amines

• Amines: Nomenclature, classification, structure, properties, uses
• Diazonium salts

Unit 10

Biomolecules

• Carbohydrates & Proteins
• Hormones
• Nucleic Acids: DNA and RNA