Organic chemistry (6^th Ed.)

This innovative text organizes functional groups around mechanistic similarities emphasizing what functional groups do rather than how they are made. The strategy of tying together the reactivity of a functional group and the synthesis of compounds resulting from its reactivity prevents students from having to memorize lists of unrelated reactions. This organization allows a great deal of material to be understood in light of unifying principles of reactivity. Bruice balances coverage of traditional topics with bioorganic chemistry to show how organic chemistry is related to biological systems and to our daily lives. The Sixth Edition has been revised and streamlined throughout to enhance clarity and accessibility, and adds a wealth of new problems and problem-solving strategies.

AN INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDY OF CHEMISTRY. Electronic Structure and Bonding. Acids and Bases. An Introduction to Organic Compounds: Nomenclature, Physical Properties and Representation of Structure. II ELECTROPHILIC ADDITION REACTIONS, STEREOCHEMISTRY AND ELECTRON DELOCALIZATION. Alkenes: Structure, Nomenclature, and an Introduction to Reactivity. Thermodynamics and Kinetics. The Reactions of Alkenes. Stereochemistry: The Arrangement of Atoms in Space. The Stereochemistry of Addition Reactions. The Reactions of Alkynes: An Introduction to Multistep Synthesis. Delocalized Electrons and Their Effect on Stability, Reactivity, and pKa. More About Molecular Orbital Theory. SUBSTITUTION AND ELIMINATION REACTIONS. Substitution Reactions of Alkyl Halides. Elimination Reactions of Alkyl Halides. Competition between Substitution and Elimination. Reactions of Alcohols, Ethers, Epoxides, Amine, and Sulfur- Containing Compounds. Organometallic Compounds. Radicals. Reactions of Alkanes. IDENTIFICATION OF ORGANIC COMPOUNDS. Mass Spectrometry, Infrared Spectroscopy and Ultraviolet/Visible Spectroscopy. NMR Spectroscopy. AROMATIC COMPOUNDS. Aromaticity. Reactions of Benzene. Reactions of Substituted Benzenes. CARBONYL COMPOUNDS. Carbonyl Compounds I: Reactions of Carboxylic Acids and Carboxylic Derivatives. Carbonyl Compounds II: Reactions of Aldehydes and Ketones. More Reactions of Carboxylic Acid Derivatives. Unsaturated Carbonyl Compounds. Carbonyl Compounds III: Reactions at the a-Carbon. MORE ABOUT OXIDATION-REDUCTION REACTIONS AND AMINES. More About Oxidation-Reduction Reactions. More About Amines. Heterocylic Compounds. BIOORGANIC COMPOUNDS. The Organic Chemistry of Carbohydrates. The Organic Chemistry of Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins. Catalysis. Compounds Derived from Vitamins. The Organic Chemistry of Metabolic Pathways. The Organic Chemistry of Lipids. The Chemistry of Nucleic Acids. SPECIAL TOPICS IN ORGANIC CHEMISTRY. Synthetic Polymers. Pericyclic Reactions. The Organic Chemistry of Drugs: Discovery and Design.