Smith’s Organic Chemistry continues to breathe new life into the organic chemistry world. This new fifth edition retains its popular delivery of organic chemistry content in a student-friendly format. Janice Smith draws on her extensive teaching background to deliver organic chemistry in a way in which students learn: with limited use of text paragraphs, and through concisely written bulleted lists and highly detailed, well-labeled “teaching” illustrations. The fifth edition features a modernized look with updated chemical structures throughout. Don’t make your text decision without seeing Organic Chemistry , 5th edition by Janice Gorzynski Smith! Table of Contents: Preface Prologue Chapter 1 Structure and Bonding Chapter 2 Acids and Bases Chapter 3 Introduction to Organic Molecules and Functional Groups Chapter 4 Alkanes Chapter 5 Stereochemistry Chapter 6 Understanding Organic Reactions Chapter 7 Alkyl Halides and Nucleophilic Substitution Chapter 8 Alkyl Halides and Elimination Reactions Chapter 9 Alcohols, Ethers, and Related Compounds Chapter 10 Alkenes Chapter 11 Alkynes Chapter 12 Oxidation and Reduction Chapter 13 Mass Spectrometry and Infrared Spectroscopy Chapter 14 Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy Chapter 15 Radical Reactions Chapter 16 Conjugation, Resonance, and Dienes Chapter 17 Benzene and Aromatic Compounds Chapter 18 Reactions of Aromatic Compounds Chapter 19 Carboxylic Acids and Acidity of the O−H Bond Chapter 20 Introduction to Carbonyl Chemistry: Organometallic Reagents; Oxidation and Reduction Chapter 21 Aldehydes and Ketones—Nucleophilic Addition Chapter 22 Carboxylic Acids and Their Derivatives—Nucleophilic Acyl Substitution Chapter 23 Substitution Reactions of Carbonyl Compounds at the α-Carbon Chapter 24 Carbonyl Condensation Reactions Chapter 25 Amines Chapter 26 Carbon-Carbon Bond-Forming Reactions in Organic Synthesis Chapter 27 Pericyclic Reactions Chapter 28 Carbohydrates Chapter 29 Amino Acids and Proteins Chapter 30 Synthetic Polymers Chapter 31 Lipids (Available online) Appendices Glossary Credits Index
