Organic chemistry : structure and function / K. Peter C. Vollhardt, Neil E. Schore

CONTENT

CHAPTER 1 STRUCTURE AND BONDING IN ORGANIC MOLECULES
1.1 The scope of organic chemistry: An Overview
1.2 Coulomb Forces: A Simplified View of Bonding
1.3 Ionic and Covalent Bonds: The Octet Rule
1.4 Electron-Dot Model
1.5 Resonance Form, etc.

CHAPTER 2 STRUCTURE AND REACTIVITY: Acids and Bases, Polar and Nonpolar Molecules
2.1 Kinetics and Thermodynamics of simple chemical processes
2.2 Acids and Bases: Electrophiles and Nucleophiles
2.3 Functional Groups: Centers of Reactivity
2.4 Straight-Chain and Branched Alkanes
2.5 Naming the Alkanes, etc.

CHAPTER 3 REACTIONS OF AKANES: BOND-DISSOCIATION ENERGIES, RADICAL HALOGENATION, AND RELATIVE REACTIVITY
3-1 Strength of Alkane Bonds: Radicals
3.2 Structure of Alkyl Radicals: Hyperconjugation
3.3 Conversion of pertroleum: Pyrolysis
3.4 Chlorination of Methane: The Radical Chain Mechanism
3.5 Other Radical Halogenations of Methane, etc.

CHAPTER 4 CYCLIC ALKANES
4.1 NAMES AND PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF CYCLOALKANES
4.2 Ring Strain and The Structure of Cycloalkane
4.3 Cyclothexane: A Strain -Free Cycloalkane
4.4 Substituted Cyclohexanes
4.5 Larger Cycloalkane, etc.

CHAPTER 5 STEREOISOMERS
5.1 Chiral Molecules
5.2 Optical Activity
5.3 Absolute Configuration: R-S Sequence Rules
5.4 Fisher Projections
5.5 Molecules Incorporating Several Strereocenters, etc.

CHAPTER 6 PROPERTIES AND REACTIONS OF HALOALKANES: BI MOLECULAR NUCLEOPHILIC SUBSTITUTION
6.1 Physical Properties of Haloalkanes
6.2 Nucleophilic Substitution
6.3 Reaction Mechanisms Involving polar Functional Groups: Using ''Electron-pushing'' Arrows
6.4 A Closer look at of the Nuclophilic Substitution Mechanism, etc.

CHAPTER 7 FURTHER REACTIONS OF HALOALKANES: UNIMOLECULAR SUBSTITUTION AND PATHWAYS OF ELIMINATION
7.1 Solvolysis of Tertiary and Secondary Haloalkanes
7.2 Uni-molecular Nucleophilic Substitution
7.3 Stereochemical consequences of Sn1 Reactions
7.4 Effects of Solvent, Leaving Group, and Nucleopile on Uni-molecular Substitution
7.5 Effect of the Alkyl Group on the Sn1 Reaction: Carbocation Stability, etc.

CHAPTER 8 HYDROXY FUNCTIONAL GROUP: ALCOHOLS: PROPERTIES, PREPARATION, AND STRATEGY OF SYNTHESIS
8-1 Naming the Alcohols
8.2 Structural and Physical Properties of Alcohols
8.3 Alcohols as Acids and Bases
8.4 Industrial Sources of Alcohols: Carbon Monoxide and Ethene
8.5 Synthesis of Alcohols by Nucleophilic Substitution, etc.

CHAPTER 9 FURTHER REACTIONS OF ALCOHOLS AND THE CHEMISTRY OF ETHERS
9.1 Reaction of Alcohols with Base: Preparation of Alkoxides
9.2 Reaction of Alcohols with Strong Acids: Alkyloxonium Ions in substitution and Elimination Reaction of Alcohols
9.3 Carbocation Rearrangements, etc.

CHAPTER 10 USING NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY TO DEDUCE STRUCTURE
10.1 Physical and Chemical Tests
10.2 Defining Spectroscopy
10.3 Proton Nuclear Magnetic Resonance
10.4 Using NMR Spectra to Analyze Molecular Structure: The proton Chemical Shift, etc.

CHAPTER 11 ALKANES AND INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY
11.1 Naming the Alkeanes
11.2 Structure and Bonding in Ethene: The pi Bond
11.3 Physical Properties of Alkenes
11.4 Nuclear Magnetic Resonance of Alkenes, etc.

CHAPTER 12 REACTION ALKENES
12.1 Why Addition Reactions proceed: Thermodynamic Feasibility
12.2 Catalytic Hydrogenation
12.3 Nucleophilic Character of the pi Bond; Electrophilic Addition of Hydrogen Halides
12.4 Alcohol Synthesis by Electrophilic Hydration, etc.

CHAPTER 13 ALKYNES: THE CARBON-CARBON TRIPLE BOND
13.1 Naming the Alkynes
13.2 Properties and Bonding in the Alkynes
13.3 Spectroscopy of the Alkynes
13.4 Preparation of Alkynes by Double Elimination, etc.

CHAPTER 14 DELOCALIZED PI SYSTEMS: INVESTIGATION BY ULTRAVIOLET AND VISIBLE SPECTROSCOPY
15.1 Naming the Benzenes
15.2 Structure and Resonance Energy of Benzene: A First look at aromaticity
15.3 Pi Molecular Orbitals of Benzene
15.4 Spectral Characteristics of the Benzene
15.5 Poly-cyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons, etc.

CHAPTER 16 ELECTROPHILIC ATTACK ON DERIVATIVES OF BENZENE: SUBSTITUENTS CONTROL REGIOSELECTIVITY

CHAPTER 17 ALDEHYDES AND KETONES: THE CARBONYL GROUP

CHAPTER 18 ENOLS, ENOLATES, AND THE ALDOL CONDENSATION: A-B-UNSATURATED ALDEHYDES AND KETONES

CHAPTER 19 CARBOXYLIC ACIDS

CHAPTER 20 CARBOXYLIC ACID DERIVATIVES AND MASS SPECTROMETRY

CHAPTER 21 AMINES AND THEIR DERIVATIVES: FUNCTIONAL GROUPS CONTAINING NITROGEN

CHAPTER 22 CHEMISTRY OF BENEZENE SUBSTITUENTS; ALKYLBENZENES, PHENOLS, AND BENZENAMINES

CHAPTER 23 ENOLATES AND THE CLAISEN CONDENSATION: SYNTHESIS OF B- DICARBONYL COMPOUNDS: ACYL ANION EQUIVALENTS

CHAPTER 24 CARBOHYDRATES: POLYFUNCTIONAL COMPOUNDS IN NATURE

CHAPTER 25 HETEROCYCLES: HETEROATOMS IN CYCLIC ORGANIC COMPOUNDS

CHAPTER 26 AMINO ACIDS , PEPTIDES, PROTEINS, AND NUCLEIC ACIDS: NITROGEN- CONTAINING POLYMERS IN NATURE

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