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Basic Organic Chemistry for the Life Sciences

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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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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)

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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)

Product details

Authors Hrvoj Van¿ik, Hrvoj Vancik, Hrvoj Vančik
Publisher Springer, Berlin
 
Languages English
Product format Paperback / Softback
Released 01.01.2016
 
EAN 9783319361567
ISBN 978-3-31-936156-7
No. of pages 179
Dimensions 156 mm x 236 mm x 9 mm
Weight 342 g
Illustrations XIII, 179 p. 331 illus., 51 illus. in color.
Subjects Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Non-clinical medicine

B, Medicine, ORGANIC CHEMISTRY, Life Sciences, Life sciences: general issues, Biomedical and Life Sciences, Life Sciences, general, Biomedicine, general, Biomedical Research

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