Organic Chemistry, Hybrid Edition (with OWL 24-Months Printed Access Card)

by McMurry, John E.

• ISBN13: 9781111581572
• ISBN10: 1111581576
• Edition: 8th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-02-09
• Publisher: Cengage Learning

Summary

SUCCEED IN CHEMISTRY WITH ORGANIC CHEMISTRY HYBRID EIGHTH EDITION WITH OWL, which includes access to OWL Online Web Learning and its built-in interactive eBook. In John McMurry's words, "I wrote this book because I love writing. I get great pleasure and satisfaction from taking a complicated subject, turning it around until I see it clearly from a new angle, and then explaining it in simple words." Through his lucid writing and ability to show the beauty and logic of organic chemistry, McMurry makes learning enjoyable. The book's built-in access to the OWL online learning system helps you maximize your study time and improve your success in the course, while the interactive, customizable Cengage YouBook enhances your understanding through videos and animations and gives you the ability to highlight, add notes, and more.

Table of Contents

Structure and Bonding

Polar Covalent Bonds; Acids and Bases

Organic Compounds: Alkanes and Their Stereochemistry

Organic Compounds: Cycloalkanes and Their Stereochemistry

Stereochemistry at Tetrahedral Centers

An Overview of Organic Reactions

Alkenes: Structure and Reactivity

Alkenes: Reactions and Synthesis

Alkynes: An Introduction to Organic Synthesis

Organohalides

Reactions of Alkyl Halides: Nucleophilic Substitutions and Eliminations

Structure Determination: Mass Spectrometry and Infrared Spectroscopy

Structure Determination: Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy

Conjugated Compounds and Ultraviolet Spectroscopy

Benzene and Aromaticity

Chemistry of Benzene: Electrophilic Aromatic Substitution

Alcohols and Phenols

Ethers and Epoxides; Thiols and Sulfides

Preview of Carbonyl Chemistry

Aldehydes and Ketones: Nucleophilic Addition Reactions

Carboxylic Acids and Nitriles

Carboxylic Acid Derivatives: Nucleophilic Acyl Substitution Reactions

Carbonyl Alpha-Substitution Reactions

Carbonyl Condensation Reactions

Amines and Heterocycles

Biomolecules: Carbohydrates

Biomolecules: Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins

Biomolecules: Lipids

Biomolecules: Nucleic Acids

The Organic Chemistry of Metabolic Pathways

Orbitals and Organic Chemistry: Pericyclic Reactions

Synthetic Polymers

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