Organic Chemistry II For Dummies^®

by John T. Moore; Richard H. Langley

• ISBN13: 9780470770320
• ISBN10: 0470770325
• Format: eBook
• Copyright: 2010-06-01
• Publisher: For Dummies

Summary

A plain-English guide to one of the toughest courses aroundSo, you survived the first semester of Organic Chemistry (maybe even by the skin of your teeth) and now its time to get back to the classroom and lab! Organic Chemistry II For Dummies is an easy-to-understand reference to this often challenging subject.Thanks to this book, youll get friendly and comprehensible guidance on everything you can expect to encounter in your Organic Chemistry II course. An extension of the successful Organic Chemistry I For Dummies Covers topics in a straightforward and effective manner Explains concepts and terms in a fast and easy-to-understand wayWhether youre confused by composites, baffled by biomolecules, or anything in between, Organic Chemistry II For Dummies gives you the help you needin plain English!

Table of Contents

Introduction

Brushing Up on Important Organic Chemistry I Concepts

Organic Chemistry II: Here We Go Again!

Remembering How We Do It: Mechanisms

Alcohols and Ethers: Not Just for Drinking and Sleeping

Conjugated Unsaturated Systems

"Seeing" Molecules: Spectroscopy Revisited

Discovering Aromatic (And Not So Aromatic) Compounds

Introducing Aromatics

Aromatic Substitution Part I: Attack of the Electrophiles

Aromatic Substitution Part II: Attack of the Nucleophiles and Other Reactions

Carbonyls: Good Alcohols Gone Bad

Comprehending Carbonyls

Aldehydes and Ketones

Enols and Enolates

Carboxylic Acids and Their Derivatives

Advanced Topics (Every Student's Nightmare)

Amines and Friends

Metals Muscling In: Organometallics

More Reactions of Carbonyl Compounds

Living Large: Biomolecules

Pulling It All Together

Overview of Synthesis Strategies

Roadmaps and Predicting Products

The Part of Tens

Ten Surefi re Ways to Fail Organic Chemistry II

More than Ten Ways to Increase Your Score on an Organic Chemistry Exam

Appendix: Named Reactions

Index

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