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Organic Chemistry

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ISBN-10: 0495112585

ISBN-13: 9780495112587

Edition: 7th 2008

Authors: John E. McMurry

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The trusted, best-selling text for organic chemistry just got better! Updated with the latest developments, expanded with more illustrations and "Visualizing Chemistry" problems, and enhanced with new media-based "Organic Knowledge Tools," John McMurry's ORGANIC CHEMISTRY continues to set the standard for the course. The Seventh Edition also retains McMurry's hallmark qualities: comprehensive, authoritative, and clear. McMurry has developed a reputation for crafting precise and accessible texts that speak to the needs of instructors and students. More than a million students worldwide from a full range of universities have explored organic chemistry through his trademark style, while…    
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Book details

List price: $379.95
Edition: 7th
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Brooks/Cole
Publication date: 1/10/2007
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 1344
Size: 8.25" wide x 10.75" long x 1.75" tall
Weight: 5.390
Language: English

John E. McMurry received his B.A. from Harvard University and his Ph.D. at Columbia University. He is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and an Alfred P. Sloan Research Foundation Fellow. He has received several awards, which include the National Institutes of Health Career Development Award, the Alexander von Humboldt Senior Scientist Award, and the Max Planck Research Award. In addition to ORGANIC CHEMISTRY, he is also the author or coauthor of ORGANIC CHEMISTRY: A BIOLOGICAL APPROACH, FUNDAMENTALS OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY, THE ORGANIC CHEMISTRY OF BIOLOGICAL PATHWAYS.

Structure and Bonding
Polar Covalent Bonds; Acids and Bases
Organic Compounds: Alkanes and Their Stereochemistry
Organic Compounds: Cycloalkanes and Their Stereochemistry
An Overview of Organic Reactions
Alkenes: Structure and Reactivity
Alkenes: Reactions and Synthesis
Alkynes: An Introduction to Organic Synthesis
Stereochemistry
Organohalides
Reactions of Alkyl Halides: Nucleophilic Substitutions and Eliminations
Structure Determination: Mass Spectrometry and Infrared Spectroscopy
Structure Determination: Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
Conjugated Compounds and Ultraviolet Spectroscopy
Benzene and Aromaticity
Chemistry of Benzene: Electrophilic Aromatic Substitution
Alcohols and Phenols
Ethers and Epoxides; Thiols and Sulfides
A Preview of Carbonyl Compounds
Aldehydes and Ketones: Nucleophilic Addition Reactions
Carboxylic Acids and Nitriles
Carboxylic Acid Derivatives: Nucleophilic Acyl Substitution Reactions
Carbonyl Alpha-Substitution Reactions
Carbonyl Condensation Reactions
Amines and Heterocycles
Biomolecules: Carbohydrates
Biomolecules: Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins
Biomolecules: Lipids
Biomolecules: Nucleic Acids
The Organic Chemistry of Metabolic Pathways
Orbitals and Organic Chemistry: Pericyclic Reactions
Synthetic Polymers