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9780198503477

Organic Chemistry

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  • ISBN13:

    9780198503477

  • ISBN10:

    0198503474

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2099-11-30
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press
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Summary

A new style of textbook, aimed principally at the European (and British in particular) student. It is needed because almost all current organic chemistry texts are written to a fixed American pattern. This text is different from these in a number of important ways: The approach is based onexplanation rather than fact. The functional group approach (alkane, alkene, alkyne) has served American State College readers well but increasingly students and instructors are attracted more to an approach based on mechanism and reaction type. This approach aims at understanding rather thanfactual knowledge and, though slower at the start, eventually gives the student power to understand compounds and reactions never previously encountered. This is a big advantage in a science already too large for individuals to learn and which is annually expanding at an ever greater rate. Thebasics of the subject are explained carefully and thoroughly. How to draw molecules realistically and how to draw mechanisms to reveal the fundamental chemistry are both emphasised. Important points are revisited when they become relevant in later chapters. Examples are very important too. Newexamples are given each time a concept resurfaces, and examples from everyday life and medicinal chemistry are frequently used. The authors want the readers to be excited by the universality of organic chemistry rather than be overwhelmed by facts. The design of the book has features to helpcomprehension. Structures are drawn in red, and black is used on them for emphasis. Other colours are used flexibly to draw attention to atoms, molecules, orbitals, arrows or whatever the authors want to emphasise rather than being used in a rigid systematic way. There are four types of "box"used to separate material from the main text, ranging from extra important summaries to diversions which can be omitted at first reading. The early chemistry chapters feature carbonyl group reactions because addition to carbonyl groups is probably the easiest reaction to understand. Thereafter thechemistry develops in a logical sequence but chapters on spectroscopy, stereochemistry etc are interspersed among those dealing with chemical reactions. From time to time review chapters summarise what has been described in a particular area. A personal and honest approach is adopted. The authorswrite clearly and directly to the reader, sharing their enthusiasms, understandings and doubts. If they believe an explanation is imperfect or controversial, they say so. They show that organic chemistry is developing rapidly, and that new ideas continually emerge to replace the old. The authorsknow from experience what conceptual difficulties often overwhelm students at an early stage in their studies and they devote more space to these points, give more examples, and revisit them when they can be applied. The aim is to help the readers master these points for themselves rather than justlearn them off by heart.

Table of Contents

ListPage 1
What is Organic Chemistry?
Organic Structures
Determining Organic Structures
Structure of Molecules
Organic Reactions
Nucleophilic Addition to the C=O Group
Conjugation/Delocalisation and UV spectra
Acidity and Basicity of Organic Molecules
Formation of C-C fromC=O Bonds by Organo-Metallic reagents
Conjugate Addition and Substitution
Proton NMR Spectroscopy
Nucleophilic Substitution at the C=O Group
Review Chapter: Summary of Mechanistic Principles
Addition to C=O with Loss of Carbonyl Oxygen
Review Chapter on SpectroscopicMethods
Stereochemistry
Nucleophilic Substitution at Saturated Carbon
Conformational Analysis
Elimination Reactions
Electrophilic Addition to Alkenes
Formation and Reactions of Enolates
Electrophilic Aromatic Substitution
Electrophilic Alkenes: ConjugateAddition, Allylic Systems and Nucleophilic Aromatic Substitution
Chemoselectivity, Protection, Oxidation and Reductio
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