Organic Chemistry II For Dummies

ISBN-13: 9781119985174 / Angielski / Miękka / 2023 / 384 str.

Richard H. (Stephen F. Austin State University) Langley

Spis treści

Introduction 1Part 1: Brushing Up on Important Organic Chemistry I Concepts 5Chapter 1: Organic Chemistry II: Here We Go Again! 7Chapter 2: Remembering How We Do It: Mechanisms 15Chapter 3: Alcohols and Ethers: Not Just for Drinking and Sleeping 29Chapter 4: Conjugated Unsaturated Systems 49Chapter 5: "Seeing" Molecules: Spectroscopy Revisited 63Part 2: Discovering Aromatic (And Not So Aromatic) Compounds 75Chapter 6: Introducing Aromatics 77Chapter 7: Aromatic Substitution Part I: Attack of the Electrophiles 89Chapter 8: Aromatic Substitution Part II: Attack of the Nucleophiles and Other Reactions 107Part 3: Carbonyls: Good Alcohols Gone Bad 117Chapter 9: Comprehending Carbonyls 119Chapter 10: Aldehydes and Ketones 133Chapter 11: Enols and Enolates 155Chapter 12: Carboxylic Acids and Their Derivatives 179Part 4: Advanced Topics (Every Student's Nightmare) 211Chapter 13: Amines and Friends 213Chapter 14: Metals Muscling In: Organometallics 239Chapter 15: More Reactions of Carbonyl Compounds 249Chapter 16: Living Large: Biomolecules 267Part 5: Pulling It All Together 293Chapter 17: Overview of Synthesis Strategies 295Chapter 18: Roadmaps and Predicting Products 309Part 6: The Part of Tens 319Chapter 19: Ten Surefire Ways to Fail Organic Chemistry II 321Chapter 20: More than Ten Ways to Increase Your Score on an Organic Chemistry Exam 325Chapter 21: Ten Simple Rules to Remember 331Part 7: Appendixes 337Appendix A: Named Reactions 339Appendix B: A Few Great Online Resources 343Index 345

O autorze

John T. Moore, EdD, is a chemistry professor at Stephen F. Austin State University. He's the author of many chemistry titles, including all editions of Chemistry For Dummies. Richard H. Langley, PhD, has been a chemistry professor at Stephen F. Austin State University for nearly 40 years. He has coauthored numerous Dummies titles with John Moore.