Description
This textbook, Organic Chemistry Second Edition by University Science Books, offers a mechanistic approach to learning organic chemistry. It focuses on reactivity points to help students understand complex molecules.
Key Features:
- Mechanistic approach constructs organic chemistry from the ground up
- Focuses on points of reactivity for enhanced understanding
- Sleeker, slimmer, and easier-to-navigate design compared to the first edition
- Hundreds of worked examples and student exercises
- Clear writing and sound pedagogy
Updates in the Second Edition include:
- Improved organization for ease of use
- Expanded and divided chapters on nucleophilic substitution
- New chapter on reduction and oxidation reactions
- Chemistry of dienes, including the Diels-Alder reaction, in a separate chapter
- Reversed order of spectroscopic methods (NMR first)
- Rewritten enantioselective synthesis chapter with emphasis on designing syntheses
- Moved aromatic compounds chapter and incorporated diazonium and nucleophilic aromatic substitution reactions
- Divided chapter on aldehydes, ketones, and carbohydrates based on reaction mechanisms
- Polymer chemistry collected into a single chapter