Organic Chemistry Simplified 3rd Edition

Contents -
PART 1 -
The Unique Position of the Carbon Atom in Chemistry -
1. The Nature of Organic Chemistry -
2. The Organic Chemist Looks at a Molecule -
3. Valence -
4. New Ideas on Valence -
5. The Unique Position of Carbon among the Elements -
6. The O C T E T in Chemistry -
7. The D U E T in Chemistry -
8. North and South Poles -
PART 2 -
The Architecture of Carbon Compounds -
9. Methane and the Structure Theory -
10. Carbon Chains -
11. Carbon Rings -
12. Morphology of Chain and Ring Compounds -
13. Double and Triple Bonds -
14. Energy and Molecular Structure -
15. PI Electrons -
16. Bond Energies and Resonance -
17. How Molecules React -
18. Why Molecules React -
19. The Benzene Ring -
20. Nuclear Reactions -
21. The Geography of the Benzene Ring -
22. Stereochemistry and Isomerism -
PART 3 -
The Classification of Carbon Compounds -
23. The Common Methods of Classification in Organic Chemistry -
24. Halogen Compounds and Free Radicals -
25. Alcohols, Phenols, and Ethers -
26. Aldehydes and Ketones -
27. Carboxylic Acids -
28. Mixed Oxygen Compounds -
29. Nitrogen Compounds -
30. Compounds with Sulphur, Phosphorus, and Other Elements -
PART 4 -
Special Topics in Organic Chemistry -
31. Structures of Complex Compounds -
32. Aromatic Character in Heterocycles and Condensed Cycles -
33. Proteins -
34. Carbohydrates -
35. Chemistry in Plant and Animal Life -
36. Dyes -
37. Isotopic Chemistry -
38. Giant Molecules -
Supplementary Reading -
Index -