Part IV: Mechanistic Thinking
Preparing for Organic Chemistry
Welcome
Part I: Introduction to this Guide
Preparing for Organic Chemistry
Part II: Refreshing General Chemistry
Why Review General Chemistry?
Part III: Foundations of Organic Chemistry
Overview
Chapter 1: Functional Groups
Chapter 2: Resonance
Chapter 3: Acids and Bases
Chapter 4: Stereochemistry
Chapter 5: Electron Flow
Part IV: Mechanistic Thinking
Overview
Chapter 6: Introduction to Mechanisms
Chapter 7: Substitution Reactions
Chapter 8: Elimination Reactions
Chapter 9: Addition Reactions
Chapter 10: Comparing Reaction Families
Chapter 11: Developing Intuition
Part V: Carbonyl Chemistry
The Heart of Organic Chemistry II
Chapter 12: Carbonyl Compounds and Nucleophilic Addition
Chapter 13: Carboxylic Acids and Their Derivatives
Chapter 14: Enols, Enolates, and Carbon–Carbon Bond Formation
Part VI: Aromatic Chemistry
Stability and Special Reactivity
Chapter 15: Benzene and Aromaticity
Chapter 16: Electrophilic Aromatic Substitution
Chapter 17: Substituent Effects and Aromatic Compounds
Part VII: Spectroscopy
Seeing Molecules
Chapter 18: Infrared Spectroscopy and Functional Group Identification
Chapter 19: Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
Chapter 20: Mass Spectrometry and Structure Determination
Part VIII: Synthesis and Strategy
Bringing Everything Together
Chapter 21: Retrosynthesis and Multi-Step Synthesis
Chapter 22: Named Reactions and Protecting Groups
Chapter 23: Developing Synthetic Intuition
Epilogue
Appendix A: Functional Group Atlas
Appendix B: pKa Tables
Appendix C: Reaction Summary Tables
Appendix D: Spectroscopy Reference
Appendix E: IUPAC Nomenclature Reference
Appendix F: Recommended Resources
Glossary
Part IV: Mechanistic Thinking
Chapter 5: Electron Flow
Overview