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.
- Second edition.
- viii, 1047 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm.
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.