Basic organic chemistry for the life sciences / Hrvoj Vancik.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Vančik, Hrvoj, author.

Series:

Biomedical and Life Sciences Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Chemistry, Organic.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (213 pages)

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

Cham, Switzerland : Springer, [2022]

Summary:

This textbook is designed for students of biology, molecular biology, ecology,medicine, agriculture, forestry and other professions where the knowledge of organic chemistry plays an important role.The work may also be of interest to non-professionals, as well as to teachers in high schools.

Contents:

Intro

Preface to the Second Edition

Introduction

Contents

1 Alkanes, Composition, Constitution and Configuration

1.1 On the Nomenclature of Organic Compounds

1.2 Configurations and Shapes of Molecules

1.3 Molecular Dynamics and Conformations

1.4 Cycloalkanes

1.4.1 Cyclohexane

1.4.2 Cyclopentane

1.4.3 Cyclobutane and Cyclopropane

1.5 Polycyclic Hydrocarbons

2 Functional Groups

3 Electronic Structure of Organic Molecules

3.1 The Covalent Bond

3.2 Molecular Orbitals

3.3 Distribution of Electron Density, and the Shape of Molecules

3.4 Bond Lengths, Bond Energies, and Molecular Vibrations

3.5 Determination of the Molecular Structure by Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy

4 Alkenes and Alkynes

4.1 Constitution and Nomenclature

4.2 Configuration of Alkenes

4.3 Electronic Structure and Reactions of Alkenes

4.4 Addition Reactions of Alkenes, and the Concept of Reaction Mechanism

4.5 Additions of Hydrogen Halides

4.6 Oxidations and Polymerizations of Alkenes

4.7 Aromatic Hydrocarbons

4.8 Hydrocarbons in Biology

5 Substitutions on Saturated Carbon Atom

5.1 Radical Substitutions

5.1.1 Alkyl Halides

5.1.2 Bond Polarity and the Dipole Moment

5.2 Reactions of Nucleophilic Substitutions and Eliminations

5.2.1 Reaction Mechanisms of Nucleophilic Substitutions

5.2.2 Alcohols

5.2.3 Ethers

5.2.4 Thiols and Sulfides

5.2.5 Amines

6 Nucleophilic Additions

6.1 Aldehydes and Ketones

6.1.1 Carbon as a Nucleophile

6.1.2 Condensations with Amines

6.1.3 Reductions of Aldehydes and Ketones

6.2 Carboxylic Acids

7 Stereochemistry, Symmetry and Molecular Chirality

8 Derivatives of Carboxylic Acids

8.1 Anhydrides

8.2 Esters, Nucleophilic Substitution on the Unsaturated Carbon Atom

8.3 Acyl-Halides

8.4 Amides.

9 Electrophilic Substitutions

9.1 Substituent Effects in Electrophilic Aromatic Substitution

10 Pericyclic Reactions

11 Organic Natural Products

11.1 Amino Acids and Peptides

11.2 Carbohydrates

11.2.1 Cyclic Structures of Monosaccharides

11.2.2 Disaccharides and Polysaccharides

11.3 Glycosides and Nucleotides

11.4 Lipids

11.4.1 Waxes

11.4.2 Fats

11.4.3 Phospholipids

11.4.4 Terpenes and Steroids

11.5 Alkaloids

11.6 Organic and Bioorganic Reactions

11.7 Organic Synthesis

12 Organic Supramolecular and Supermolecular Structures

12.1 Molecular Recognition and Catalysis

Index.

Notes:

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Other Format:

Print version: Vančik, Hrvoj Basic Organic Chemistry for the Life Sciences

ISBN:

9783030924386

OCLC:

1293295194