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From its first edition through this, its sixth,Organic Chemistry has been designed to meet the needs of the "mainstream," two-semester, undergraduate organic chemistry course. This best-selling text gives students a solid understanding of organic chemistry by stressing how fundamental reaction mechanisms function and how reactions occur. With the addition of handwritten solutions, new cutting-edge molecular illustrations, updated spectroscopy coverage, seamless integration of molecular modeling exercises, and state-of-the-art multimedia tools, the 6th edition of Organic Chemistry clearly offers the most up-to-date approach to the study of organic chemistry.

Table of Contents

1 Structure Determines Properties
2 Hydrocarbon Frameworks, Alkanes
3 Conformations of Alkanes and Cycloalkanes
4 Alcohols and Alkyl Halides
5 Structure and Preparation of Alkenes: Elimination Reactions
6 Reactions of Alkenes: Addition Reactions
7 Stereochemistry
8 Nucleophilic Substitution
9 Alkynes
10 Conjugation in Alkadienes and Allylic Systems
11 Arenes and Aromaticity
12 Reactions of Arenes: Electrophilic Aromatic Substitution
13 Spectroscopy
14 Organometallic Compounds
15 Alcohols, Diols, and Thiols
16 Ethers, Epoxides, and Sulfides
17 Aldehydes and Ketones: Nucleophilic Addition to the Carbonyl Group
18 Enols and Enolates
19 Carboxylic Acids
20 Carboxylic Acid Derivatives: Nucleophilic Acyl Substitution
21 Ester Enolates
22 Amines
23 Aryl Halides
24 Phenols
25 Carbohydrates
26 Lipids
27 Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins
28 Nucleosides, Nucleotides, and Nucleic Acids
29 Synthetic Polymers
Appendix 1 Physical Properties
Appendix 2 Answers to In-Text Problems

About the Author

Francis A. Carey is a native of Pennsylvania, educated in the public schools of Philadelphia, at Drexel University (B.S. in chemistry, 1959), and at Penn State (Ph.D. 1963). Following postdoctoral work at Harvard and military service, he was appointed to the chemistry faculty of the University of Virginia in 1966. Prior to retiring in 2000, he regularly taught the two-semester lecture courses in general chemistry and organic chemistry. With his students, Professor Carey has published over forty research papers in synthetic and mechanistic organic chemistry. In addition to this text, he is coauthor (with Robert C. Atkins) of Organic Chemistry: A Brief Course and (with Richard J. Sundberg) of Advanced Organic Chemistry, a two-volume treatment designed for graduate students and advanced undergraduates. He was a member of the Committee of Examiners of The Graduate Record Examination in Chemistry from 1993-2000. Frank and his wife Jill, who is a teacher/director of a preschool and a church organist, are the parents of Andy, Bob, and Bill and the grandparents of Riyad and Ava.