Table Of ContentPreface 1. Structure and Bonding in Organic Molecules 2. Structure and Reactivity: Acids and Bases, Polar and Nonpolar Molecules 3. Reactions of Alkanes: Bond-Dissociation Energies, Radical Halogenation, and Relative Reactivity 4. Cycloalkanes 5. Stereoisomers 6. Properties and Reactions of Haloalkanes: Bimolecular Nucleophilic Substitution 7. Further Reactions of Haloalkanes: Unimolecular Substitution and Pathways of Elimination 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 and Infrared Spectroscopy 12. Reactions of Alkenes 13. Alkynes: The Carbon-Carbon Triple Bond 14. Delocalized Pi Systems: Investigation by Ultraviolet and Visible Spectroscopy 15. Benzene and Aromaticity: Electrophilic Aromatic Substitution 16. Electrophilic Attack on Derivatives of Benzene: Substituents Contol Regioselectivity 17. Aldehydes and Ketones: The Carbonyl Group 18. Enols, Enolates and the Aldol Condensation: _,_-Unsaturated Aldehydes and Ketones 19. Carboxylic Acids 20. Carboxylic Acid Derivatives 21. Amines and Their Derivatives: Functional Groups Containing Nitrogen 22. Chemistry of Benzene Substituents: Alkylbenzenes, Phenols, and Benzamines 23. Enolates and the Claisen Condensation: Synthesis of _-Dicarbonyl Compounds: Acyl Anion Equivalents 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
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