Synopses & Reviews
BIOS Instant Notes Organic Chemistry, Second Edition, is the perfect text for undergraduates looking for a concise introduction to the subject, or a study guide to use before examinations. Each topic begins with a summary of essential facts-an ideal revision checklist-followed by a description of the subject that focuses on core information, with clear, simple diagrams that are easy for students to understand and recall in essays and exams.
BIOS Instant Notes Organic Chemistry, Second Edition, is fully up-to-date and covers:
- Structure and bonding
- Alkanes and cycloalkanes
- Functional groups
- Stereochemistry
- Nucleophiles and electrophiles
- Reactions and mechanisms
- Acid-base reactions
- Alkenes and alkynes
- Aromatic chemistry
- Aldehydes and ketones
- Carboxylic acids and carboxylic acid derivatives
- Alkyl halides
- Alcohols, phenols, and thiols
- Ethers, epoxides and thioethers
- Amines and nitriles
- Organic spectroscopy and analysis
Synopsis
"Instant Notes "titles focus on core information and are designed to help undergraduate students come to grips with a subject quickly and easily.
"Instant Notes in Organic Chemistry, 2/e" concentrates entirely on the basics of the subject without going into exhaustive detail or repetitive examples. This is a student-friendly textbook and will help students understand the subject and encourage easy learning by focusing on the essentials of organic chemistry.
Synopsis
Instant Notes in Organic Chemistry Second Edition condenses the essentials of organic chemistry into a manageable text. It concentrates solely on the basics without going into exhaustive detail or repetitive examples, with the key notes at the start of each topic focusing the mind on the essentials. The first six sections cover structure, bonding, functional groups, stereochemistry, and basic reaction and mechanism theory. The rest of the book looks at the reactions and mechanisms of the common functional groups important in chemistry and biochemistry, with an additional section on spectroscopy and analysis.