This text, organized with a traditional functional-group approach, applies the most modern teaching and pedagogical techniques to the study of organic chemistry. In a highly accessible fashion, this top-selling text bridges the gap between conceptual understanding and actual application??????????????????while strongly emphasizing the development of problem-solving skills. Additionally, it provides up-to-date aspects of spectroscopy, relevant photographs, and many applications to polymer chemistry integrated throughout the text. Features NEW - Mechanism Boxes??????????????????For clearer understanding of how reactions occur, the process and steps underlying these reactions are highlighted and described within the text. Key Mechanism Boxes. NEW - Revised all NMR images to high-field resolution??????????????????To match the spectra work students will be conducting in the lab and in the workplace. NEW - Amines interchapter. Pulls together and summarizes concepts related to amines in a small, coherent section. Stereochemistry??????????????????Covered early (Ch. 5), before substitutions and eliminations. Reaction Summaries??????????????????Includes cross-references to reactions that are discussed elsewhere. Unique Problem-Solving Essays. Assists students to approach more complicated problems, especially problems that require proposing mechanisms and developing multi-step synthesis. Over 190 Problem-Solving Hints??????????????????Derived from Skip Wade's many years of teaching experience, these head off common student errors and offer ????????????????over the shoulder??????????????? advice. Over 1300 (mostly multi-part) problems. NEW - New problems added and existing ones revised. NEW - Updated and enhanced design and art program??????????????????Contains state-of-the-art, computer-generated molecular and orbital art. NEW - Added electrostatic potential maps. NEW - Added biological (and other) applications in marginal Applications Notes. Contents Introduction and Review. Structure and Properties of Organic Molecules. Structure and Stereochemistry of Alkanes. The Study of Chemical Reactions. Stereochemistry. Alkyl Halides: Nucleophilic Substitution and Elimination. Structure and Synthesis of Alkenes. Reactions of Alkenes. Alkynes. Structure and Synthesis of Alcohols. Reactions of Alcohols. Infrared Spectroscopy and Mass Spectrometry. Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy. Ethers, Epoxides, and Sulfides. Conjugated Systems, Orbital Symmetry, and Ultraviolet Spectroscopy. Aromatic Compounds. Reactions of Aromatic Compounds. Ketones and Aldehydes. Amines. Carboxylic Acids. Carboxylic Acid Derivatives. Alpha Substitutions and Condensations of Enols and Enolate Ions. Carbohydrates and Nucleic Acids. Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins. Lipids. Synthetic Polymers.