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Informationen zum Autor William H. Brown is Professor Emeritus at Beloit College, where he was twice named Teacher of the Year. He received his PhD from Columbia University under the direction of Gilbert Stork and did post--doctoral work at California Institute of Technology and the University of Arizona. Twice he was Director of a Beloit College World Affairs Center seminar at the University of Glasgow, Scotland. In 1999, he retired from Beloit College to devote more time to writing and development of educational materials. Although officially retired, he continues to teach Special Topics in Organic Synthesis on a Yearly basis. Klappentext Brown's Introduction to Organic Chemistry provides an introduction to organic chemistry for students who require the fundamentals of organic chemistry as a requirement for their major. It is most suited for a one semester organic chemistry course. In an attempt to highlight the relevance of the material to students, the authors place a strong emphasis on showing the interrelationship between organic chemistry and other areas of science, particularly the biological and health sciences. The text illustrates the use of organic chemistry as a tool in these sciences; it also stresses the organic compounds, both natural and synthetic, that surround us in everyday life: in pharmaceuticals, plastics, fibers, agrochemicals, surface coatings, toiletry preparations and cosmetics, food additives, adhesives, and elastomers. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 Covalent Bonding and Shapes of Molecules 1 1.1 How Do We Describe the Electronic Structure of Atoms? 2 1.2 What Is the Lewis Model of Bonding? 5 1.3 How Do We Predict Bond Angles and the Shapes of Molecules? 13 1.4 How Do We Predict If a Molecule Is Polar or Nonpolar? 17 1.5 What Is Resonance? 18 1.6 What Is the Orbital Overlap Model of Covalent Bonding? 21 1.7 What Are Functional Groups? 26 Summary of Key Questions 31 Quick Quiz 32 Problems 34 Real World Problems 37 Looking Ahead 38 Group Learning Activities 39 Chemical Connections 1A Buckyball: A New Form of Carbon 16 2 Acids and Bases 40 2.1 What Are Arrhenius Acids and Bases? 41 2.2 What Are Brønsted-Lowry Acids and Bases? 42 2.3 How Do We Measure the Strength of an Acid or Base? 44 2.4 How Do We Determine the Position of Equilibrium in an Acid-Base Reaction? 46 2.5 What Are the Relationships between Acidity and Molecular Structure? 48 2.6 What Are Lewis Acids and Bases? 52 Summary of Key Questions 55 Quick Quiz 56 Key Reactions 57 Problems 57 Real World Problems 59 Looking Ahead 59 Group Learning Activities 60 3 Alkanes and Cycloalkanes 61 3.1 What Are Alkanes? 62 3.2 What Is Constitutional Isomerism in Alkanes? 64 3.3 How Do We Name Alkanes? 66 3.4 What Are Cycloalkanes? 71 3.5 How Is the IUPAC System of Nomenclature Applied to Molecules that Contain Functional Groups? 72 3.6 What Are the Conformations of Alkanes and Cycloalkanes? 73 3.7 What Is Cis-Trans Isomerism in Cycloalkanes? 80 3.8 What Are the Physical Properties of Alkanes and Cycloalkanes? 84 3.9 What Are the Characteristic Reactions of Alkanes? 87 3.10 What Are the Sources of Alkanes? 88 Summary of Key Questions 91 Quick Quiz 92 Key Reactions 93 Problems 93 Real World Problems 97 Looking Ahead 98 Group Learning Activities 99 Putting it Together 99 Chemical Connections 3A The Poisonous Puffer Fish 81 3B Octane Rating: What Those Numbers at the Pump Mean 90 4 Alkenes and Alkynes 103 4.1 What Are the Structures and Shapes of Alkenes and Alkynes? 105 4.2 How Do We Name Alkenes and Alkynes?...
