Title:
Survival guide to organic chemistry : bridging the gap from general chemistry / Patrick E. McMahon, Bohdan B. Khomtchouk, Claes Wahlestedt.
Author:
McMahon, Patrick E.
Khomtchouk, Bohdan B.
Wahlestedt, Claes.
Publication Information:
Boca Raton : CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, [2017]
©2017
Call Number:
QD253.2 .M34 2017
Abstract:
"The Survival Guide to Organic Chemistry: Bridging the Gap from General Chemistry enables organic chemistry students to bridge the gap between general chemistry and organic chemistry. It makes sense of the myriad of in-depth concepts of organic chemistry, without overwhelming them in the necessary detail often given in a complete organic chemistry text. Here, the topics covered span the entire standard organic chemistry curriculum. The authors describe subjects which require further explanation, offer alternate viewpoints for understanding and provide hands-on practical problems and solutions to help master the material. This text ultimately allows students to apply key ideas from their general chemistry curriculum to key concepts in organic chemistry."--Back cover.
ISBN:
9781498777070
Physical Description:
xix, 654 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
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Contents:
Ch. 1. General concepts for covalent bonding and constructing Lewis structures for organic molecules -- Ch. 2. Guideline for writing organic molecule isomers and determining number of rings plus pi-bonds -- Ch. 3. Guideline for complete analysis for central atoms and molecules: bonding/hybridization/geometry/polarity -- Ch. 4. Notation in organic chemistry: guide to writing an using condensed forumulas and line drawings -- Ch. 5. Summary guidelines for organic nomenclature -- Ch. 6. Guidelines for analysis of intermolecular forces for organic molecules -- Ch. 7. Alkane and cycloalkane conformations -- Ch. 8. Summary guide to thermodynamic concepts for organic chemistry -- Ch. 9. Guide to kinetics and reaction mechanisms -- Ch. 10. Review of acid/base concepts for organic chemistry -- Ch. 11. Electrophiles and nucleophiles in organic reaction mechanisms -- Ch. 12. Conceptual guide to mechanisms in organic chemistry -- Ch. 13. Guide to stereochemistry concepts and analysis of reaction stereochemistry as applied to electrophilic addition -- Ch. 14. A process for calculation of product distribution through relative rate analysis: examples for free radical halogenation -- Ch. 15. Process to identify and solve the reactions for Organic I -- Ch. 16. Electrophilic addition and addition/elimination to conugated double bond and aromatic systems -- Ch. 17. Oxidation/reduction relationships for carbonyl carbon -- Ch. 18. A complete system for organizing, identifying, and solving carbonyl reactions: nucleophilic addition and addition/elimination -- Ch. 19. A brief guideline for applying fundamental concepts in NMR spectroscopy -- Section I -- Organic practice exams -- Section II -- Multiple-choice practice exams.
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