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Organic Chemistry » (3rd Edition)

Book cover image of Organic Chemistry by Janice Gorzynski Smith

Authors: Janice Gorzynski Smith
ISBN-13: 9780077354725, ISBN-10: 0077354729
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies, The
Date Published: January 2010
Edition: 3rd Edition

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Author Biography: Janice Gorzynski Smith

Book Synopsis

Serious Science with an Approach Built for Today’s Students

Smith's Organic Chemistry continues to breathe new life into the organic chemistry world. This new third edition retains its popular delivery of organic chemistry content in a student-friendly format. Janice Smith draws on her extensive teaching background to deliver organic chemistry in a way in which students learn: with limited use of text paragraphs, and through concisely written bulleted lists and highly detailed, well-labeled “teaching” illustrations. Don’t make your text decision without seeing Organic Chemistry, 3rd edition by Janice Gorzynski Smith!

Table of Contents

Preface

Prologue

Chapter 1 Structure and Bonding

Chapter 2 Acids and Bases

Chapter 3 Introduction to Organic Molecules and Functional Groups

Chapter 4 Alkanes

Chapter 5 Stereochemistry

Chapter 6 Understanding Organic Reactions

Chapter 7 Alkyl Halides and Nucleophilic Substitution

Chapter 8 Alkyl Halides and Elimination Reactions

Chapter 9 Alcohols, Ethers, and Epoxides

Chapter 10 Alkenes

Chapter 11 Alkynes

Chapter 12 Oxidation and Reduction

Chapter 13 Mass Spectrometry and Infrared Spectroscopy

Chapter 14 Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy

Chapter 15 Radical Reactions

Chapter 16 Conjugation, Resonance, and Dienes

Chapter 17 Benzene and Aromatic Compounds

Chapter 18 Electrophilic Aromatic Substitution

Chapter 19 Carboxylic Acids and the Acidity of the O–H Bond

Chapter 20 Introduction to Carbonyl Chemistry; Organometallic Reagents; Oxidation and Reduction

Chapter 21 Aldehydes and Ketones—Nucleophilic Addition

Chapter 22 Carboxylic Acids and Their Derivatives—Nucleophilic Acyl Substitution

Chapter 23 Substitution Reactions of Carbonyl Compounds at the α-Carbon

Chapter 24 Carbonyl Condensation Reactions

Chapter 25 Amines

Chapter 26 Carbon–Carbon Bond-Forming Reactions in Organic Synthesis

Chapter 27 Carbohydrates

Chapter 28 Amino Acids and Proteins

Chapter 29 Lipids

Chapter 30 Synthetic Polymers

Appendices

Glossary

Credits

Index

Subjects