Organic Chemistry I Workbook For Dummies

Introduction 1

Part I: The Fundamentals of Organic Chemistry 5

Chapter 1:Working with Models and Molecules 7

Chapter 2: Speaking Organic Chemistry: Drawing and Abbreviating Lewis Structures 23

Chapter 3: Drawing Resonance Structures 39

Chapter 4: Working with Acids and Bases 59

Part II: The Bones of Organic Molecules: The Hydrocarbons 77

Chapter 5: Seeing Molecules in 3-D: Stereochemistry 79

Chapter 6: The Skeletons of Organic Molecules: The Alkanes 101

Chapter 7: Shaping Up with Bond Calisthenics and Conformation 115

Chapter 8: Doubling Down: The Alkenes 135

Chapter 9: Tripling the Fun: Alkyne Reactions and Nomenclature 165

Part III: Functional Groups and Their Reactions 187

Chapter 10: The Leaving Group Boogie: Substitution and Elimination of Alkyl Halides 189

Chapter 11: Not as Thunk as You Drink I Am: The Alcohols 207

Chapter 12: Conjugated Dienes and the Diels-Alder Reaction 223

Chapter 13: The Power of the Ring: Aromatic Compounds 241

Part IV: Detective Work: Spectroscopy and Spectrometry 261

Chapter 14: Breaking Up (Isn’t Hard to Do): Mass Spectrometry 263

Chapter 15: Cool Vibrations: IR Spectroscopy 277

Chapter 16: Putting Molecules under the Magnet: NMR Spectroscopy 293

Part V: The Part of Tens 319

Chapter 17: The Ten Commandments of Organic Chemistry 321

Chapter 18: Ten Tips for Acing Orgo Exams 325

Index 329