Organic Chemistry (9th Edition)

Description

For courses in Organic Chemistry (2-Semester)

A Student-Centered Approach to Learning and Studying Organic Chemistry

Wade & Simek’s Ninth Edition of Organic Chemistry 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. With unparalleled and highly refined pedagogy, this Ninth edition gives students a contemporary overview of organic principles and the tools for organizing and understanding reaction mechanisms and synthetic organic chemistry.

MasteringChemistry™ not included. Students, if MasteringChemistry is a recommended/mandatory component of the course, please ask your instructor for the correct ISBN and course ID. MasteringChemistry should only be purchased when required by an instructor. Instructors, contact your Pearson representative for more information.

MasteringChemistry is an online homework, tutorial, and assessment system, designed to improve results by engaging students before, during, and after class with powerful content. Instructors ensure students arrive ready to learn by assigning educationally effective content before class, and encourage critical thinking and retention with in-class resources such as Learning Catalytics^™.

Before Class

• Dynamic Study Modules help students study effectively on their own by continuously assessing their activity and performance in real time. Here’s how it works: students complete a set of questions with a unique answer format that also asks them to indicate their confidence level. Questions repeat until the student can answer them all correctly and confidently. Once completed, Dynamic Study Modules explain the concept using materials from the text. These are available as graded assignments prior to class, and accessible on smartphones, tablets, and computers. Organic ChemistryDynamic Study Modules focus on general chemistry remediation, acid-base chemistry, functional groups, nomenclature, and key mechanisms
• Pearson eText 2.0 features include:
  • Now available on smartphones and tablets.
  • Accessible (screen-reader ready).
  • Configurable reading settings, including resizable type and night reading mode.
  • Instructor and student note taking, highlighting, bookmarking, and search.

During Class

• Learning Catalytics^TM generates class discussion, guides your lecture

Key Features

• Organic Chemistry offers the following features to facilitate learning:
• Highly refined presentation and features present key principles of organic chemistry in the context of fundamental reasoning and problem solving.
• New! Expanded coverage of Acid/Base Chemistry in Chapter 2 and separation of the material on Substitution and Elimination into two distinct chapters allow students to build upon their existing knowledge and move through their first mechanisms with greater clarity and with more opportunities to test and apply their understanding without getting overwhelmed.
• NEW! Problem Solving Strategies have been added and explicitly highlighted in each chapter, including new strategies for resonance, acid-base equilibria, and multistep synthesis.
• NEW! Green chemistry is emphasised with presentation of less-toxic, environmentally friendly reagents in many situations, such as oxidation of alcohols with bleach rather than with chromium reagents.
• NEW! Chapter Openers focus on applications discussed in the chapter, with introductions and images for a more enticing, contemporary presentation.
• NEW! Reaction Starbursts appear before the end of chapter material of every ‘reaction-based chapter’ to help students better understand and mentally organise reactive similarities and distinctions.
• NEW! Visual Guides to Organic Reactions place the reactions covered in major chapters within the overall context of the reactions covered in the course.
• NEW! Over 100 new problems include more synthesis problems and problems based on recent literature.
• 20 Key Mechanism boxes highlight the fundamental mechanistic principles that recur throughout the course and are the basis for some of the longer, more complex mechanisms. Each describes the steps of the reaction in detail with a specific example to reinforce the mechanism and a concluding problem to help students absorb these essential reactions.
• Over 50 Mechanism boxes help students understand how specific reactions occur by zooming in on each individual step in detail.
• UPDATED! Art has been revised throughout to provide consistency and clarity in the text, giving students access to detailed representations of molecular and orbital art.
• Essential Problem Solving Skills help students navigate problems and key topics in the text.

Table of Contents

1. Structure and Bonding
2. Acids and Bases: Functional Groups
3. Structure and Stereochemistry of Alkanes
4. The Study of Chemical Reactions
5. Stereochemistry
6. Alkyl Halides. Nucleophilic Substitution
7. Structure and Synthesis of Alkenes; Elimination
8. Reactions of Alkenes
9. Alkynes
10. Structure and Synthesis of Alcohols
11. Reactions of Alcohols
12. Infrared Spectroscopy and Mass Spectrometry
13. Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
14. Ethers, Epoxides and Thioethers
15. Conjugated Systems, Orbital Symmetry, and Ultraviolet Spectroscopy
16. Aromatic Compounds
17. Reactions of Aromatic Compounds
18. Ketones and Aldehydes
19. Amines
20. Carboxylic Acids
21. Carboxylic Acid Derivatives
22. Condensations and Alpha Substitutions of Carbonyl Compounds
23. Carbohydrates and Nucleic Acids
24. Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins
25. Lipids
26. Polymers

Author Biography

Jan William Simek was born to humble coal-mining parents who taught him to appreciate the importance of carbon at a very early age. At age 14, he was inspired to pursue a career teaching chemistry by his high school chemistry teacher, Joe Plaskas. Under the guidance of Professor Kurt Kaufman at Kalamazoo College, Dr. Simek began lab work in synthesis of natural products that turned into research in hop extracts for the Kalamazoo Spice Extraction Company. After receiving a master’s degree from Stanford University, Dr. Simek worked in the pharmaceutical industry, synthesizing compounds designed to control diabetes and atherosclerosis, and assisted in the isolation of anti-cancer antibiotics from natural sources. Returning to Stanford University, Dr. Simek completed his Ph.D. with the legendary Professor Carl Djerassi, who developed the first synthesis of steroidal oral contraceptives.

Dr. Simek’s 35-year teaching career was spent primarily at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, where he received the university’s Distinguished Teaching Award. Other teaching experiences include Albion College, the University of Colorado at Boulder, Kalamazoo College, and the University of California at Berkeley. In addition to his pharmaceutical research, he has industrial experience investigating dyes, surfactants, and liquid crystals, and he continues to consult for the biotechnology industry.

Although his outside interests include free climbing in Yosemite, performing in a reggae band, and parasailing over the Pacific, as close as he gets to any of those is tending his backyard garden with his wife Judy.