Organic chemistry concepts : an EFL approach / Gregory Roos, Cathryn Roos.

Organic Chemistry Concepts: An EFL Approach provides an introductory overview of the subject, to enable the reader to understand many critical, experimental facts. Designed to cover a single-semester course or a needed review on the principles of Organic Chemistry, the book is written and organized...

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Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author: Roos, Gregory
Other Authors: Roos, Cathryn
Other title:English as a foreign language approach
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam ; Boston : Academic Press, ©2015.
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Table of Contents:
  • FrontCover; Organic Chemistry Concepts:An EFL Approach; Copyright; Contents; PREFACE; How to Use This Book; Self-Learning Programs; CHAPTER 1 -Organic Structures; 1.1 WHAT IS ORGANIC CHEMISTRY?; 1.2 WHAT MAKES CARBON SPECIAL?; 1.3 MOLECULES, FORMULAE, AND STRUCTURES; 1.4 BONDS AND SHAPE: THE HYBRIDIZATION MODEL; 1.5 POLAR BONDS AND ELECTRONEGATIVITY; 1.6 FORCES BETWEEN MOLECULES; QUESTIONS AND PROGRAMS; Chapter 2
  • Functional Classes I, Structure and Naming; 2.1 DRAWING AND NAMING MOLECULES; 2.2 SATURATED HYDROCARBONS; 2.3 SIMPLE UNSATURATED HYDROCARBONS (ALKENES AND ALKYNES)
  • 2.4 COMPLEX UNSATURATED SYSTEMS (POLYENES AND AROMATICS)2.5 ALKYL HALIDES; 2.6 ALCOHOLS, PHENOLS, ETHERS, AND THEIR SULFUR EQUIVALENTS (THIOLS AND THIOETHERS); 2.7 AMINES; 2.8 COMPOUNDS WITH CARBONYL GROUPS; QUESTIONS AND PROGRAMS; Chapter 3
  • Isomers and Stereochemistry; 3.1 WHAT ARE ISOMERS?; 3.2 STRUCTURAL ISOMERS; 3.3 CONFORMATIONAL ISOMERS; 3.4 GEOMETRIC (CIS-TRANS) ISOMERS; 3.5 CONFIGURATIONAL ISOMERS; 3.6 SUMMARY OF ISOMER RELATIONSHIPS; QUESTIONS AND PROGRAMS; Chapter 4
  • Resonance and Delocalization; 4.1 WHAT IS RESONANCE?; 4.2 DRAWING USEFUL RESONANCE STRUCTURES
  • 4.3 USING CURLY ARROWS TO COUNT ELECTRONSQUESTIONS AND PROGRAMS; Chapter 5
  • Reactivity: How and Why; 5.1 WHY DO REACTIONS OCCUR?; 5.2 BOND BREAKING AND MAKING; 5.3 REACTIVE SPECIES; 5.4 REACTION TYPES; 5.5 REACTION MECHANISM: THE PATH FROM REACTANT TO PRODUCT; 5.6 REACTION ENERGY; 5.7 ORGANIC REDOX REACTIONS; QUESTIONS AND PROGRAMS; Chapter 6
  • Acids and Bases; 6.1 WHY ARE ACIDS AND BASES IMPORTANT?; 6.2 GENERAL DEFINITIONS; 6.3 ACIDITY OF CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; 6.4 GENERAL FUNCTIONAL GROUP ACIDITY; 6.5 GENERAL FUNCTIONAL GROUP BASICITY; QUESTIONS AND PROGRAMS
  • Chapter 7
  • Functional Classes II, Reactions7.1 FUNCTIONAL GROUP INTERCONVERSIONS; 7.2 ALKANES; 7.3 ALKENES; 7.4 ALKYNES; 7.5 ALKYL HALIDES; 7.6 ALCOHOLS AND ETHERS; 7.7 ALDEHYDES AND KETONES; 7.8 CARBOXYLIC ACIDS AND ACYL DERIVATIVES; 7.9 AMINES; 7.10 AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; QUESTIONS AND PROGRAMS; Chapter 8
  • Natural Product Biomolecules; 8.1 WHAT ARE BIOMOLECULES?; 8.2 CARBOHYDRATES; 8.3 LIPIDS; 8.4 AMINO ACIDS, PEPTIDES, AND PROTEINS; 8.5 NUCLEIC ACIDS; QUESTIONS AND PROGRAMS; APPENDICES; APPENDIX 1: Electronegativity and Bond Polarity
  • APPENDIX 2: KEY IUPAC RULES FOR SUBSTITUTIVE NAMING OF ORGANIC COMPOUNDSAPPENDIX 3: SUBSTITUTIVE NAME PREFIXES AND SUFFIXES IN DECREASING ORDER OF PRIORITY; APPENDIX 4: FURTHER AMINE NOMENCLATURE; APPENDIX 5: E, Z-SEQUENCE RULES FOR GEOMETRIC ISOMERISM IN ALKENES; APPENDIX 6: CAHN-INGOLD-PRELOG R/S SEQUENCE RULES; APPENDIX 7: SELECTED AVERAGE BOND ENERGIES (KJ/MOL); APPENDIX 8: SYN- AND ANTI-ADDITION; APPENDIX 9: SUBSTITUTION STEREOCHEMISTRY; APPENDIX 10: FUNCTIONAL GROUP PREPARATIONS; APPENDIX 11: FUNCTIONAL GROUP TESTS; APPENDIX 12: MOST COMMON AMINO ACIDS