Organic chemistry : structure and function
This textbook provides students with a framework for organizing their approach to the course - dispelling the notion that organic chemistry is an overwhelming, shapeless body of facts
Lehrbuch
1 volume (various pagings) : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 27 cm
9780716799498, 9780716772354, 0716799499, 0716772353
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Structure and bonding in organic molecules
Structure and reactivity: acids and bases, polar and nonpolar molecules
Reactions of alkanes: bond-dissociation energies, radical halogenation, and relative reactivity
Cycloalkanes
Stereoisomers
Properties and reactions of haloalkanes: bimolecular nucleophilic
Further reactions of haloalkanes: unimolecular substitution and pathways of elimination
Hydroxy functional group: alcohols, properties, preparation, and strategy of synthesis
Further reactions of alcohols and the chemistry of ethers
Using nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy to deduce structure
Alkenes; infrared spectroscopy and mass spectrometry
Reactions of alkenes
Alkynes: the carbon-barbon triple bond
Delocalized pi systems: investigation by ultraviolet and visible spectroscopy
Benzene and aromaticity: electrophilic aromatic substitution
Electrophilic attack on derivatives of benzene: substituents control regioselectivity
Aldehydes and ketones: the carbonyl group
Enols, enolates, and the aldol condensation
Carboxylic acids
Carboxylic acid derivatives
Amines and their derivatives: functional groups containing nitrogen
Chemistry of benzene substituents: alkylbenzenes, phenols, and benzenamines
Ester enolates and the claisen condensation
Carbohydrates: polyfunctional compounds in nature
Heterocycles: heteroatoms in cyclic organic compounds
Amino acids, peptides, proteins, and nucleic acids: nitrogen-containing polymers in nature
Includes index