Survival Guide to Organic Chemistry : Bridging the Gap From General Chemistry

The Survival Guide to Organic Chemistry: Bridging the Gap from General Chemistry enables organic chemistry students to bridge the gap between general chemistry and organic chemistry. It makes sense of the myriad of in-depth concepts of organic chemistry, without overwhelming them in the necessary detail often given in a complete organic chemistry text. Abstract: The Survival Guide to Organic Chemistry: Bridging the Gap from General Chemistry enables organic chemistry students to bridge the gap between general chemistry and organic chemistry. It makes sense of the myriad of in-depth concepts of organic chemistry, without overwhelming them in the necessary detail often given in a complete organic chemistry text 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. The Survival Guide to Organic Chemistry: Bridging the Gap from General Chemistry enables organic chemistry students to bridge the gap between general chemistry and organic chemistry. It makes sense of the myriad of in-depth concepts of organic chemistry, without overwhelming them in the necessary detail often given in a complete organic chemistry text. Here, the topics covered span the entire standard organic chemistry curriculum. The authors describe subjects which require further explanation, offer alternate viewpoints for understanding and provide hands-on practical problems and solutions to help master the material. This text ultimately allows students to apply key ideas from their general chemistry curriculum to key concepts in organic chemistry.Key Features:Reviews key general chemistry concepts and techniques, adapted for application to important organic principlesProvides practical guidance to help students make the notoriously well-known and arduous transition from general chemistry to organic chemistryExplains organic concepts and reaction mechanisms, generally expanding the focus on how to understand each step from a more intuitive viewpointCovers concepts that need further explanation as well as those that summarize and emphasize key ideas or skills necessary in this field. An added bonus is help with organizing principles to make sense of a wide range of similar reactions and mechanismsImplements a user-friendly process to achieve the end result of problem solvingCovers organic chemistry I and II concepts at the level and depth of a standard ACS organic chemistry curriculum; features practice problems and solutions to help master the material, including an extensive and comprehensive bank of practice exams with solutions "The Survival Guide to Organic Chemistry: Bridging the Gap from General Chemistry enables organic chemistry students to bridge the gap between general chemistry and organic chemistry. It makes sense of the myriad of in-depth concepts of organic chemistry, without overwhelming them in the necessary detail often given in a complete organic chemistry text. Here, the topics covered span the entire standard organic chemistry curriculum. The authors describe subjects which require further explanation, offer alternate viewpoints for understanding and provide hands-on practical problems and solutions to help master the material. This text ultimately allows students to apply key ideas from their general chemistry curriculum to key concepts in organic chemistry"--Page 4 of cover