Fundamentals of Organic Chemistry

by John McMurry, Eric E. Simanek

Written for the short course-where content must be thorough, but to-the-point, FUNDAMENTALS OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY, Sixth Edition, continues to provide an effective, clear, and readable introduction to the beauty and logic of organic chemistry. McMurry presents only those subjects needed for a brief course while maintaining the important pedagogical tools commonly found in larger books. With clear explanations, thought-provoking examples, and an innovative vertical format for explaining reaction mechanisms, FUNDAMENTALS takes a modern approach: primary organization is by functional group, beginning with the simple (alkanes) and progressing to the more complex. Within the primary organization, there is also an emphasis on explaining the fundamental mechanistic similarities of reactions. Through this approach, memorization is minimized and understanding is maximized. The sixth edition brings in new content that applies organic chemistry to students, for example all of the chapter openers have been changed and incorporate a model and photograph of an application of organic chemistry such as Taxol from the pacific yew tree. The book introduces a running application in the Interlude boxes and in the problems relating agricultural chemicals intended to unify the subject further for students. All of the problems have been reorganized by topic to make easier to assign and review. New problem categories have been added. The new problem categories are "In the Field with Agrochemicals" and "In the Medicine Cabinet" to reinforce the focus on applications.

Genres: Chemistry, Science, Reference, Textbooks, Nonfiction, Technical

640 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1986

Reviews

[Elin MehrAsa · Rating 3 out of 5]

in his name\
just want to say: OH MY GOD.. finally finished!
chemistry is a beautiful science and in this book we can learn more bout organic chemistry, a subset of chemistry
for example about several types of compounds and their reactions.
it will be efficient for those who are interested in chemistry

[Drew (graysonsyd) · Rating 3 out of 5]

A relatively helpful and informative reference book whilst study organic chemistry.

[Haruka Hidaka · Rating 3 out of 5]

verry good

[Thor Rasmussen · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent textbook for organic chemistry! It is written in a way that is easy to understand, yet explaining diverse and difficult material

[Alexa · Rating 4 out of 5]

Covering a typically confusing topic can be quite daunting. That being said, this textbook does a relatively decent job covering essential ochem material. I often found the explanations could be further simplified and the material presented in a less convoluted manner. The practice problems, though, were very well written, in my opinion, as they accurately tested the reader on the material covered in the section. Overall, a decent enough textbook in need of simplifying revisions.

[Alice · Rating 3 out of 5]

Whatever, this was obviously for a class. The book was fine, just an Organic Chem textbook, so pretty much what you would expect from that. I am trying to not let my complete hatred of this professor influence my judgement of the book, so it is getting 3 stars.

[Vincent Fuerte]

its fine