Organic Chemistry 1 with Real World Applications

Not only does this textbook covers topics found in the first half of a typical U.S. undergraduate course in organic chemistry, it also covers important applications of introductory organic chemistry to biotechnology, medical research, and other real world applications. Compared to other organic chemistry textbooks, three unique topics are included: (1) unusual intermolecular forces (pi-pi, cation-pi, and halogen bonding), (2) fundamentals of chiral chromatography, and (3) enantioselective dihydroxylation. These special topics have key significance to biochemistry and drug design, and yet topics (1) and (2) are not covered in most undergraduate chemistry courses.

Other valuable characteristics include:
(4) The end of each chapter contains the answers to all chapter exercises.
(5) Each set of chapter exercises incorporates biological, medical, and technological application exercises.
(6) Chapter 9 provides a detailed presentation of retrosynthetic analysis, the modern logic of working backwards from a target compound to available starting materials, and is the only approach used in organic synthesis exercises.
(7) The NMR spectroscopy chapter (Ch. 11) is much more comprehensive than in most organic chemistry textbooks, enabling students to solve spectroscopic elucidation of complex structures.