Organic chemistry / [by] Bernard R. Baker.

CONTENTS

From drugs to DNA
the natural versus the synthetic
historical background
drugs
e.tc

Electron orbital theory
methane and its stereochemistry
bonding in carbon compounds
atomic orbitals
e.tc

Hydrocarbons
alkenes
alkenes
e.tc

Functional Groups 1 : Halides, alcohols, ethers and amines
Types of functional groups
Alkyl and aryl halides
e.tc

Functional groups II : Carbonyl compounds
Types of carbonyl compounds
Carboxylic acids and their derivatives: Nomenclature, properties and occurrence
e.tc

Stereoisomerism
Isomers
configurational isomerism
e.tc

Electronic and steric effects on functional groups
Resonance
Effect of resonance on ionization
e.tc

Fundamentals of organic reaction mechanisms
Theory of relative reaction rates
reaction intermediates of carbon
e.tc

Substitution and elimination reactions at Sp- Hybridized carbon
Definitions
Types of substitution and elimination reactions
e.tc

Addition reactions at sp- hybridized carbon I: Unsaturated hydrocarbons
electrophilic addition reactions
free-radical addition reactions
problems
e.tc

Addition reactions at sp2- hybridized carbon II: aldehydes and ketones
mechanism of addition
addition reactions
e.tc

Substitution reactions at sp2 - hybridized carbon I: carboxylic acid derivatives
reaction mechanisms
reactions of carboxylic acids
e.tc

Substitution reactions at sp2- hybridized carbon II; Arenes
mechanism of electrophilic substitution
substituent effects on rate and orientation
e.tc

Special interactions in polyfunctional molecules I : resonance and inductive effects
introduction
conjugated dienes
e.tc

Special interactions in polyfunctional molecules II: neighbouring group reactions
Introduction
dicarboxylic acid derivatives
e.tc

Spectral determination of organic structure
Introduction
ultraviolet and visible absorption spectroscopy
e.tc

Steroids and terpenoids
introduction
terpenoids
e.tc

Carbohydrates
introduction
reactions of aldoses
e.tc

Heterocyclic
Introduction
aliphatic heterocyclic
e.tc

Amino acids, proteins, and enzyme action
introduction
amino acids
e.tc

Nucleic acids
introduction
nucleosides and nucleotides
e.tc

Industrial macromolecules and dyes
introduction
modified natural polymers
addition polymers
e.tc

Drugs and biocides
chemotherapeutic agents
pharmacodynamic agents
e.tc

Includes Index