Organic Chemistry (9th Edition)

Description

Organic Chemistry, Ninth Edition gives students a contemporary overview of organic principles and the tools for organizing and understanding reaction mechanisms and synthetic organic chemistry with unparalleled and highly refined pedagogy.

This text presents key principles of organic chemistry in the context of fundamental reasoning and problem solving. Authored to complement how students use a textbook today, new Problem Solving Strategies, Partially Solved Problems, Visual Reaction Guides and Reaction Starbursts encourage students to use the text before class as a primary introduction to organic chemistry as well as a comprehensive study tool for working problems and/or preparing for exams.

New to this Edition

• New chapters on Phenols and Quinones and Asymmetric Synthesis.
• Green Chemistry is emphasized with presentation of less-toxic, and environmentally friendly reagents.
• Enriched and updated treatment of Acid/Base Chemistry, Study of Chemical Reactions, Stereochemistry, Alkyl Halides, Alkenes, Dienes, Alkynes, Thiols, Aromatic Compounds, Amines, and Polymers.
• Over 100 new problems include more synthesis problems and problems based on recent literature.
• Over 80 Mechanism boxes help students understand how specific reactions occur by zooming in on each individual step in detail.
• Updated art throughout to provide consistency and clarity in the text, giving detailed representations of molecular and orbital art.

Table of Contents

1. Preface
2. Introduction to Organic Chemistry
3. Structure and Properties of Organic Molecules: Acids and Bases
4. The Study of Chemical Reactions
5. Structure and Stereochemistry of Alkanes and Cycloalkanes
6. Structure and Synthesis of Alkenes
7. Reactions of Alkenes and Dienes
8. Alkynes
9. Alkyl Halides; Nucleophilic Substitution and Elimination
10. Alcohols and Thiols: Structure and Synthesis
11. Reactions of Alcohols
12. Ethers and Thioethers
13. Stereochemistry
14. Aromatic Compounds
15. Reactions of Aromatic Compounds
16. Ketones and Aldehydes 16 Carboxylic Acids
17. Carboxylic Acid Derivatives
18. Condensations and Alpha Substitutions of Carbonyl Compounds
19. Phenols and Quinones
20. Amines
21. Carbohydrates
22. Amino Acids, Peptides, Proteins and Nucleic Acids
23. Polymeric Materials
24. Asymmetric Synthesis
25. Conjugated Systems, Orbital Symmetry, and Ultraviolet Spectroscopy
26. Infrared Spectroscopy and Mass Spectrometry
27. Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
28. Lipids Appendices
29. Brief Answers to Selected Problems
30. Photo Credits
31. Index
32. Color Illustrations