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From its first edition through this, its sixth, Organic Chemistry has been designed to meet the needs of the mainstream, two-semester, undergraduate organic chemistry course. This best-selling text gives students a solid understanding of organic chemistry by stressing how fundamental reaction mechanisms function and how reactions occur. With the addition of handwritten solutions, new cutting-edge molecular illustrations, updated spectroscopy coverage, seamless integration of molecular modeling exercises, and state-of-the-art multimedia tools, the 6th edition of Organic Chemistry clearly offers the most up-to-date approach to the study of organic chemistry.

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Author:   Francis A. Carey
Publisher:   McGraw-Hill Education - Europe
Imprint:   McGraw Hill Higher Education
Edition:   6th Revised edition
Dimensions:   Width: 22.60cm , Height: 5.00cm , Length: 27.40cm
Weight:   3.175kg
ISBN:  

9780072979527

ISBN 10:   0072979526
Publication Date:   26 January 2005
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Mixed media product
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   Out of stock  

Language:   English

Table of Contents

1 Structure Determines Properties2 Hydrocarbon Frameworks, Alkanes3 Conformations of Alkanes and Cycloalkanes4 Alcohols and Alkyl Halides5 Structure and Preparation of Alkenes: Elimination Reactions6 Reactions of Alkenes: Addition Reactions7 Stereochemistry8 Nucleophilic Substitution9 Alkynes10 Conjugation in Alkadienes and Allylic Systems11 Arenes and Aromaticity12 Reactions of Arenes: Electrophilic Aromatic Substitution13 Spectroscopy14 Organometallic Compounds15 Alcohols, Diols, and Thiols16 Ethers, Epoxides, and Sulfides17 Aldehydes and Ketones: Nucleophilic Addition to the Carbonyl Group18 Enols and Enolates19 Carboxylic Acids20 Carboxylic Acid Derivatives: Nucleophilic Acyl Substitution21 Ester Enolates22 Amines23 Aryl Halides24 Phenols25 Carbohydrates26 Lipids27 Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins28 Nucleosides, Nucleotides, and Nucleic Acids29 Synthetic PolymersAppendix 1 Physical PropertiesAppendix 2 Answers to In-Text Problems

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Francis A. Carey, a native of Pennsylvania, was educated in the public schools of Philadelphia, at Drexel University. Following postdoctoral work at Harvard and military service, he was appointed to the chemistry faculty of the University of Virginia in 1966.

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