Organic Chemistry

From Book News, Inc.
An accessible, colorful textbook for a year-long introductory course. To move students away from the tendency to memorize, the text has a mechanistic approach organization: the functional groups are discussed in terms of mechanistic similarities. In addition, the reactions of the functional groups are separated from the synthesis of these groups. There are some 1,400 problems, some with solutions, both within and at the end of chapters. Various supplementary materials are available. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.


Book Description
This innovative book from acclaimed educator Paula Bruice is organized in a way that discourages rote memorization. The author's writing has been praised for anticipating readers' questions, and appeals to their need to learn visually and by solving problems. Emphasizing that learners should reason their way to solutions rather than memorize facts, Bruice encourages them to think about what they have learned previously and apply that knowledge in a new setting. KEY TOPICS The book balances coverage of traditional topics with bioorganic chemistry, highlights mechanistic similarities, and ties synthesis and reactivity together—teaching the reactivity of a functional group and the synthesis of compounds obtained as a result of that reactivity. For the study of organic chemistry.


Book Info
An organic chemistry textbook organized to deter students from rote memorization, but instead to apply previously learned information to the new concepts the book offers. Topics covered include electronic structures and bonding, organic compounds, reactions of alkenes, and stereochemistry. Previous edition: c1998.


The publisher, Prentice-Hall Engineering/Science/Mathematics
Written by an extremely gifted teacher, this innovative new text takes a mechanistic approach to organic chemistry. It emphasizes the commonalities of chemical reactions as a means of fostering comprehension rather than rote memorization of functional groups. The text balances coverage of traditional topics with biorganic chemistry as it recognizes the growing importance of biorganic topics for today's students, especially those planning careers in the biological science, biochemistry, and the health professions.


From the Back Cover
This innovative book from acclaimed educator Paula Bruice is organized in a way that discourages rote memorization. The author's writing has been praised for anticipating readers' questions, and appeals to their need to learn visually and by solving problems. Emphasizing that learners should reason their way to solutions rather than memorize facts, Bruice encourages them to think about what they have learned previously and apply that knowledge in a new setting. The book balances coverage of traditional topics with bioorganic chemistry, highlights mechanistic similarities, and ties synthesis and reactivity together—teaching the reactivity of a functional group and the synthesis of compounds obtained as a result of that reactivity. For the study of organic chemistry.


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New edition of an organic chemistry text that encourages students to think about what they have already learned and then apply this knowledge in a new setting. Bruice (U. of California) has organized the material in a way that discourages rote memorization. Functional groups are organized around mechanistic similarities such as electrophilic and nucleophilic additions; radical, nucleophilic, electrophilic aromatic, and nucleophilic acyl substitutions; and eliminations. The 30 chapters discuss introductory material; hydrocarbons, stereochemistry, and resonance; substitution and elimination reactions; identification of organic compounds; aromatic, carbonyl, and bioorganic compounds; and special topics. Includes some short biographies of scientists, together with a b&w photograph, and color illustrations and diagrams. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)


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