Understanding Organic Chemistry: Bridging Fundamental and Advanced Courses

This book provides students with the information and conceptual skills needed to transition from introductory to graduate-level organic chemistry and fully comprehend published research. Chapters describe key aspects of organic synthesis – stereochemistry, functional group transformations, bond formation, synthesis planning, mechanisms, and spectroscopy – and each features extensive problems for students to work through in learning the material. The new edition updates a significant amount of content, including the problem sets, and breaks out some answers to in-text problems to make selected ones kept in the book while most answers remain only for adopters to access via online ancillaries.