This innovative text is organized in a way that discourages rote memorization, by emphasizing what functional groups do rather than how they are made, highlighting mechanistic similarities and tying synthesis and reactivity together. Bruice's writing has been praised for anticipating students' questions, appealing to their visual and problem solving needs. The text balances coverage of traditional topics with bioorganic chemistry, recognizing the importance of bioorganic topics to today's students.
Chapter 1 Electronic Structure and Bonding Acids and Bases
Chapter 2 An Introduction to Organic Compounds: Nomenclature, Physical Properties, and presentation
of Structure
Chapter 3 Alkenes: Structure, Nomenclature, and an Introduction to Reactivity Thermodynamics and
Kinetics
Chapter 4 The Reactions of Alkenes
Chapter 5 Stereochemistry: The Arrangement of Atoms in Space; The Stereochemistry of Addition
Reactions
Chapter 6 The Reactions of Alkynes: An Introduction to Multistep Synthesis
Chapter 7 Delocalized Electrons and Their Effect on Stability, Reactivity, and Pk More About Molecular
Orbital Theory
Chapter 8 Substitution Reactions of Alkyl Halides
Chapter 9 Elimination Reactions of Alkyl Halides Competition Between Substitution and Elimination
Chapter 10 Reactions of Alcohols, Amines, Ethers, Epoxides, and Sulfur-Containing Compounds
Organometallic Compounds
Etc.