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Offering practical, real-life applications, coverage of basic concepts, and an engaging visual style, this proven book offers a writing style, approach, and selection of topics ideal for non-chemistry science majors. This edition offers an updated, dynamic art program (online, on CD, and in the text), new content to keep you current with developments in the organic chemistry field, and a revised lab manual.
List of contents
1. Bonding and Isomerism.
2. Alkanes and Cyclalkanes; Conformational and Geometric Isomerism.
3. Alkenes and Alkynes.
4. Aromatic Compounds.
5. Stereoisomerism.
6. Organic Halogen Compounds; Substitution and Elimination Reactions.
7. Alcohols, Phenols, and Thiols.
8. Ethers and Epoxides.
9. Aldehydes and Ketones.
10. Carboxylic Acids and Their Derivatives.
11. Amines and Related Nitrogen Compounds.
12. Spectroscopy and Structure Determination.
13. Heterocyclic Compounds.14. Synthetic Polymers.
15. Lipids and Detergents.
16. Carbohydrates.
17. Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins.
18. Nucleotides and Nucleic Acids. 1. Bonding and Isomerism.
2. Alkanes and Cyclalkanes; Conformational and Geometric Isomerism.
3. Alkenes and Alkynes.
4. Aromatic Compounds.
5. Stereoisomerism.
6. Organic Halogen Compounds; Substitution and Elimination Reactions.
7. Alcohols, Phenols, and Thiols.
8. Ethers and Epoxides.
9. Aldehydes and Ketones.
10. Carboxylic Acids and Their Derivatives.
11. Amines and Related Nitrogen Compounds.
12. Spectroscopy and Structure Determination.
13. Heterocyclic Compounds.
14. Synthetic Polymers.
15. Lipids and Detergents.16. Carbohydrates.
17. Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins.
18. Nucleotides and Nucleic Acids.
Summary
Suitable for the one-semester short course in organic chemistry, this title emphasises on practical, real-life applications, and coverage of basic concepts.
