Description
Book SynopsisThe 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.
Key Features:
Reviews key general chemistry concepts and techniques, adapted for application to important organic principlesProvides practical guidance to help students make t
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'In Survival Guide to Organic Chemistry, the authors approach concepts in organic chemistry from an angle that differs from most textbooks. Rather than the usual approach of heavy paragraphs and figures, they establish a process wherein each concept is broken into a series of manageable steps, each of which involves a singular aspect of an overarching theme. Each step includes an example illustrating that singular process. This method allows students to approach material at levels within their control, rather than all at once for any given concept. The text also provides a framework for organizing reactions and includes over 30 practice exams spanning concepts of both semesters of a typical undergraduate organic chemistry sequence. In addition to students entering organic chemistry, this text could also serve as a useful reference for students in upper-level undergraduate or graduate level courses who need to refresh fundamental concepts before delving into more complex material. Finally, faculty may find this useful as a source of practice problems in class, as well as a means of guiding conversations for students struggling with particular concepts.
--J. Tedesco, Lake Erie College
Summing Up: Recommended. Lower-division undergraduates and above; faculty and professionals.'
– J. Tedesco, for CHOICE, January 2018, Vol. 55, No. 5.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1: General Concepts for Covalent Bonding and Constructing Lewis Structures for Organic Molecules. Chapter 2: Guideline for Writing Organic Molecule Isomers and Determining Number of Rings Plus Pi-Bonds. Chapter 3: Guideline for Complete Analysis for Central Atoms and Molecules: Bonding/Hybridization/Geometry/Polarity. Chapter 4: Notation in Organic Chemistry: Guide to Writing and Using Condensed Formulas and Line Drawings. Chapter 5: Summary Guidelines for Organic Nomenclature. Chapter 6: Guidelines for Analysis of Intermolecular Forces for Organic Molecules. Chapter 7: Alkane and Cycloalkane Conformations. Chapter 8: Summary Guide to Thermodynamic Concepts for Organic Chemistry. Chapter 9: Guide to Kinetics and Reaction Mechanisms. Chapter 10: Review of Acid/Base Concepts for Organic Chemistry. Chapter 11: Electrophiles and Nucleophiles in Organic Reaction Mechanisms. Chapter 12: Conceptual Guide to Mechanisms in Organic Chemistry. Chapter 13: Guide to Stereochemistry Concepts and Analysis of Reaction Stereochemistry as Applied to Electrophilic Addition. Chapter 14: A Process for Calculation of Product Distribution Through Relative Rate Analysis: Examples for Free Radical Halogenation. Chapter 15: Process to Identify and Solve the Reactions for Organic I. Chapter 16: Electrophilic Addition and Addition/Elimination to Conjugated Double Bond and Aromatic Systems. Chapter 17: Oxidation/Reduction Relationships for Carbonyl Carbon. Chapter 18: A Complete System for Organizing, Identifying, and Solving Carbonyl Reactions: Nucleophilic Addition and Addition/Elimination. Chapter 19: A Brief Guideline for Applying Fundamental Concepts in NMR Spectroscopy. Organic I Practice Exams. Organic II Practice Exams. Multiple Choice Exams.
