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Author Klein, David R

Title Organic Chemistry As a Second Language
Edition 4th ed
Published New York : Wiley, 2016

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Description 1 online resource (397 pages)
Contents Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Introduction; Is Organic Chemistry Really all About Memorization?; The Plot; How to use This Book; How to Study; Chapter 1 Bond-Line Drawings; 1.1 How to Read Bond-Line Drawings; 1.2 How to Draw Bond-Line Drawings; 1.3 Mistakes to Avoid; 1.4 More Exercises; 1.5 Identifying Formal Charges; 1.6 Finding Lone Pairs that are Not Drawn; Chapter 2 Resonance; 2.1 What is Resonance?; 2.2 Curved Arrows: The Tools for Drawing Resonance Structures; 2.3 The Two Commandments; 2.4 Drawing Good Arrows; 2.5 Formal Charges in Resonance Structures
2.6 Drawing Resonance Structures-Step by Step2.7 Drawing Resonance Structures-by Recognizing Patterns; A Lone Pair Next to a Pi Bond; A Lone Pair Next to C+; A Pi Bond Next to C+; A Pi Bond Between Two Atoms, Where One of Those Atoms Is Electronegative (N, O, etc.); Pi Bonds Going All the Way Around a Ring; 2.8 Assessing the Relative Importance of Resonance Structures; Chapter 3 Acid-Base Reactions; 3.1 Factor 1-What Atom is the Charge On?; 3.2 Factor 2-Resonance; 3.3 Factor 3-Induction; 3.4 Factor 4-Orbitals; 3.5 Ranking the Four Factors; 3.6 Other Factors
3.7 Quantitative Measurement (pKa Values)3.8 Predicting the Position of Equilibrium; 3.9 Showing a Mechanism; Chapter 4 Geometry; 4.1 Orbitals and Hybridization States; 4.2 Geometry; 4.3 Lone Pairs; Chapter 5 Nomenclature; 5.1 Functional Group; 5.2 Unsaturation; 5.3 Naming the Parent Chain; 5.4 Naming Substituents; 5.5 Stereoisomerism; 5.6 Numbering; 5.7 Common Names; 5.8 Going from a Name to a Structure; Chapter 6 Conformations; 6.1 How to Draw a Newman Projection; 6.2 Ranking the Stability of Newman Projections; 6.3 Drawing Chair Conformations; 6.4 Placing Groups On the Chair
6.5 Ring Flipping6.6 Comparing the Stability of Chairs; 6.7 Don't Be Confused by the Nomenclature; Chapter 7 Configurations; 7.1 Locating Stereocenters; 7.2 Determining the Configuration of a Stereocenter; 7.3 Nomenclature; 7.4 Drawing Enantiomers; 7.5 Diastereomers; 7.6 Meso Compounds; 7.7 Drawing Fischer Projections; 7.8 Optical Activity; Chapter 8 Mechanisms; 8.1 Introduction to Mechanisms; 8.2 Nucleophiles and Electrophiles; 8.3 Basicity vs. Nucleophilicity; 8.4 Arrow-Pushing Patterns for Ionic Mechanisms; 8.5 Carbocation Rearrangements; 8.6 Information Contained in a Mechanism
Chapter 9 Substitution Reactions9.1 The Mechanisms; 9.2 Factor 1-The Electrophile (Substrate); 9.3 Factor 2-The Nucleophile; 9.4 Factor 3-The Leaving Group; 9.5 Factor 4-The Solvent; 9.6 Using All Four Factors; 9.7 Substitution Reactions Teach Us Some Important Lessons; Chapter 10 Elimination Reactions; 10.1 The E2 Mechanism; 10.2 The Regiochemical Outcome of an E2 Reaction; 10.3 The Stereochemical Outcome of an E2 Reaction; 10.4 The E1 Mechanism; 10.5 The Regiochemical Outcome of an E1 Reaction; 10.6 The Stereochemical Outcome of an E1 Reaction; 10.7 Substitution vs. Elimination
Notes 10.8 Determining the Function of the Reagent
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Subject Chemistry, Organic -- Study and teaching
Chemistry, Organic -- Problems, exercises, etc
Chemistry, Organic
Chemistry, Organic -- Study and teaching
Chimie organique -- Étude et enseignement.
Genre/Form Problems and exercises
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ISBN 9781119234524
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