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This book is designed for students of biology, molecular biology, ecology, medicine, agriculture, forestry and other professions where the knowledge of organic chemistry plays the important role. The work may also be of interest to non-professionals, as well as to teachers in high schools. The book consists of 11 chapters that cover: - basic principles of structure and constitution of organic compounds, - the elements of the nomenclature, - the concepts of the nature of chemical bond, - introductions in NMR and IR spectroscopy, - the concepts and main classes of the organic reaction mechanisms, - reactions and properties of common classes or organic compounds, - and the introduction to the chemistry of the natural organic products followed by basic principles of the reactions in living cells.
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Alkanes, Composition, Constitution and Configuration.- Functional Groups.- Electronic Structure of Organic Molecules.- Alkenes and Alkynes.- Substitutions on Saturated Carbon Atom.- Nucleophilic Additions.- Stereochemistry, Symmetry and Molecular Chirality.- Derivatives of Carboxylic Acids.- Electrophilic Substitutions.- Cycloadditions.- Organic Natural Products.
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“This concise book will be useful for students who need to learn the fundamentals of organic chemistry and how it pertains to biochemistry and biology. … This content is a good primer for those about to take a biochemistry course. … Summing Up: Highly recommended. Lower- and Upper-division undergraduates; professionals/practitioners.” (C. E. Stilts, Choice, Vol. 52 (5), January, 2015)
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From the book reviews:
"This concise book will be useful for students who need to learn the fundamentals of organic chemistry and how it pertains to biochemistry and biology. ... This content is a good primer for those about to take a biochemistry course. ... Summing Up: Highly recommended. Lower- and Upper-division undergraduates; professionals/practitioners." (C. E. Stilts, Choice, Vol. 52 (5), January, 2015)
