Fundamentals of Organic Chemistry - Hardcover

Solomons, T. W. Graham

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0471146498 ISBN 13: 9780471146490

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, 1996

Synopsis

A realistic approach to the study of mechanisms. The book addresses real functional group chemistry with an emphasis on the biological, environmental, and medical applications of organic chemistry.

About this title

Synopsis:

This work is aimed at lecturers who are looking for a text for their organic chemistry course. It is derived from Solomon's "Organic Chemistry", sixth edition. Special topics, which are enrichment topics not central to the core presentation, have been removed. In this new edition, chapters 22 to 25 on biological topics have been condensed and combined. An early focus on organic reactions is presented and an earlier and extensively revised chapter on spectroscopy comes before the two chapters on aromatic compounds. This heavily updated chapter incorporates new FT NMR techniques, and includes new 300 MHz1H NMR spectra as well. The expanded discussion of aromatic compounds in chapter two prepares students to examine spectra of compounds having aromatic groups. There is increased emphasis on reaction mechanisms and all of the representative mechanisms have been revised to give them more prominence. Important mechanisms are given a special presentation called "A Mechanism for the Reaction".

From the Back Cover:

The molecule on the cover is called dopamine. Although this is a relatively simple organic molecule, it is a major neurotransmitter in the brain. Dopamine plays a pivotal role in the regulation and control of movement, motivation and cognition. It also is closely linked to reward, reinforcement and addiction. Abnormalities in brain dopamine are associated with many neurological and psychiatric disorders including Parkinson’s disease, schizophrenia and substance abuse. This close association between dopamine and neurological and psychiatric diseases and with substance abuse make the dopimine system an important topic in neurosciences research and an important molecular target for drug development.

About this edition

• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0471146498
• ISBN 13: 9780471146490
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 5
• Number of pages: 1168