The basics of organic chemistry
By: Martin Clowes
Edition: First edition.
Series: Core concepts
Publisher: Rosen Publishing
Published: 2014
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 96
ISBN-13: 9781477727140
Subjects: Organic Chemistry; Juvenile literature
Description: "Students see chemistry in action in this thorough but accessible informational text is aligned to science core curriculum, includes crosscutting concepts, and covers carbon bonding, chains, and rings, alcohol and acids, other organic compounds such as esters, aldehydes, ketones, ethers, amines, and halides, and polymers. Fact boxes about key terms, events, people, discoveries, and technologies, along with sidebars that give everyday examples of chemical applications help make the subject fun for readers."--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.

Grades 7 to 12.
Table of contents: title: Organic chemistry defined; title: Carbon atoms and bonding; title: Ringed hydrocarbons; title: Functional groups of alcohols and organic acids; title: Different organic functional groups; title: Characteristics of polymers; title: Biography: Friedrich Wöhler.