Organic Chemistry

 

by

 

Robert C. Neuman, Jr.

Professor of Chemistry, emeritus

University of California, Riverside

 

Book Chapters

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Introduction

 

I.  Foundations

1. Organic Molecules and Chemical Bonding

2. Alkanes and Cycloalkanes

3. Haloalkanes, Alcohols, Ethers, and Amines

4. Stereochemistry

5. Organic Spectrometry

 

II.  Reactions, Mechanisms, Multiple Bonds

6. Organic Reactions (Not yet Posted)

7. Reactions of Haloalkanes, Alcohols, and Amines. Nucleophilic Substitution

8. Alkenes and Alkynes

9. Formation of Alkenes and Alkynes. Elimination Reactions

10. Alkenes and Alkynes. Addition Reactions

11. Free Radical Addition and Substitution Reactions

 

III.  Conjugation, Electronic Effects, Carbonyl Groups

12. Conjugated and Aromatic Molecules

13. Carbonyl Compounds. Ketones, Aldehydes, and Carboxylic Acids

14. Substituent Effects

15. Carbonyl Compounds. Esters, Amides, and Related Molecules

 

IV.  Carbonyl and Pericyclic Reactions and Mechanisms

16. Carbonyl Compounds. Addition and Substitution Reactions

17. Oxidation and Reduction Reactions

18. Reactions of Enolate Ions and Enols

19. Cyclization and Pericyclic Reactions (Not yet Posted)

 

V.  Bioorganic Compounds

20. Carbohydrates

21. Lipids

22. Peptides, Proteins, and a-Amino Acids

23. Nucleic Acids

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