Organic Chemistry: A Brief CourseAimed at the single semester organic chemistry course, this text emphasizes understanding rather than memorization, focusing on the mechanisms by which organic reactions take place. |
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acetate acyl chlorides addition alcohol aldehyde aldehydes and ketones alkane alkenes alkyl groups alkyl halides alkynes allylic amide amine amino acid ammonium anhydride aromatic aryl attached base benzene benzyl bromide carbohydrate carbon atoms carbon-carbon carbonyl group carboxylic acid cation CH₂ CH₂OH CH3 CH3 chain chapter chemical equation chiral compounds configuration conformation conjugate double bond electron pair electrophilic enantiomers enol ester ethane ethanol ethylene example Figure Fischer projection functional group Grignard reagent H CH3 H H H H OH H₂O halogen hydrocarbons hydrogen halide hydrolysis Hydroxide ion hydroxyl group intermediate isomeric isomers IUPAC IUPAC name ketone Lewis structures mechanism methyl group molecular formula molecule nitrogen nucleophilic substitution oxidation oxygen peptide polar preparation primary PROBLEM propane proton radical react reaction reactive ring SAMPLE SOLUTION secondary Section SN2 reactions sodium sp² sp³ hybridized stable step stereogenic center stereoisomers structural formula tert-butyl tertiary tion Write the structure