For one-term courses in organic chemistry taken by science and pre-health professions majors. This one-term organic chemistry text is designed to help students see organic chemistry as an interesting and exciting science and to give them an opportunity to develop critical thinking skills. It engages students by presenting reactions with enough detail to give them a solid understanding of reactivity, rather than requiring rote memorization. Once students understand the reasons behind the reactivity of organic compounds, they then will be better prepared to understand the reactions involved in such areas as metabolism, PCR, and genetic engineering.
Chapter 1 Electronic Structure and Covalent Bonding
Chapter 2 Acids and Bases
Chapter 3 An Introduction to Organic Compounds
Chapter 4 Alkenes: Structure, Nomenclature, Stability, and an Introduction to Reactivity
Chapter 5 Reactions of Alkenes and Alkynes: An Introduction to Multi-Step Synthesis
Chapter 6 Delocalized Electrons and Their Effect on Stability, Reactivity, and pKa
Chapter 7 Aromaticity: Reactions of Benzene and Substituted Benzenes
Chapter 8 Isomers and Stereochemistry
Chapter 9 Reactions of Alkanes: Radicals
Chapter 10 Substitution and Elimination: Reactions of Alkyl Halides
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