About the Book

Organic Chemistry

The field of organic chemistry includes more than twenty million compounds for which properties have been determined and recorded in the literature. Many hundreds of new compounds are added every day. Much more than half of the world's chemists are organic chemists. Organic chemistry is the study of carbon and the study of the chemistry of life. Since not all carbon reactions are organic, another way to look at organic chemistry would be to consider it the study of molecules containing the carbon-hydrogen (C-H) bond and their reactions. An organic chemical, also referred to as an organic compound, is defined as being constructed of molecules that possess carbon-based atoms. Specifically, it is composed of carbon atoms attached to hydrogen atoms, together with a variety of other elements from functional groups, such as oxygen, nitrogen, sulfur, etc. Usually, an organic chemical is covalently bonded, meaning that electrons are shared between atoms. This characteristic is why organic chemicals can be structured in a variety of long chains and rings and form bonds with the great stability. The present book constructs organic chemistry from the grouch up. It aims to provide students with an introduction to the recent developments in the field of organic chemistry. CONTENTS: (1)Introduction (2)Advances in Organic Chemistry (3)Alkanes (4)Alcohol Nomenclature (5)Nucleic Acids (6)Chemical Bond (7)Reaction Stoichiometry (8)Reaction Mechanisms (9)Aromatic Compounds (10)Classifying Organic Chemical Reactions.