Gate Reference Book

Reference Book for CSIR-UGC-NET/GATE Chemistry
PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY:
Thermodynamics:
  1. Physical Chemistry – Thomas Engel & Philip Reid
  2. Principles of Physical Chemistry – Puri, Sharma & Pathania
  3. A text book of Physical Chemistry (Vol-II) – K. L. Kapoor
Chemical Kinetics & Catalysis:
  1. Chemical Kinetics and Catalysis – Richard Mishel
  2. Chemical Kinetics – Keith J Laidler
  3. A text book of Physical Chemistry (Vol-V) – K. L. Kapoor
Electrochemistry:
  1. An Introduction to Electrochemistry – Samuel Glasstone
  2. Electrochemistry – Philip H. Rieger
  3. A book of Physical Chemistry (Vol-III) – K L Kapoor
Quantum Chemistry:
  1. Quantum Chemistry through Problems and Solutions – R.K. Prasad
  2. Quantum Chemistry – Donald A. McQuarrie
Molecular Spectroscopy:
  1. Fundamentals of Molecular Spectroscopy – Colin N. Banwell
  2. Physical Methods – Russel S. Drago
Group Theory:
  1. Chemical Applications of Group Theory – F. Albert Cotton
Collides & Surfaces:
  1. Surface Chemistry – A Goel
  2. .Introduction to Surface Chemistry & Catalysis – Gabor A. Somorjai
ORGANIC CHEMISTRY:
Principles of Stereochemistry :
  1. Stereochemistry Conformation and Mechanism -P.S. Kalsi
  2. Stereochemistry of Organic Compounds – E. L. Eliel
Organic Reaction Mechanism :
  1. A Guidebook to Mechanism in Organic Chemistry – Peter Sykes
  2. Organic Chemistry -Clayden, Greeves, Warren and Wothers
Advanced Organic Chemistry :
  1. Part-A: Structure and Mechanism – Francis A. Carey, Richard J. Sundberg
  2. Part-B : Reactions and Synthesis – Francis A. Carey, Richard J. Sundberg
Reagents in Organic Synthesis :
  1. Modern Methods of Organic Synthesis – William Carruthers, Iain Coldham
Organic Synthesis :
  1. Organic Synthesis the disconnection approach – Stuart Warren
Spectroscopy:
  1. Spectrometric Identification of Org. Compounds – R. M. Silverstein, F. X. Webster
  2. Organic Spectroscopy – William Kemp
Pericyclic Reactions:
  1.  Pericyclic Reactions – R T Morrison, R N Boyd
Photochemical Reactions :
  1. Organic Photochemistry – James H. Coxon, B. Halton
INORGANIC CHEMISTRY:
Chemical Bonding and Shapes of compounds
  1. Inorganic Chemistry – J. E. Huheey
  2. Inorganic Chemistry – Meissler & Tarr
Main Group Elements (s and p blocks) :
  1. Concise Inorganic Chemistry – J. D. Lee
Transition Metal & Coordination Compounds (d block) :
  1. Concise Inorganic Chemistry – J. D. Lee
  2. .Inorganic Chemistry -Meissler & Tarr
  3. Mechanism of Inorganic Reactions – Fred Basolo, Ralph G. Pearson
Organometallic Compounds :
  1. Concept and Models of Inorganic Chemistry – Bodie Douglas, Darl McDaniel, John Alexander
  2. Inorganic Chemistry – Catherine E. Housecraft, Alan G. Sharpe
Bioinorganic Chemistry :
  1. Inorganic Chemistry – Shriver & Atkins
  2. Inorganic Chemistry – James E. Huheey, E.A. Keiter, R. L. Keiter, O. K. Medhi
Analytical Chemistry:
  1.  Instrumental Method – Skoog, Holler & Crouch