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Chemistry
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Organic Chemistry

Author: John E. McMurry
Publisher: Brooks Cole, 2007, 1296pp, 7th ed.

Organic Chemistry, the Seventh Edition retains McMurry's textbooks hallmark qualities: comprehensive, authoritative, and clear. McMurry has developed a reputation for crafting precise and accessible introductory textbooks that speak to the needs of instructors and students. More than a million students worldwide from a full range of universities have explored organic chemistry through his trademark style, while instructors have praised his approach time and time again.
Table of contents
1Structure and Bonding
2Bonding and Molecular Properties39
3The Nature of Organic Compounds: Alkanes and Cycloalkanes67
4Stereochemistry of Alkanes and Cycloalkanes102
5An Overview of Organic Reactions140
6Alkenes: Structure and Reactivity170
7Alkenes: Reactions and Synthesis213
8Alkynes254
9Stereochemistry284
10Alkyl Halldes332
11Reactions of Alkyl Halldes: Nucleophilic Substitutions and Eliminations359
12Structure Determination: Mass Spectroscopy and Infrared Spectroscopy411
13Structure Determination: Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy442
14Conjugated Dienes and Ultraviolet Spectroscopy488
15Benzene and Aromaticity525
16Chemistry of Benzene: Electrophilic Aromatic Substitution560
Organic Reactions: A Brief Review614
17Alcohols and Thiols626
18Ethers, Epoxides, and Sulfides670
Chemistry of Carbonyl Compounds: An Overview694
19Aldehydes and Ketones: Nucleophilic Addition Reactions708
20Carboxylic Acids767
21Carboxylic Acid Derivatives and Nucleophilic Acyl Substitution Reactions794
22Carbonyl Alpha-Substitution Reactions846
23Carbonyl Condensation Reactions877
24Carbohydrates916
25Aliphatic Amines957
26Arylamines and Phenols1000
27Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins1036
28Lipids1079
29Heterocycles and Nucleic Acids1107
30Orbitals and Organic Chemistry: Pericyclic Reactions1149
31Synthetic Polymers1185
App. A Nomenclature of Polyfunctional Organic CompoundsA1
App. B Acidiry Constants for Some Organic CompoundsA8
App. C GlossaryA10
App. D Answers to Selected in-Text ProblemsA33
IndexI-1