Organic Chemistry

Name: Organic Chemistry
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ISBN: 9780495118374

ISBN-10: 0495118370

ISBN-13: 9780495118374

Edition: 7th 2008

Authors: John McMurry

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Book details

List price: $379.95
Edition: 7th
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Brooks/Cole
Publication date: 1/16/2007
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 1296
Size: 8.10" wide x 10.10" long x 1.80" tall
Weight: 5.500
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