Organic Chemistry: Structure and Function

Structure and Bonding in Organic Molecules - Structure and Reactivity: Acids and Bases, Polar and Nonpolar Molecules - Reactions of Alkanes: Bond-Dissociation Energies, Radical Halogenation, and Relative Reactivity - Cyclic Alkanes - Stereoisomers - Properties and Reactions of Haloalkanes: Bimolecular Nucleophilic Substitution - Further Reactions of Haloalkanes: Unimolecular Substitution and Pathways of Elimination - Hydroxy Functional Group: Alcohols: Properties, Preparation, and Strategy of Synthesis - Further Reactions of Alcohols and the Chemistry of Ethers - Using Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy to Deduce Structure--Extensively revised and updated with 300-MHz spectra - Alkenes and Infrared Spectroscopy - Reactions of Alkenes - Alkynes: The Carbon-Carbon Triple Bond - Delocalized Pi Systems: Investigation by Ultraviolet and Visible Spectroscopy - Benzene and Aromaticity: Electrophilic Aromatic Substitution - Electrophilic Attack on Derivatives of Benzene: Substituents Control Regioselectivity - Aldehydes and Ketones: The Carbonyl Group - Enols, Enolates, and the Aldol Condensation: - Carboxylic Acids - Carboxylic Acid Derivatives and Mass Spectrometry - Amines and their Derivatives: Functional Groups Containing Nitrogen - Chemistry of Benzene Substituents: Alkylbenzenes, Phenols, and Benzenamines - Enolates and the Claisen Condensation: Synthesis of b-Dicarbonyl Compounds Acyl Anion Equivalents - Carbohydrates: Polyfunctional Compounds in Nature - Heterocycles: Heteroatoms in Cyclic Organic Compounds--Updated - Amino Acids, Peptides, Proteins, and Nucleic Acids: Nitrogen-Containing Polymers in Nature - Chapter Integration Problems / Important Concepts / Problems / Team Problems / Preprofessional