As in the previous editions, a significant amount of specific information is provided in tables and schemes. These data and examples serve to illustrate the issues that have been addressed in the text. Instructors who want to achieve a broad coverage, but without the level of detail found in the tables and schemes, may choose to advise students to focus on the main text. In most cases, the …
The twenty first century is a period of human history where natural resources are stretched to the limit, unprecedented levels of carbon emissions and a rapidly rising population, predicted to reach nine billion by 2050. It is indeed the opinion of some that we have excavated a hole so deep that there is now no turning back from catastrophe, however I believe that it is in human nature to …
This book is intended for non-chemistry majors, mainly those entering health sciences and related fields, such as nursing, medical technology, physical therapy, and nutrition. In its entirety, it can be used for a one-year (two-semester or three-quarter) course in chemistry, or parts of the book can be used in a one-term chemistry course. We assume that the students using this book have …
Welcome to biochemistry! You are about to become acquainted with one of the most exciting scientific disciplines. The biotechnology industry, with its roots in molecular genetics, is one of the most visible manifestations of the explosion of biochemical knowledge that has occurred during our lifetime. Drug design and novel approaches such as gene therapy rely on the fundamental knowledge of…
As you begin your study of organic chemistry, you might feel overwhelmed by the number of compounds, names, reactions, and mechanisms that confront you. You might even wonder whether you can learn all this material in a single year. The most important function of a textbook is to organize the material to show that most of organic chemistry consists of a few basic principles and many extensi…
My goal in writing Organic Chemistry was to create a text that showed students the beauty and logic of organic chemistry by giving them a book that they would use. This text is based on lecture notes and handouts that were developed in my own organic chemistry courses over my 30-year teaching career. I have followed two guiding principles: use relevant and interesting applications to illust…
That’s what we want students to exclaim after they become acquainted with our subject. Our lives revolve around organic chemistry, whether we all realize it or not. When we understand organic chemistry, we see how life itself would be impossible without it, how the quality of our lives depends upon it, and how examples of organic chemistry leap out at us from every direction. That’s why…
The organic chemical industry is an important branch of industry and its structure usually centers on petroleum and hydrocarbon derived chemicals. The volume text of available books is generally lacking in covering other very important nonpetroleum-based organic industries such as paints, dyes, edible oils, fats and waxes, soaps and detergents, sugars, fermentation, chemical explosives, an…
Our ancestors lived in intimacy with nature and knew well that their survival depended on a safe and fertile environment. The introduction of three-field rotation in the eighth century bc, for example, counteracted the depletion of soil and increased crop yields without negative side effects. The first definition of the modern term “sustainability” is usually ascribed to forest chief ca…
This book is intended for use in the first organic chemistry course taken by students majoring in chemistry, biochemistry, biological sciences, and other healthrelated fields. The unique organization of this book sets it apart from many other texts in this area; specifically, this text is organized according to the mechanisms of the presented organic reactions rather than according to funct…