Organic Chemistry II For Dummies (eBook)

John T. Moore, EdD, is a chemistry professor at Stephen F. Austin State University. He's the author of many chemistry titles, including all editions of Chemistry For Dummies. Richard H. Langley, PhD, has been a chemistry professor at Stephen F. Austin State University for nearly 40 years. He has coauthored numerous Dummies titles with John Moore.

Introduction 1

Part 1: Brushing Up on Important Organic Chemistry I Concepts 5

Chapter 1: Organic Chemistry II: Here We Go Again! 7

Chapter 2: Remembering How We Do It: Mechanisms 15

Chapter 3: Alcohols and Ethers: Not Just for Drinking and Sleeping 29

Chapter 4: Conjugated Unsaturated Systems 49

Chapter 5: "Seeing" Molecules: Spectroscopy Revisited 63

Part 2: Discovering Aromatic (And Not So Aromatic) Compounds 75

Chapter 6: Introducing Aromatics 77

Chapter 7: Aromatic Substitution Part I: Attack of the Electrophiles 89

Chapter 8: Aromatic Substitution Part II: Attack of the Nucleophiles and Other Reactions 107

Part 3: Carbonyls: Good Alcohols Gone Bad 117

Chapter 9: Comprehending Carbonyls 119

Chapter 10: Aldehydes and Ketones 133

Chapter 11: Enols and Enolates 155

Chapter 12: Carboxylic Acids and Their Derivatives 179

Part 4: Advanced Topics (Every Student's Nightmare) 211

Chapter 13: Amines and Friends 213

Chapter 14: Metals Muscling In: Organometallics 239

Chapter 15: More Reactions of Carbonyl Compounds 249

Chapter 16: Living Large: Biomolecules 267

Part 5: Pulling It All Together 293

Chapter 17: Overview of Synthesis Strategies 295

Chapter 18: Roadmaps and Predicting Products 309

Part 6: The Part of Tens 319

Chapter 19: Ten Surefire Ways to Fail Organic Chemistry II 321

Chapter 20: More than Ten Ways to Increase Your Score on an Organic Chemistry Exam 325

Chapter 21: Ten Simple Rules to Remember 331

Part 7: Appendixes 337

Appendix A: Named Reactions 339

Appendix B: A Few Great Online Resources 343

Index 345