Organic Chemistry

Smith's Organic Chemistry continues to breathe new life into the organic chemistry world. This new fifth 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. The fifth edition features a modernized look with updated chemical structures throughout. Don’t make your text decision without seeing Organic Chemistry, 5th 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 Related Compounds
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 Reactions of Aromatic Compounds
Chapter 19 Carboxylic Acids and 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 Pericyclic Reactions
Chapter 28 Carbohydrates
Chapter 29 Amino Acids and Proteins
Chapter 30 Synthetic Polymers
Chapter 31 Lipids (Available online)
Appendices
Glossary
Credits
Index
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