The second of a two-volume set designed for a course focused on the fundamentals of organic chemistry for pre-meds, and chemistry/bioscience students. It describes the chemical properties and reactions of the common classes of organic compounds, and multi-step syntheses of complex molecules.

Confused about organic nomenclature? The priority rules for functional groups got you down? This workbook, written by two award-winning instructors at the University of British Columbia, has been used to help organic students for years. A step-by-step approach, suitable to be used in conjunction with any textbook, that helps students learn critical concepts at their own pace. It is suitable for any introductory high school or college-level organic student who wants to understand the smart approach to understanding the basics of organic nomenclature.

This second volume of the series 'Reviews in Computational Chemistry' explores new applications, new methodologies, and new perspectives. The topics covered include conformational analysis, protein folding, force field parameterizations, hydrogen bonding, charge distributions, electrostatic potentials, electronic spectroscopy, molecular property correlations, and the computational chemistry literature. Methodologies described include conformational search strategies, distance geometry, molecular mechanics, molecular dynamics, ab initio and semiempirical molecular orbital calculations, and quantitative structure-activity relationships (QSAR) using topological and electronic descriptors. A compendium of molecular modeling software will help users select the computational tools they need. Each chapter in 'Reviews in Computational Chemistry' serves as a brief tutorial for organic, physical, pharmaceutical, and biological chemists new to the field. Practitioners will be interested in the recent advances.

Chemistry in the last century was characterized by spectacular growth and advances, stimulated by revolutionary theories and experimental breakthroughs. Yet, despite this rapid development, the history of this scientific discipline has achieved only recently the status necessary to understand the effects of chemistry on the scientific and technological culture of the modern world. This book addresses the bridging of boundaries between chemistry and the other "classical" disciplines of science, physics and biology as well as the connections of chemistry to mathematics and technology. Chemical research is represented as an interconnected patchwork of scientific specialties, and this is shown by a mixture of case studies and broader overviews on the history of organic chemistry, theoretical chemistry, nuclear- and cosmochemistry, solid state chemistry, and biotechnology. All of these fields were at the center of the development of twentieth century chemistry, and the authors cover crucial topics such as the emergence of new subdisciplines and research fields, the science-technology relationship, and national styles of scientific work. This monograph represents a unique treasure trove for general historians and historians of science, while also appealing to those interested in the theoretical background and development of modern chemistry.

Updated every five years, the series represents the optimal compromise between currency and a sufficient body of material for cohesive and comprehensive treatment in a monograph. Provides a quick yet thorough overview of the synthetic routines that have been used to access specific classes of therapeutic agents. Materials are organized by chemical class, and syntheses are taken back to available starting materials. Discusses disease state, rational for method of drug therapy, biological activities of each compound and preparation. Coverage also includes those generic pharmaceutical compounds not accorded clinical status. A glossary defines biological terms.

The idea of conformation, or orientation of molecular shapes in space, is a fundamental concept in organic chemistry. Are you gauche enough to admit that you can’t tell a chair from a boat? This workbook, written by two award-winning instructors from the University of British Columbia, will help you identify and, more importantly, draw critical views and shapes such as the Newman projection, the anti and gauche conformations of alkanes and cyclohexane ring-flipping between one chair form and another. This workbook can be used in conjunction with any textbook.

The Organic Chemistry of Iron, Volume 2 covers a series of selected topics in organo-iron chemistry, including complexes with poly-olefins, arenes, and sulfur-containing ligands, as well as an account of iron-metal bonds. The book discusses the iron complexes of trienes, tetraenes, and polyenes; the arene complexes; the compounds with iron-metal bonds and clusters; and the complexes with sulfur-containing ligands.

The Nobel Prize is the highest award in science, as is the case with nonscience fields too, and it is, therefore, arguably the most internationally recognized award in the world. This unique set of volumes focuses on summarizing the Nobel Prize within organic chemistry, as well as the specializations within this specialty. Any reader researching the history of the field of organic chemistry will be interested in this work. Furthermore, it serves as an outstanding resource for providing a better understanding of the circumstances that led to these amazing discoveries and what has happened as a result, in the years since.

This workbook covers the basics of simple substitution reactions in organic chemistry. If you can’t tell your nucleophiles from your leaving groups, or whether the alkyl halide you’re looking at will fragment in the reaction or wait until it gets shoved by its reactant, this workbook may be the tool that you need. This workbook is compatible with any textbook and was prepared by two award-winning instructors at the University of British Columbia for its freshman-level chemistry course. The topics covered include bimolecular reactions, unimolecular reactions, and the effects of structure on the relative success of each process.