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Organic Chemistry, 8th edition

Published by Pearson (August 14, 2020) © 2017

  • Paula Yurkanis Bruice University of California, Santa Barbara

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Title overview

Organic Chemistry provides the conceptual foundations, chemical logic and problem-solving skills that you need to reason your way to solutions for diverse problems in synthetic organic chemistry, biochemistry and medicine. By building an organic chemistry framework that unifies principles of reactivity, you will understand and apply learning rather than relying on memorization.

The 8th Edition presents streamlined coverage of substitution and elimination, updated problem-solving strategies, synthesis skill-building applications and tutorials to guide you through fundamentals and complex content.

Table of contents

PART 1: AN INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDY OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY

  • 1. Remembering General Chemistry: Electronic Structure and Bonding
  • 2. Acids and Bases: Central to Understanding Organic Chemistry
  • TUTORIAL: Acids and Bases
  • 3. An Introduction to Organic Compounds: Nomenclature, Physical Properties, and Structure

PART 2: ELECTROPHILIC ADDITION REACTIONS, STEREOCHEMISTRY, AND ELECTRON DELOCALIZATION

  • TUTORIAL: Using Molecular Models
  • 4. Isomers: The Arrangement of Atoms in Space
  • TUTORIAL: Interconverting Structural Representations
  • 5. Alkenes: Structure, Nomenclature, and an Introduction to Reactivity • Thermodynamics and Kinetics
  • TUTORIAL: Drawing Curved Arrows
  • 6. The Reactions of Alkenes • The Stereochemistry of Addition Reactions
  • 7. The Reactions of Alkynes • An Introduction to Multistep Synthesis
  • 8. Delocalized Electrons: Their Effect on Stability, pKa, and the Products of a Reaction • Aromaticity and Electronic Effects: An Introduction the Reactions of Benzene
  • TUTORIAL: Drawing Resonance Contributors

PART 3: SUBSTITUTION AND ELIMINATION REACTIONS

  • 9. Substitution and Elimination Reactions of Alkyl Halides
  • 10. Reactions of Alcohols, Ethers, Epoxides, Amines, and Sulfur-Containing Compounds
  • 11. Organometallic Compounds
  • 12. Radicals
  • TUTORIAL: Drawing Curved Arrows in Radical Systems

PART 4: IDENTIFICATION OF ORGANIC COMPOUNDS

  • 13. Mass Spectrometry; Infrared Spectroscopy; and UV/Vis Spectroscopy
  • 14. NMR Spectroscopy

PART 5: CARBONYL COMPOUNDS

  • 15. Reactions of Carboxylic Acids and Carboxylic Acid Derivatives
  • 16. Reactions of Aldehydes and Ketones • More Reactions of Carboxylic Acid Derivatives
  • 17. Reactions at the α-Carbon
  • TUTORIAL: Synthesis and Retrosynthetic Analysis

PART 6: AROMATIC COMPOUNDS

  • 18. Reactions of Benzene And Substituted Benzenes
  • 19. More About Amines • Reactions of Heterocyclic Compounds

PART 7: BIOORGANIC COMPOUNDS

  • 20. The Organic Chemistry Of Carbohydrates
  • 21. Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins
  • 22. Catalysis in Organic Reactions and in Enzymatic Reactions
  • 23. The Organic Chemistry of the Coenzymes, Compounds Derived from Vitamins
  • 24. The Organic Chemistry of the Metabolic Pathways
  • 25. The Organic Chemistry of Lipids
  • 26. The Chemistry of the Nucleic Acids

PART 8: SPECIAL TOPICS IN ORGANIC CHEMISTRY

  • 27. Synthetic Polymers
  • 28. Pericyclic Reactions

Appendices

  • I. pKa Values
  • II. Kinetics
  • III. Summary of Methods Used to Synthesize a Particular Functional Group
  • IV. Summary of Methods Employed to Form Carbon-Carbon Bonds
  • V. Spectroscopy Tables
  • VI. Physical Properties of Organic Compounds
  • VII. Answers to Selected Problems

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