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Organic chemistry

By: Fessenden, Ralph JContributor(s): Fessenden, Joan S | Logue, Marshall WMaterial type: Text

TextPublication details: Pacific Grove, CA : Brooks/Cole Publishing Co., c1998Edition: 6th editionDescription: xxii, 1170 pagesISBN: 9780534351991 ; 0534351999Subject(s): Chemistry, OrganicDDC classification: 547 Online resources: Click here to access online | Click here to access online

Contents:

Atoms and Molecules - A Review. 2. Orbitals and Their Role in Covalent Bonding. 3. Structural Isomerism, Nomenclature, and Alkanes. 4. Stereochemistry. 5. Alkyl Halides; Substitution and Elimination Reactions. 6. Free-Radical Reactions. 7. Alcohols. 8. Ethers, Epoxides, and Sulfides. 9. Spectroscopy I: Infrared and Nuclear Magnetic Resonance. 10. Alkenes and Alkynes. 11. Aromaticity and Benzene; Electrophilic Aromatic Substitution. 12. Substituted Benzenes. 13. Aldehydes and Ketones. 14. Carboxylic Acids. 15. Derivatives of Carboxylic Acids. 16. Conjugate Addition. 17. Enolates and Carbanions: Building Blocks for Organic Synthesis. 18. Amines. 19. Polycyclic and Heterocyclic Aromatic Compounds. 20. Natural Products: Studies in Organic Synthesis. 21. Pericyclic Reactions. 22. Spectroscopy II: Ultraviolet Spectra, Colour and Vision, Mass Spectra. 23. Carbohydrates. 24. Lipids. 25. Amino Acids and Proteins. 26. Nucleic Acids. Answers to Problems

Summary: Concise and manageable, Fessenden and Fessenden's text has earned a reputation as a superb teaching text. One of the only books that students can get through cover to cover in two semesters, it is written in an economical style that stays focused on the main discussion. The authors anticipate student questions and answer them in the same chapter. Described by users as the masters of the short sentence. Fessenden and Fessenden are renowned for their clear, to-the-point coverage and masterful selection of topics. The book provides a clear organization of functional groups according to sigma-bonding and pi-bonding to give students a conceptually efficient context that helps them understand the overall content of organic chemistry. Core topics for the course appear in Chapters 1-18 with more advanced and biochemical topics covered in 19-26. Essential information in each chapter is covered in earlier sections, leaving optional material for later sections.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
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Includes index.

Concise and manageable, Fessenden and Fessenden's text has earned a reputation as a superb teaching text. One of the only books that students can get through cover to cover in two semesters, it is written in an economical style that stays focused on the main discussion. The authors anticipate student questions and answer them in the same chapter. Described by users as the masters of the short sentence. Fessenden and Fessenden are renowned for their clear, to-the-point coverage and masterful selection of topics. The book provides a clear organization of functional groups according to sigma-bonding and pi-bonding to give students a conceptually efficient context that helps them understand the overall content of organic chemistry. Core topics for the course appear in Chapters 1-18 with more advanced and biochemical topics covered in 19-26. Essential information in each chapter is covered in earlier sections, leaving optional material for later sections.

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