8th Edition. — McGraw-Hill, 2011. — 1333 p. — ISBN: 978-0-07-340261-1. — ISBN: 0-07-340261-3.
A Market Leading, Traditional Approach to Organic Chemistry
Throughout all eight editions, Organic Chemistry has been designed to meet the needs of the "mainstream," two-semester, undergraduate organic chemistry course. This best-selling text gives students a solid understanding of organic chemistry by stressing how fundamental reaction mechanisms function and reactions occur.
Structure Determines Properties
Alkanes and Cycloalkanes: Introduction to Hydrocarbons
Alkanes and Cycloalkanes: Conformations and cis-trans Stereoisomers
Alcohols and Alkyl Halides
Structure and Preparation of Alkenes: Elimination Reactions
Addition Reactions of Alkenes
Stereochemistry
Nucleophilic Substitution
Alkynes
Conjugation in Alkadienes and Allylic Systems
Arenes and Aromaticity
Reactions of Arenes: Electrophilic and Nucleophilic Arom
ubstitution
Spectroscopy
Organometallic Compounds
Alcohols, Diols, and Thiols
Ethers, Epoxides, and Sulfi des
Aldehydes and Ketones: Nucleophilic Addition to the Carbonyl Group
Carboxylic Acids
Carboxylic Acid Derivatives: Nucleophilic Acyl Substitution
Enols and Enolates
Amines
Phenols
Carbohydrates
Lipids
Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins
Nucleosides, Nucleotides, and Nucleic Acids
Synthetic Polymers