Organic Chemistry II For Dummies
Contributors: Langley, Richard H.
Series: For Dummies
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Hoboken
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource]
Number of pages: 388
ISBN-13: 9780470596951
Subjects: Science: Chemistry; Science
Description: A plain-English guide to one of the toughest courses around. So, you survived the first semester of Organic Chemistry (maybe even by the skin of your teeth) and now it's time to get back to the classroom and lab! Organic Chemistry II For Dummies is an easy-to-understand reference to this often challenging subject. Thanks to this book, you'll get friendly and comprehensible guidance on everything you can expect to encounter in your Organic Chemistry II course.: An extension of the successful Organic Chemistry I For Dummies; Covers topics in a straightforward and effective manner; Explains conce.
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Table of contents: title: Organic Chemistry II For Dummies®; About the Authors; Dedication; Authors' Acknowledgments; Contents at a Glance; Table of Contents; Introduction; About This Book; Conventions Used in This Book; What You're Not to Read; Foolish Assumptions; How This Book Is Organized; Icons Used in This Book; Where to Go from Here; Part I: Brushing Up on Important Organic Chemistry I Concepts; 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 and Sleeping; Chapter 4: Conjugated Unsaturated Systems.; title: Chapter 5: "Seeing" Molecules: Spectroscopy RevisitedPart II: Discovering Aromatic (And Not So Aromatic) Compounds; Chapter 6: Introducing Aromatics; Chapter 7: Aromatic Substitution Part I: Attack of the Electrophiles; Chapter 8: Aromatic Substitution Part II: Attack of the Nucleophiles and Other Reactions; Part III: Carbonyls: Good Alcohols Gone Bad; Chapter 9: Comprehending Carbonyls; Chapter 10: Aldehydes and Ketones; Chapte.