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Structure and Bonding in Organic Molecules
Structure and Reactivity: Acids and Bases, Polar and Nonpolar molecules
Reactions of Alkanes: Bond-Dissociation Energies, Radical Halogenation, and Relative Reactivity
Cycloalkanes
Stereoisomers
Properties and Reactions of Haloalkanes: Biomolecular Nucleophillic Substitution
Further Reactions of Haloalkanes: Unimolecular Substitution and Pathways of Elimination
Hydroxy, Functional Group: Alcohols: Properties, Preparation and Strategy of Synthesis
Further Reactions of Alcohols and the Chemistry of Ethers
Using Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy to Deduce Structure
Alkenes and Infrared Spectroscopy
Reactions of Alkenes
Alkynes: The Carbon-Carbon Triple Bond
Delocalized Pi Systems: Investigation by Ultraviolet and Visible Spectroscopy
Benzene and Aromaticity: Electrophillic Aromatic Substitution
Electrophillic Attack on Derivatives of Benzene: Substituents Control Regioselectivity
Aldehydes and Ketones: The Carbonyl Group
Enols, Enolates and the Aldol Condensation: Unsaturated Aldehydes and Ketones
Carboxylic Acids
Carboxylic Acid Derivatives
Amines and their Derivatives: Functional Groups Containing Nitrogen
Chemistry of Benzene Substituents: Alkylbenzenes, Phenols, and Benzamines
Enolates and the Claisen Condensation: Synthesis of Dicarbonyl Compounds: Acyl Anion Equivalents
Carbohydrates: Polyfunctional Compounds in Nature
Heterocycles: Heteroatoms in Cyclic Organic Compounds
Amino Acids, Peptides, Proteins, and Nucleic Acids: Nitroen-Containing Polymers in Nature
MCAT Questions
Answers to Exercises

K. PETER C. VOLLHARDT University of California, Berkeley, USA.

NEIL E. SCHORE University of California, Davis, USA.