Study the essentials of organic chemistry efficiently! This e-book for bachelor and master students facilitates effective learning and is renowned for the quality of its content: 85 short chapters present each topic concisely, including questions for self-examination. Based on the author's long teaching experience, this book has been developed from lecture scripts of courses held in the USA and in Germany. It comprises the molecular orbital model to explain covalent bonding in organic molecules, the classes of organic compounds including natural products, polymers and biopolymers, basic concepts (orbital hybridization, resonance, aromaticity), types and mechanisms of organic reactions, and essential aspects of molecular structure such as atom connectivities, skeletal isomerism, conformation, configuration and chirality. The updated 2nd edition includes 4 new chapters on Selectivity and Specificity of Organic Reactions, Planning Organic Syntheses, Carbon-13 NMR, and two-dimensional NMR.

<p>1 Atomic Orbitals, Electronic Configurations<br>2 Covalent Bonding<br>3 Hybridization of Atomic Orbitals<br>4 Covalent Carbon-Carbon Bonding<br>5 Alkanes<br>6 Skeletal Structures, Structural Isomerism<br>7 Basic Rules of Nomenclature<br>8 Drawing Molecular Structures<br>9 Conformation<br>10 Reactive Intermediates<br>11 Basic Types of Organic Reactions<br>12 Energy Turnover of Chemical Reactions<br>13 Radical Substitution<br>14 Alkenes, Skeletal and Configurational Isomers<br>15 Synthesis of Alkenes<br>16 Additions to Alkenes<br>17 Dienes<br>18 Additions and Cycloadditions with 1,3-Dienes<br>19 Alkynes<br>20 Cycloalkanes<br>21 Basic Syntheses of Cycloalkanes and Cycloalkenes<br>22 Reactions of Cycloalkanes and Cycloalkenes<br>23 Benzene, Aromaticity, Aromatic Compounds<br>24 Benzenoid Aromatic Compounds<br>25 Electrophilic Substitution of Benzene<br>26 Electrophilic<em>Second</em> Substitution of Benzenes<br>27 Other Reactions of Benzenoid Aromatics<br>28 Polycyclic Benzenoid Aromatic Compounds<br>29 Non-benzenoid Aromatic Compounds<br>30 Alkyl Halides<br>31 Mechanisms of Nucleophilic Substitution<br>32 Organometal Compounds<br>33 Alcohols<br>34 Diols, Triols<br>35 Reactions of Alcohols<br>36 Dehydration of Alcohols<br>37 Ethers<br>38 Amines<br>39 Reactions of Amines<br>40 Diazo and Azo Compounds<br>41 Carboxylic Acids<br>42 Carboxylic Acid Derivatives<br>43 Substituted Carboxylic Acids<br>44 Absolute Configuration<br>45 Enantiomers without Carbon as Stereogenic Center<br>46 Diastereomers<br>47 Aldehydes<br>48 Ketones<br>49 Carbonyl Reactions<br>50 CH Acidity of Carbonyl Compounds<br>51 1,3-Dicarbonyl Compounds<br>52 Phenols<br>51 Quinones<br>54 Organosulfur Compounds<br>55 Carbonic Acid Derivatives<br>56 Heterocumulenes<br>57 Rearrangements<br>58 Polymers, Polymerization<br>59 Syntheses with Organosilicon Compounds<br>60 Heteroalicycles<br>61 Five-Membered Aromatic Heterocycles<br>62 Six-Membered Aromatic Heterocycles<br>63 Benzo-Fused Five-Membered Heteroaromatics<br>64 Benzo-Fused Six-Membered Heteroaromatics<br>65 Fused Aromatic Heterocycles<br>66 Absorption of Light, Color, Dyes<br>67 Porphyrinoids<br>68 Amino Acids<br>69 Peptides, Proteins<br>70 Alkaloids<br>71 Carbohydrates: Aldoses and Ketoses<br>72 Carbohydrates: Oligo- and Polysaccharides<br>73 Nucleic Acids: DNA and RNA<br>74 Lipids<br>75 Polyketides<br>76 Terpenes<br>77 Steroids<br>78 Selectivity and Specificity of Organic Reactions<br>79 Planning Organic Syntheses<br>80 Aspects of Molecular Structure<br>81 Mass Spectrometry<br>82 Infrared Spectroscopy<br>83 Nuclear Magnetic Resonance: Proton NMR<br>84 Nuclear Magnetic Resonance: Carbon-13 NMR<br>85 Nuclear Magnetic Resonance: Two-Dimensional NMR</p><br>