Organic Chemistry

Contents in Brief 
Prologue 1 
1 Structure and Bonding 7 
2 Acids and Bases 58 
3 Introduction to Organic Molecules and Functional Groups 86 
4 Alkanes 120 
5 Stereochemistry 166 
6 Understanding Organic Reactions 205 
7 Alkyl Halides and Nucleophilic Substitution 238 
8 Alkyl Halides and Elimination Reactions 288 
9 Alcohols, Ethers, and Epoxides 324 
10 Alkenes 372 
11 Alkynes 416 
12 Oxidation and Reduction 444 
13 Mass Spectrometry and Infrared Spectroscopy 483 
14 Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy 514 
15 Radical Reactions 558 
16 Conjugation, Resonance, and Dienes 593 
17 Benzene and Aromatic Compounds 630 
18 Reactions of Aromatic Compounds 665 
19 Carboxylic Acids and the Acidity of the O-H Bond 718 
20 Introduction to Carbonyl Chemistry; Organometallic Reagents; Oxidation and Reduction 753 
21 Aldehydes and Ketones- Nucleophilic Addition 807 
22 Carboxylic Acids and Their Derivatives-Nucleophilic Acyl Substitution 859 
23 Substitution Reactions of Carbonyl Compounds at the a Carbon 915 
24 Carbonyl Condensation Reactions 954 
25 Amines 988 
26 Carbor:i-Carbon Bond-Forming Reactions in Organic Synthesis 1042 
27 Pericyclic Reactions 1069 
28 Carbohydrates 1098 
29 Amino Acids and Proteins 1148 
30 Lipids 1194 
31 Synthetic Polymers 1225 
Appendices A-1 
Glossary G-1 
Credits C-1 
Index 1 -1