Meislich H., et al. Theory and problems of organic chemistry

3rd ed. — McGraw-Hill, 1999. — 478 p. — (Schaum’s outline Series).The beginning student in Organic Chemistry is often overwhelmed by facts, concepts, and new language. Each year, textbooks of Organic Chemistry grow in quantity of subject matter and in level of sophistication. This Schaum’s Outline was undertaken to give a clear view of first-year Organic Chemistry through the careful detailed solution of illustrative problems. Such problems make up over 80% of the book, the remainder being a concise presentation of the material. Our goal is for students to learn by thinking and solving problems rather than by merely being told.
This book can be used in support of a standard text, as a supplement to a good set of lecture notes, as a review for taking professional examinations, and as a vehicle for self-instruction.
The second edition has been reorganized by combining chapters to emphasize the similarities of fhctional groups and reaction types as well as the differences. Thus, polynuclear hydrocarbons are combined with benzene and aromaticity. Nucleophilic aromatic displacement is merged with aromatic substitution. Sulfonic acids are in the same chapter with carboxylic acids and their derivatives, and carbanion condensations are in a separate new chapter. Sulfur compounds are discussed with their oxygen analogs. This edition has also been brought up to date by including solvent effects, CMR spectroscopy, an elaboration of polymer chemistry, and newer concepts of stereochemistry, among other material.Structure and properties of organic compounds
Bonding and molecular structure
Chemical reactivity and organic reactions
Alkanes
Stereochem istry
Alkenes
Alkyl halides
Alkynes and dienes
Cyclic hydrocarbons
Benzene and polynuclear aromatic compounds
Aromatic substitution. Arenes
Spectroscopy and structure
Alcohols and thiols
Ethers, epoxides, glycols, and thioethers
Carbonyl compounds: aldehydes and ketone
Carboxylic acids and their derivatives
Carbanion-enolates and enols
Amines
Phenolic compounds
Aromatic h eterocy clic compounds