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Essential Organic Chemistry, 2/E
Paula Y. Bruice, University of California, Santa Barbara

ISBN-10: 0321596951
ISBN-13:  9780321596956

Publisher:  Prentice Hall
Copyright:  2010
Format:  Cloth; 624 pp
Published:  03/06/2009
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For one-term course in organic chemistry taken by pre-health profession majors.

Designed for a one-term course, this organic chemistry text helps students see organic chemistry as an interesting and exciting science—and encourages the development of their critical-thinking skills. Bruice presents reactions with enough detail to give students a solid understanding of reactivity, rather than rote memorization. Once students understand the reasons behind the reactivity of organic compounds, they will be better prepared to understand the reactions involved in such areas as metabolism, PCR, and genetic engineering. The Second Edition has been revised throughout to make the material more accessible for students.


Features

• The most essential reactions for students taking this course are provided, helping focus heavily on what they truly need.

• Bruice’s clear and accessible writing style makes the material easy for students to understand.

• In-chapter Problems at the end of each section enable students to monitor their progress by checking their understanding before moving on.

• Approximately 100 special interest boxes throughout the text show students the connection between organic chemistry and familiar aspects of their world.
—Examples include trans fats, Splenda®, dissolving sutures, artificial blood, polymers for contact lenses, the colors of fruits and vegetables, environmental adaptation, olestra, statins, sunscreens, chiral drugs, biodegradable polymers, flea control, ozone layer, carcinogenic hydrocarbons, cholesterol levels, lactose intolerance, and more.

• Reactions are organized according to similar mechanisms to help students recognize similarities and patterns to increase understanding.

• Thirty problem-solving strategies are each followed by an exercise that gives students an opportunity to use the problem-solving skill just learned.
—Students learn how to approach a variety of problems, organize their thoughts, and improve their problem-solving abilities.

• Many problems solved step by step throughout the text show students how to approach and solve problems before testing themselves at the end of the chapter.


New To This Edition

CONTENT/ORGANIZATION
• The chapter on isomers and stereochemistry has been moved closer to the start of the book.

• The chapter on radicals has been deleted; however, the discussion of radicals in biological systems is retained and is incorporated with the radical chemistry in Chapter 5.

• A discussion of catalysis has been added to Chapter 4.

• Mass spectrometry has been added to the chapter on “Determining the Structures of Organic Compounds.”

• The strategy of peptide bond synthesis has been added to the chapter on amino acids and proteins.

• New material has been added on synthesizing disubstituted benzenes, solvent effects, the reactions of carbohydrates in basic solutions; mechanistic details are expanded to facilitate student understanding.

PEDAGOGY
• Mechanisms are now introduced by bold green titles and are presented in the form of bulleted steps to make the individual steps stand out more clearly.

• Mechanisms are not boxed; students should see mechanisms as being central to the understanding of the discipline and not something that is set aside, or that they can come back to later.

• More voice boxes are included to aid student learning.

• Over 50 new problems are provided.


Table of Contents

Chapter 1    Electronic Structure and Covalent Bonding
Chapter 2     Acids and Bases
Chapter 3     An Introduction to Organic Compounds: Nomenclature, Physical Properties, and Representation of Structure
Chapter 4     Alkenes: Structure, Nomenclature, Stability, and an Introduction to Reactivity
Chapter 5     The Reactions of Alkenes and Alkynes: An Introduction to Multistep Synthesis
Chapter 6     Isomers and Stereochemistry
Chapter 7     Delocalized Electrons and their Effect on Stability, Reactivity, and pKa• Ultraviolet and Visible Spectroscopy
Chapter 8     Aromaticity • Reactions of Benzene and Substituted Benzenes
Chapter 9     Substitution and Elimination Reactions of Alkyl Halides
Chapter 10     Reactions of Alcohols, Amines, Ethers, and Epoxides
Chapter 11     Carbonyl Compounds I: Nucleophilic Acid Substitution
Chapter 12     Carbonyl Compounds II: Reactions of Aldehydes and Ketones • More Reactions of Carboxylic Acid Derivatives
Chapter 13     Carbonyl Compounds III: Reactions at the α- Carbon
Chapter 14     Determining the Structures of Organic Compounds
Chapter 15     The Organic Chemistry of Carbohydrates
Chapter 16     The Organic Chemistry of Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins
Chapter 17     How Enzymes Catalyze Reactions • The Organic Chemistry of Vitamins
Chapter 18     The Organic Chemistry of Metabolic Pathways
Chapter 19     The Organic Chemistry of Lipids
Chapter 20     The Chemistry of Nucleic Acids
Chapter 21    The Organic Chemistry of Drugs
Appendices    I    Physical Properties of Organic Compounds
        II    pKa Values
        III
Answers to Selected Problems    
Glossary
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