Organic Chemistry I for Dummies (Paperback, 2)

Introduction 1

Part 1: Getting Started with Organic Chemistry 5

CHAPTER 1: The Wonderful World of Organic Chemistry 7

CHAPTER 2: Dissecting Atoms: Atomic Structure and Bonding 15

CHAPTER 3: Speaking with Pictures: Drawing Structures 35

CHAPTER 4: Covering the Bases (And the Acids) 57

CHAPTER 5: Reactivity Centers: Functional Groups 67

CHAPTER 6: Seeing in 3-D: Stereochemistry 81

Part 2: Hydrocarbons 97

CHAPTER 7: What’s in a Name? Alkane Nomenclature 99

CHAPTER 8: Drawing Alkanes 107

CHAPTER 9: Seeing Double: The Alkenes 123

CHAPTER 10: Reactions of Alkenes 137

CHAPTER 11: It Takes Alkynes: The Carbon-Carbon Triple Bond 149

Part 3: Functional Groups 157

CHAPTER 12: Replacing and Removing: Substitution and Elimination Reactions 159

CHAPTER 13: Getting Drunk on Organic Molecules: The Alcohols 175

CHAPTER 14: Side-by-Side: Conjugated Alkenes and the Diels–Alder Reaction 183

CHAPTER 15: Lord of the Rings: Aromatic Compounds 193

CHAPTER 16: Bringing Out the Howitzers: Reactions of Aromatic Compounds 209

Part 4: Spectroscopy and Structure Determination 223

CHAPTER 17: A Smashing Time: Mass Spectrometry 225

CHAPTER 18: Seeing Good Vibrations: IR Spectroscopy 241

CHAPTER 19: NMR Spectroscopy: Hold onto Your Hats, You’re Going Nuclear! 253

CHAPTER 20: Following the Clues: Solving Problems in NMR 273

Part 5: The Part of Tens 293

CHAPTER 21: Ten (Or So) Great Organic Chemists 295

CHAPTER 22: Ten Cool Organic Discoveries 301

CHAPTER 23: Ten Cool Organic Molecules 307

Part 6: Appendixes 313

APPENDIX A: Working Multistep Synthesis Problems 315

APPENDIX B: Working Reaction Mechanisms 323

APPENDIX C: Glossary 329

Index 339