McIntosh J.M. Organic Chemistry: Fundamentals and Concepts

Berlin/Boston, Germany: Walter de Gruyter GmbH, 2018. — 331 p. — (De Gruyter Textbook). — ISBN10: 3110565129.Written in a concise and student-friendly way, this textbook focuses on the underlying principles of organic chemistry and provides the tools for understanding the nature of organic reactions. The author utilizes an integrated approach for organic chemistry, uniting in a logical manner the main reaction types and their mechanisms, compound classes and their typical reactions, organic spectroscopy and principles of structure elucidationFundamentalsThe Simplest Organic Molecules – The Hydrocarbons
The Shapes of Organic Molecules – Stereochemistry 1
Reactions – Basic Principles (or Where, Why, What, How Fast, and How Far)
Reactions of Alkanes, Alkenes, and Alkynes
More Stereochemistry and Another Reaction Type – Nucleophilic Substitution
Alcohols and Ethers, Amines, and Alkyl Halides. Introduction to Carbonyl Compounds (Aldehydes, Ketones)
More Carbonyl Chemistry – Acids and Their Derivatives
Aromatic Compounds – Benzene and Its Derivatives. Resonance as a Force Majeure
Organic Nitrogen Compounds – Amines and Amides
Introduction to Spectroscopy
Elimination Reactions
The Naming of Organic CompoundsBasic Principles
Alkenes, Alkynes, and Compounds With Rings
More Stereochemistry – The CIP System
Functional Groups
Aromatic Compounds
Appendix: Answers to Problems From Part II