McIntosh J.M. Organic Chemistry: Fundamentals and Concepts

2nd Edition. — Walter de Gruyter GmbH, 2022. — 399 p. — ISBN 978-3-11-077820-5
This book is intended for beginning students, both chemistry majors and other students who require it for their program. The material is presented in a concise and student-friendly way, without the inclusion of topics unnecessary at that level. A complete section is designed to lead students through the naming of organic compounds in a self-taught manner. Reactions are grouped by mechanistic type and stereochemistry is emphasized throughout. An introduction to the spectroscopic methods used for structure determination is included. Problems are included at each stage and new in this edition are complete answers to the problems as well as an introduction to the molecules of nature.
Explains organic chemistry in an accessible manner by evolving from simple to complex.
Includes a section of problems at the end of each chapter to support understanding.
Updated throughout and with a new chapter on the Chemistry of Nature.The Simplest Organic Molecules – The Hydrocarbons
The Shapes of Organic Molecules – Stereochemistry
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
Introduction to the Molecules of Nature
Appendix: Answers to Problems From Part IBasic Principles
Alkenes, Alkynes, and Compounds With Rings
More Stereochemistry – The CIP System
Functional Groups
Aromatic Compounds
Appendix: Answers to Problems From Part II