Organic Chemistry » (6th Edition)

With authors who are both accomplished researchers and educators, Vollhardt and Schore's Organic Chemistry is proven effective for making contemporary organic chemistry accessible, introducing cutting-edge research in a fresh, student-friendly way. A wealth of unique study tools help students organize and understand the substantial information presented in this course. And this new edition incorporates the most current chemical research and new synthesis and green chemistry applications. With step-by-step worked examples, multiple representations of molecules, and a clear focus on demonstrating concrete examples of organic chemistry's impact on other disciplines, Vollhardt and Schore's text is the most effective and balanced. Organic Chemistry: Structure and Function reaches students where they are and shows them where they are going. The expanded media package, The Chemistry Portal, provides all necessary multimedia resources in one location, including the eBook, step-by-step tutorials to illustrate problem-solving skills, and enhanced animations and video lectures.

Preface
1. Structure and Bonding in Organic Molecules
2. Structure and Reactivity: Acids and Bases, Polar and Nonpolar Molecules
3. Reactions of Alkanes: Bond-Dissociation Energies, Radical Halogenation, and Relative Reactivity
4. Cycloalkanes
5. Stereoisomers
6. Properties and Reactions of Haloalkanes: Bimolecular Nucleophilic Substitution
7. Further Reactions of Haloalkanes: Unimolecular Substitution and Pathways of Elimination
8. Hydroxy Functional Group: Alcohols: Properties, Preparation, and Strategy of Synthesis
9. Further Reactions of Alcohols and the Chemistry of Ethers
10. Using Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy to Deduce Structure
11. Alkenes and Infrared Spectroscopy
12. Reactions of Alkenes
13. Alkynes: The Carbon-Carbon Triple Bond
14. Delocalized Pi Systems: Investigation by Ultraviolet and Visible Spectroscopy
15. Benzene and Aromaticity: Electrophilic Aromatic Substitution
16. Electrophilic Attack on Derivatives of Benzene: Substituents Contol Regioselectivity
17. Aldehydes and Ketones: The Carbonyl Group
18. Enols, Enolates and the Aldol Condensation: _,_-Unsaturated Aldehydes and Ketones
19. Carboxylic Acids
20. Carboxylic Acid Derivatives
21. Amines and Their Derivatives: Functional Groups Containing Nitrogen
22. Chemistry of Benzene Substituents: Alkylbenzenes, Phenols, and Benzamines
23. Enolates and the Claisen Condensation: Synthesis of _-Dicarbonyl Compounds: Acyl Anion Equivalents
24. Carbohydrates: Polyfunctional Compounds in Nature
25. Heterocycles: Heteroatoms in Cyclic Organic Compounds
26. Amino Acids, Peptides, Proteins, and Nucleic Acids: Nitrogen-Containing Polymers in Nature

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