Organic Chemistry

Ideal for those who have previously studies organic chemistry but not in great depth and with little exposure to organic chemistry in a formal sense. This text aims to bridge the gap between introductory-level instruction and more advanced graduate-level texts, reviewing the basics as well as presenting the more advanced ideas that are currently of importance in organic chemistry.
* Provides students with the organic chemistry background required to succeed in advanced courses.
* Practice problems included at the end of each chapter.

A foundation for success in advanced organic chemistry courses-and careers Graduate students taking advanced organic chemistry courses often need a refresher on the discipline before they can move on to more specialized topics. This is especially true of students whose last formal exposure to organic chemistry was during their undergraduate studies. Organic Chemistry: An Intermediate Text bridges this gap, reacquainting students with basic organic chemistry while introducing them to the most important advanced topics in the field today. The book presents a principles-focused discussion of organic chemistry from a unique mechanistic and structural perspective. Beginning with the classification of functional groups by bonding patterns and oxidation levels, it describes general mechanistic considerations vital to the understanding of functional group transformations-from electron movement to stereoelectronic effects. Building on this mechanistic framework, the text then provides insight into synthetic transformations commonly employed in modern organic chemistry. Updated and revised throughout, the Second Edition of Organic Chemistry: An Intermediate Text features: * A stronger emphasis on mechanisms * An expanded overview of resonance and aromaticity * A new section on uses of organopalladium chemistry and olefin metathesis in carbon-carbon bond formation * A revised examination of free radical reactions for carbon-carbon bond formation * A fuller discussion of Diels-Alder chemistry Chapterending problems, many of which are new to this edition, help to reinforce pivotal concepts required to fully comprehend the text material. This book is illustrated with abundant structures and figures that demonstrate these concepts.

Preface.
 
Preface to the First Edition.
 
1. Functional Groups and Chemical Bonding.
 
Functional Groups.
 
Orbitals.
 
Bonding Schemes.
 
Antibonding Orbitals.
 
Resonance.
 
Conjugated p Systems.
 
Aromaticity.
 
Bibliography.
 
Problems.
 
2. Oxidation States of Organic Compounds.
 
Oxidation Levels.
 
Oxidation States in Alkanes.
 
Oxidation States in Alkenes.
 
Oxidation States in Common Functional Groups.
 
Oxidation Level Changes During Reactions.
 
Bibliography.
 
Problems.
 
3. Acidity and Basicity.
 
Bronsted and Lewis Acids and Bases.
 
Acid Strength.
 
Acid-Base Equilibria.
 
Amphoteric Compounds.
 
Structural Effects on Acidity.
 
Electronegativity.
 
Inductive Effects.
 
Resonance Effects.
 
Bibliography.
 
Problems.
 
4. Curved-Arrow Notation.
 
Electron Movement.
 
Heterolytic Bond Cleavages.
 
Heterolytic Bond Formation.
 
Homolytic Bond Making and Bond Breaking.
 
Resonance Structures.
 
Depiction of Mechanism.
 
Bibliography.
 
Problems.
 
5. Mechanisms of Organic Reactions.
 
Activation Energy.
 
Activated Complex.
 
Reaction Energetics.
 
Structure of the Activated Complex.
 
Hammond Postulate.
 
Reaction Kinetics.
 
Determining Activation Energies.
 
Isotope Effects.
 
Electronic Effects.
 
Hammett Equation.
 
Bibliography.
 
Problems.
 
6. Stereochemical and Conformational Isomerism.
 
Stereochemical Structures.
 
Chirality.
 
Configuration of Chiral Centers.
 
Multiple Stereocenters.
 
Optical Activity.
 
Absolute Configuration.
 
Physical Properties of Enantiomers.
 
Resolution of Enantiomers.
 
Stereoselective Reactions.
 
Formation of Enantiomers.
 
Formation of Diastereomers.
 
Stereochemistry to Deduce Mechanism.
 
Conformational Analysis.
 
Conformational Energies.
 
A Values.
 
Strain in Ring Systems.
 
Stereoelectronic Effects.
 
Bibliography.
 
Problems.
 
7. Functional Group Synthesis.
 
Functional Group Manipulation.
 
Carboxylic Acids.
 
Esters.
 
Amides.
 
Acid Chlorides.
 
Aldehydes.
 
Ketones.
 
Imines and Imine Derivatives.
 
Alcohols.
 
Amines.
 
Alkenes.
 
Alkanes.
 
Bibliography.
 
Problems.
 
8. Carbon-Carbon Bond Formation between Carbon.
 
Nucleophiles and Carbon Electrophiles.
 
Synthetic Strategy.
 
Nucleophilic Carbon.
 
Electrophilic Carbon.
 
Reactivity Matching.
 
Generation of Nucleophilic Carbon Reagents.
 
Generation of Electrophilic Carbon Reagents.
 
Matching Nucleophiles with Electrophiles.
 
Enolates.
 
Enolate Regioisomers.
 
Diastereoselection in Aldol Reactions.
 
Organometallic Compounds.
 
Neutral Carbon Nucleophiles.
 
C=C Formation.
 
Cyclopropanation Reactions.
 
Metal-Catalyzed Carbon-Carbon Bond Formation.
 
Pd(0)-Catalyzed Carbon-Carbon Bond Formation.
 
Heck Reaction.
 
Suzuki Coupling.
 
Stille Coupling.
 
Olefin Metathesis.
 
Bibliography.
 
Problems.
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