Organic Chemistry : Fundamentals and Concepts / John M. McIntosh.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McIntosh, John M., author.

Series:

De Gruyter textbook.

De Gruyter Textbook

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Chemistry, Organic.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (336 pages) : illustrations.

Place of Publication:

Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter, [2018]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Written in a concise and student-friendly way, this textbook focuses on the underlying principles of organic chemistry and provides the tools for understanding the nature of organic reactions. The author utilizes an integrated approach for organic chemistry, uniting in a logical manner the main reaction types and their mechanisms, compound classes and their typical reactions, organic spectroscopy and principles of structure elucidation.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Preface / McIntosh, John

Contents

Part I: Fundamentals

1. Introduction

2. The Simplest Organic Molecules - The Hydrocarbons

3. The Shapes of Organic Molecules - Stereochemistry

4. Reactions - Basic Principles (or Where, Why, What, How Fast, and How Far)

5. Reactions of Alkanes, Alkenes, and Alkynes

6. More Stereochemistry and Another Reaction Type - Nucleophilic Substitution

7. Alcohols and Ethers, Amines, and Alkyl Halides. Introduction to Carbonyl Compounds (Aldehydes, Ketones)

8. More Carbonyl Chemistry - Acids and Their Derivatives

9. Aromatic Compounds - Benzene and Its Derivatives. Resonance as a Force Majeure

10. Organic Nitrogen Compounds - Amines and Amides

11. Introduction to Spectroscopy

12. Elimination Reactions

Part II: The Naming of Organic Compounds

13. Introduction

14. Basic Principles

15. Alkenes, Alkynes, and Compounds With Rings

16. More Stereochemistry - The CIP System

17. Functional Groups

18. Aromatic Compounds

Appendix: Answers to Problems From Part II

Index

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 26. Mrz 2019)

ISBN:

9783110565218

3110565218

9783110565140

3110565145

OCLC:

1029822494