Organic Chemistry: 25 Must-Know Classes of Organic Compounds (eBook)

Organic Chemistry: 25 Must-Know Classes of Organic Compounds covers the main organic compounds. It includes aliphatic and aromatic hydrocarbons, halide, oxygen, nitrogen, and sulfur-containing compounds. It presents heterocyclic compounds and common organic mechanisms and describes carbonyl compounds, organic polymers and organic molecules with applications in medicinal chemistry.

Dr. Mohamed Elzagheid is an Associate Professor of Organic Chemistry and was previously the Deputy of Education and Training Affairs at Jubail Industrial College.

Prior to his current job at JIC, Dr. Elzagheid worked as the R & D Director at LPS Inc. in Canada. Dr. Elzagheid also has experience working as a post-doctoral fellow, visiting scientist, and research associate at McGill University in Canada, the lab director at SynPrep Inc. in Canada, and a senior research chemist at Perkin Elmer in Finland.

Dr. Elzagheid's work at Turku University in Finland, McGill University in Canada, and JIC in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has enabled him to solidify his reputation in the organic chemistry field, and nucleoside and oligonucleotide chemistry in particular; such is evident in Dr. Elzagheid's research papers and publications (50+ peer-reviewed articles and 5 textbooks).