A central theme of the authors' approach to organic chemistry is to emphasize the relationship between structure and reactivity. The text is organized in a way that combines features of the traditional functional group approach with one largely based on reaction mechanisms
Contents
1. The Basics: Bonding And Molecular Structure -- 2. Families Of Carbon Compounds: Functional Groups, Intermolecular Forces, And Infrared (Ir) Spectroscopy -- 3. An Introduction To Organic Reactions And Their Mechanisms: Acids And Bases -- 4. Nomenclature And Conformations Of Alkanes And Cycloalkanes -- 5. Stereochemistry: Chiral Molecules -- 6. Ionic Reactions: Nucleophilic Substitution And Elimination Reactions Of Alkyl Halides -- 7. Alkenes And Alkynes I: Properties And Synthesis. Elimination Reactions Of Alkyl Halides -- 8. Alkenes And Alkynes Ii: Addition Reactions -- 9. Nuclear Magnetic Resonance And Mass Spectrometry: Tools For Structure Determination -- 10. Radical Reactions -- 11. Alcohols And Ethers -- 12. Alcohols From Carbonyl Compounds: Oxidation-Reduction And Organometallic
