Organic Chemistry II For Dummies (eBook)

John T. Moore, EdD, is Regents Professor of Chemistry at Stephen F. Austin State University in Nacogdoches, Texas. He is the author of Chemistry For Dummies. Richard H. Langley, PhD, teaches chemistry at Stephen F. Austin State University. Langley and Moore are coauthors of Biochemistry For Dummies.

Introduction.

Part I: Brushing Up on Important Organic Chemistry IConcepts.

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

Chapter 2: Remembering How We Do It: Mechanisms.

Chapter 3: Alcohols and Ethers: Not Just for Drinking andSleeping.

Chapter 4: Conjugated Unsaturated Systems.

Chapter 5: "Seeing" Molecules: Spectroscopy Revisited.

Part II: Discovering Aromatic (And Not So Aromatic)Compounds.

Chapter 6: Introducing Aromatics.

Chapter 7: Aromatic Substitution Part I: Attack of theElectrophiles.

Chapter 8: Aromatic Substitution Part II: Attack of theNucleophiles and Other Reactions.

Part III: Carbonyls: Good Alcohols Gone Bad.

Chapter 9: Comprehending Carbonyls.

Chapter 10: Aldehydes and Ketones.

Chapter 11: Enols and Enolates.

Chapter 12: Carboxylic Acids and Their Derivatives.

Part IV: Advanced Topics (Every Student's Nightmare).

Chapter 13: Amines and Friends.

Chapter 14: Metals Muscling In: Organometallics.

Chapter 15: More Reactions of Carbonyl Compounds.

Chapter 16: Living Large: Biomolecules.

Part V: Pulling It All Together.

Chapter 17: Overview of Synthesis Strategies.

Chapter 18: Roadmaps and Predicting Products.

Part VI: The Part of Tens.

Chapter 19: Ten Surefi re Ways to Fail Organic Chemistry II.

Chapter 20: More than Ten Ways to Increase Your Score on anOrganic Chemistry Exam.

Appendix: Named Reactions.

Index.