The Bridge To Organic Chemistry : Concepts and Nomenclature

Many fundamental concepts must be mastered before a student can make progress in organic chemistry. This book provides a relatively rigorous discussion of these underlying principles and can make a significant difference in the student’s ability to learn organic chemistry. The progressive disclosure (programmed) style will contain short sections of material that will be followed by a question (and answer) that helps the student understand and master the material covered in that chapter. Many of these questions will also include sufficient review that makes the task of memorization easier, particularly for the nomenclature.Content: Chapter 1 Composition (pages 1–7): Chapter 2 Nomenclature (pages 9–31): Chapter 3 Bonding (pages 33–50): Chapter 4 Structure, Isomerism, and Stereochemistry (pages 51–62): Chapter 5 Chemical Reactivity (pages 63–85): Chapter 6 Reaction Mechanisms (pages 87–102): Make the leap from introductory to organic chemistry The transition from first-year chemistry to an organic chemistry course can be a challenge for many students. Not only must they recall their first-year studies of bonding, structure, and reactivity, but they must also master a whole new set of nomenclature, along with the critical skill of'electron-pushing.'Reviewing the fundamentals and carefully introducing the important new concepts, The Bridge to Organic Chemistry: Concepts and Nomenclature helps students smoothly bridge the gap to organic chemistry. Concise and carefully structured, The Bridge to Organic Chemistry helps students strengthen their mastery of fundamental concepts from an introductory chemistry course and then introduces them to the new concepts of organic chemistry. Step by step, the reader will: Review important concepts such as structural isomerism, Lewis formulas, hybridization, and resonance and understand their roles in modern organic chemistry Learn organic nomenclature along with the critical skill of'electron-pushing'Explore mechanisms that utilize many of the concepts: Lewis acid-base chemistry, rate laws, enthalpy changes, bond energies and electronegativities, substituent effects, structure, stereochemistry, and the visualization of electron flow through the electron-pushing model With a clear progressive style and substantial review at each step, The Bridge to Organic Chemistry puts organic chemistry and its nomenclature within the grasp of every student. Make the leap from introductory to organic chemistry The transition from first-year chemistry to an organic chemistry course can be a challenge for many students. Not only must they recall their first-year studies of bonding, structure, and reactivity, but they must also master a whole new set of nomenclature, along with the critical skill of "electron-pushing." Reviewing the fundamentals and carefully introducing the important new concepts, The Bridge to Organic Chemistry: Concepts and Nomenclature helps students smoothly bridge the gap to organic chemistry. Concise and carefully structured, The Bridge to Organic Chemistry helps students strengthen their mastery of fundamental concepts from an introductory chemistry course and then introduces them to the new concepts of organic chemistry. Step by step, the reader will: With a clear progressive style and substantial review at each step, The Bridge to Organic Chemistry puts organic chemistry and its nomenclature within the grasp of every student. Composition -- Nomenclature -- Bonding -- Structure, Isomerism, And Stereochemistry -- Chemical Reactivity -- Reaction Mechanisms. Claude H. Yoder, Phyllis A. Leber, Marcus W. Thomsen. Includes Index. This text serves as a "bridge" between introductory, first-year chemistry and organic chemistry