Organic chemistry II for dummies
By: by John T. Moore and Richard H. Langley
Contributors: Langley, Richard
Series: --For dummies; --For dummies
Publisher: Wiley Pub.
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Hoboken, NJ
Language: eng
Number of pages: 362
ISBN-13: 9780470178157
Subjects: Organic Chemistry
Other titles: Organic chemistry 2 for dummies; Organic chemistry two for dummies
Description: Your plain-English guide to understanding chemical reactions and tackling tests with ease.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Part I. Brushing up on important organic chemistry I concepts.  Organic chemistry II : here we go again! ; Remembering how we do it : mechanisms ; Alcohols and ethers : not just for drinking and sleeping ; Conjugated unsaturated systems ; "Seeing" molecules : spectroscopy revisited; title: Part II. Discovering aromatic (and not so aromatic) compounds.  Introducing aromatics ; Aromatic substitution Part I : Attack of the electrophiles ; Aromatic substitution Part II : Attack of the nucleophiles and other reactions; title: Part III. Carbonyls : good alcohols gone bad.  Comprehending carbonyls ; Aldehydes and ketones ; Enols and enolates ; Carboxylic acids and their derivatives; title: Part IV. Advanced topics (every student's nightmare).  Amines and friends ; Metals muscling in : organometallics ; More reactions of carbonyl compounds ; Living large : biomolecules; title: Part V. Pulling it all together.  Overview of synthesis strategies ; Roadmaps and predicting products; title: Part VI. The part of tens.  Ten surefire ways to fail organic chemistry II ; More than ten ways to increase your score on an organic chemistry exam; title: Appendix: Named reactions.