Essentials of Organic Chemistry: For Students of Pharmacy, Medicinal Chemistry and Biological Chemistry

1. Molecular representations and nomenclature.

2. Atomic structure and bonding.

3. Stereochemistry.

4. Acids and bases.

5. Reaction mechanisms.

6. Nucleophilic reactions: nucleophilic substitution.

7. Nucleophilic reactions of carbonyl groups.

8. Electrophilic reactions.

9. Radical reactions.

10. Nucleophilic reactions involving enolate anions.

11. Heterocycles.

12. Carbohydrates.

13. Amino acids, peptides and proteins.

14. Nucleosides, nucleotides and nucleic acids.

15. The organic chemistry of intermediary metabolism.

16. How to approach examination questions: selected problems and answers.

Index.