Preface: A User’s Guide to Organic Chemistry: Structure and Function
1. Structure and Bonding in Organic Molecules
2. Structure and Reactivity
3. Reactions of Alkanes
4. Cycloalkanes
5. Stereoisomers
6. Properties and Reactions of Haloalkanes
7. Further Reactions of Haloalkanes
8. Hydroxy Functional Group: Alcohols: Properties, Preparation, and Strategy of Synthesis
9. Further Reactions of Alcohols and the Chemistry of Ethers
10. Using Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy to Deduce Structure
11. Alkenes: Infrared Spectroscopy and Mass Spectrometry
12. Reactions of Alkenes
13. Alkynes
14. Delocalized Pi Systems
15. Benzene and Aromaticity
16. Electrophilic Attack on Derivatives of Benzene
17. Aldehydes and Ketones
18. Enols, Enolates and the Aldol Condensation
19. Carboxylic Acids
20. Carboxylic Acid Derivatives
21. Amines and Their Derivatives
22. Chemistry of Benzene Substituents
23. Ester Enolates and the Claisen Condensation
24. Carbohydrates: Polyfunctional Compounds in Nature
25. Heterocycles: Heteroatoms in Cyclic Organic Compounds
26. Amino Acids, Peptides, Proteins, and Nucleic Acids: Nitrogen-Containing Polymers in Nature
MCAT Questions
Answers to Exercises
Photograph Credits
Index