Organic chemistry : structure, mechanism, synthesis / Robert J. Ouellette, Professor Emeritus, Department of Chemistry, The Ohio State University and J. David Rawn, Professor Emeritus, Towson University.

Includes index.

Edition statement from cover.

Structure and bonding in organic compounds -- Functional groups and their properties -- Introduction to organic reaction mechanisms -- Alkanes and cycloalkanes : structures and reactions -- Stereochemistry -- Alkenes structures and properties -- Alkenes : addition reactions -- Alkynes -- Haloalkanes and alcohols : introduction to nucleophilic substitution and elimination reactions -- Nucleophilic substitution and elimination reactions -- Conjugated alkenes and allylic system -- Arenes and aromaticity -- Electrophilic aromatic substitution -- Methods for structure determination nuclear magnetic resonance and mass spectrometry -- Alcohols : reactions and synthesis -- Ethers and epoxides -- Aldehydes and ketones -- Aldehydes and ketones : nucleophilic addition reactions -- Carboxylic acids -- Carboxylic acid derivatives -- Condensation reactions of carbonyl compounds -- Amines and amides -- Aryl halides, phenols, and anilines -- Organometallic chemistry of transition metal elements and introduction to retrosynthesis -- Pericyclic reactions -- Carbohydrates -- Amino acids, peptides, and proteins -- Synthetic polymers.