Organic Chemistry (with Online CD-ROM and InfoTrac)

by Fessenden, Ralph J.; Fessenden, Joan S.

• ISBN13: 9780534363406
• ISBN10: 0534363407
• Edition: 6th
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1998-08-11
• Publisher: Brooks Cole

Summary

Concise and manageable, Fessenden and Fessenden's text has earned a reputation as a superb teaching text. One of the only books that students can get through cover to cover in two semesters, it is written in an economical style that stays focused on the main discussion. The authors anticipate student questions and answer them in the same chapter. Described by users as " the masters of the short sentence." Fessenden and Fessenden are renowned for their clear, to-the-point coverage and masterful selection of topics. The book provides a clear organization of functional groups according to sigma-bonding and pi-bonding to give students a conceptually efficient context that helps them understand the overall content of organic chemistry. Core topics for the course appear in Chapters 1-18 with more advanced and biochemical topics covered in 19-26. Essential information in each chapter is covered in earlier sections, leaving optional material for later sections.

Table of Contents

1. Atoms and Molecules-A Review

2. Orbitals and Their Role in Covalent Bonding

3. Structural Isomerism, Nomenclature, and Alkanes

4. Stereochemistry

5. Alkyl Halides; Substitution and Elimination Reactions

6. Free-Radical Reactions

7. Alcohols

8. Ethers, Epoxides, and Sulfides

9. Spectroscopy I: Infrared and Nuclear Magnetic Resonance

10. Alkenes and Alkynes

11. Aromaticity and Benzene;Electrophilic Aromatic Substitution

12. Substituted Benzenes

13. Aldehydes and Ketones

14. Carboxylic Acids

15. Derivatives of Carboxylic Acids

16. Conjugate Addition

17. Enolates and Carbanions: Building Blocks for Organic Sythesis

18. Amines

19. Polyclic and Heterocyclic Aromatic Compounds

20. Natural Products: Studies in Organic Synthesis

21. Pericyclic Reactions

22. Spectroscopy II: Ultraviolet Spectra, Color and Vision, Mass Spectra

23. Carbohydrates

24. Lipids

25. Amino Acids and Proteins

26. Nucleic Acids

Appendix: Nomenclature of Organic Compounds

Answers to Problems

Index