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Author:   Arthur Winter
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Imprint:   John Wiley & Sons Ltd
Dimensions:   Width: 20.50cm , Height: 1.60cm , Length: 25.50cm
Weight:   0.496kg
ISBN:  

9780470251515

ISBN 10:   0470251514
Pages:   368
Publication Date:   04 July 2008
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Replaced By:   9781119855774
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Introduction 1 Part I: The Fundamentals of Organic Chemistry 5 Chapter 1:Working with Models and Molecules 7 Chapter 2: Speaking Organic Chemistry: Drawing and Abbreviating Lewis Structures 23 Chapter 3: Drawing Resonance Structures 39 Chapter 4: Working with Acids and Bases 59 Part II: The Bones of Organic Molecules: The Hydrocarbons 77 Chapter 5: Seeing Molecules in 3-D: Stereochemistry 79 Chapter 6: The Skeletons of Organic Molecules: The Alkanes 101 Chapter 7: Shaping Up with Bond Calisthenics and Conformation 115 Chapter 8: Doubling Down: The Alkenes 135 Chapter 9: Tripling the Fun: Alkyne Reactions and Nomenclature 165 Part III: Functional Groups and Their Reactions 187 Chapter 10: The Leaving Group Boogie: Substitution and Elimination of Alkyl Halides 189 Chapter 11: Not as Thunk as You Drink I Am: The Alcohols 207 Chapter 12: Conjugated Dienes and the Diels-Alder Reaction 223 Chapter 13: The Power of the Ring: Aromatic Compounds 241 Part IV: Detective Work: Spectroscopy and Spectrometry 261 Chapter 14: Breaking Up (Isn’t Hard to Do): Mass Spectrometry 263 Chapter 15: Cool Vibrations: IR Spectroscopy 277 Chapter 16: Putting Molecules under the Magnet: NMR Spectroscopy 293 Part V: The Part of Tens 319 Chapter 17: The Ten Commandments of Organic Chemistry 321 Chapter 18: Ten Tips for Acing Orgo Exams 325 Index 329

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Arthur Winter received his PhD in chemistry from the University of Maryland. He is the creator of the popular Organic Chemistry Help! Web site at chemhelper.com and is the author of Organic Chemistry I For Dummies (Wiley). His two major research interests involve exploiting photochemistry to solve challenging problems in medicine and using high-powered lasers to start small laboratory fires. He is currently a post-doctoral student at Ohio State University.

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