Survival guide to organic chemistry: bridging the gap from general chemistry

Content: Preface --
Authors --
Chapter 1. General concepts for covalent bonding and constructing Lewis structures for organic molecules: 1.1. General concepts
 1.2. Bonding rules for nonmetals in covalent molecules
 1.3. Constructing Lewis structures for covalent molecules: molecules which do not require exceptions to normal neutral bonding rules
 1.4. Constructing Lewis structures for covalent molecules: molecules which require exceptions to normal neutral bonding rules
 1.5. Additional concepts and techniques for constructing Lewis structures
 1.6. Guidelines for constructing Lewis structures of larger molecules --
Chapter 2. Guideline for writing organic molecule isomers and determining number of rings plus Pi-bonds: 2.1. General concept
 2.2. Use of the "bonding-pattern template" method to find sum of rings plus Pi-bonds (degree of unsaturation)
 2.3. Calculation of sum of rings plus Pi-bonds from the molecular formula --
Chapter 3. Guideline for complete analysis for central atoms and molecules: bonding/hybridization/geometry/polarity: 3.1. Process for complete hybridization/geometry analysis
 3.2. General summaries
 3.3. Practice exercises
 3.4. Answers to practice exercises --
Chapter 4. Notation in organic chemistry: guide to writing and using condensed formulas and line drawings: 4.1. Condensed structural formulas
 4.2. Line drawings Chapter 5. Summary guidelines for organic nomenclature: 5.1. General concepts
 5.2. Example for an alkane/alkyl halide
 5.3. Examples for a molecule with higher-priority functional groups
 5.4. Adapted process for nomenclature of esters
 5.5. Adapted process for nomenclature of amides --
Chapter 6. Guidelines for analysis of intermolecular forces for organic molecules: 6.1. Interparticle and intermolecular forces for individual pure compounds: forces between molecules of the same compound
 6.2. Interparticle and intermolecular forces for combinations of compounds: solutions and solubility --
Chapter 7. Alkane and cycloalkane conformations: 7.1. Conformers
 7.2. Process for recognition and identification of alkane conformers through the use of torsion angle
 7.3. Drawing and using Newman projections
 7.4. Potential energies/stabilities of alkane conformations
 7.5. Cyclohexane conformations --
Chapter 8. Summary guide to thermodynamic concepts for organic chemistry: 8.1. Concept of energy
 8.2. Conservation of energy: First law of thermodynamics
 8.3. Chemical bond energetics
 8.4. Energy and chemical reactions
 8.5. Entropy
 8.6. Reaction spontaneity
 8.7. Free Energy (∆G)
 8.8. Equilibrium Chapter 9. Guide to kinetics and reaction mechanisms: 9.1. General concepts
 9.2. Description of reactions by mechanisms
 9.3. Reactant concentrations and experimental kinetics: determining reactant orders and rate constants
 9.4. Predicting rate expressions from reaction mechanisms
 9.5. Energy and chemical reactions
 9.6. Interpretation of energy level diagrams
 9.7. Practice problems
 9.8. Answers to practice problems --
Chapter 10. Review of acid/base concepts for organic chemistry: 10.1. Review of general acid/base concepts
 10.2. Acid and base strength
 10.3. Relationship between acid strength (pKa) and conjugate base strength
 10.4. Determining the equilibrium position for acid/base reactions
 10.5. Additional examples --
Chapter 11. Electrophiles and nucleophiles in organic reaction mechanisms: 11.1. Overview of general concepts
 11.2. Species identification and characteristics
 11.3. Reaction characteristics
 11.4. Additional concepts
 11.5. Additional problems --
Chapter 12. Conceptual guide to mechanisms in organic chemistry: 12.1. Overview for understanding reaction mechanisms
 12.2. Free radical halogenation of alkanes/alkyl groups
 12.3. Nucleophilic substitution
 12.4. Elimination reactions of alcohols and alkyl halides
 12.5. Identification of elimination versus substitution reactions
 12.6. Electrophilic addition to Pi-bonds of alkenes and alkynes Chapter 13. Guide to stereochemistry concepts and analysis of reaction stereochemistry as applied to electrophilic addition: 13.1. Concepts of stereochemistry and chirality
 13.2. Absolute configuration of chiral carbons
 13.3. Molecular relationships: summary example with molecular formula: C8H16
 13.4. Stereochemistry concepts for electrophilic addition
 13.5. Stereospecificity and reaction analysis for electrophilic addition
 13.6. Concepts of ring stereochemistry --
Chapter 14. A process for calculation of product distribution through relative rate analysis: examples for free radical halogenation: 14.1. Methods for product percent and ratio calculations
 14.2. Additional practice problem
 14.3. Practice problem answer (following steps similar to example 1) --
Chapter 15. Process to identify and solve the reactions for organic 1: 15.1. Reaction flow diagram
 15.2. Summaries from Chapter 12
 15.3. Reaction examples
 15.4. Additional practice problems
 15.5. Additional practice problems: answers --
Chapter 16. Electrophilic addition and addition/elimination to conjugated double bond and aromatic systems: 16.1. General concepts of Pi-bonding systems
 16.2. Electrophilic addition to conjugated double bonds in polyenes
 16.2. Electrophilic addition to conjugated double bonds in polyenes
 16.3. Electrophilic aromatic substitution by an addition/elimination mechanism
 16.4. Examples: electrophilic aromatic substitution
 16.5. Additional practice problems Chapter 17 Oxidation/reduction relationships for carbonyl carbon: 17.1. General concept of redox reactions
 17.2. Oxidation numbers
 17.3. Oxidation/reduction for carbon in organic molecules
 17.4. Oxidation/reduction sequence for alcohols, aldehydes/ketones, carboxylic acids, and derivatives
 17.5. Reagents and results for oxidation reactions of alcohols, aldehydes/ ketones, carboxylic acids, and derivatives
 17.6. Reagents and results for reduction reactions of alcohols
 aldehydes/ ketones
 carboxylic acids
 and derivatives --
Chapter 18. A complete system for organizing, identifying, and solving carbonyl reactions: nucleophilic addition and addition/elimination: 18.1. Mechanisms and classification of carbonyl reactions
 18.2. Classification of nucleophilic addition/elimination reactions through the structure of the tetrahedral intermediate: determining the final product for carbonyl reactions
 18.3. Descriptions of group reaction results and mechanisms
 18.4. Process to solve nucleophilic addition/elimination reactions at carbonyl additional practice examples for groups [1] through [6]
 18.5. Additional practice problems Chapter 19. A brief guideline for applying fundamental concepts in NMR spectroscopy: 19.1. General concepts for 1H NMR interpretation: number of signals and peak ratios
 19.2. General Concepts for 1H NMR interpretation: signal position and proton coupling
 19.3. Table of approximate positions for 1H NMR hydrogens
 19.4. Examples: predicting the 1H NMR for molecules using principles #1 through 4
 19.5. Examples: predicting the 1H NMR from molecular structure
 19.6. Additional practice problems
 19.7. Additional practice problems: answers --
Section I. Organic practice exams --
Section II. Multiple-choice practice exams.