Organic Chemistry II For Dummies

Introduction 1 Part 1: Brushing Up on Important Organic Chemistry I Concepts 5 Chapter 1: Organic Chemistry II: Here We Go Again! 7 Chapter 2: Remembering How We Do It: Mechanisms 15 Chapter 3: Alcohols and Ethers: Not Just for Drinking and Sleeping 29 Chapter 4: Conjugated Unsaturated Systems 49 Chapter 5: "Seeing" Molecules: Spectroscopy Revisited 63 Part 2: Discovering Aromatic (And Not So Aromatic) Compounds 75 Chapter 6: Introducing Aromatics 77 Chapter 7: Aromatic Substitution Part I: Attack of the Electrophiles 89 Chapter 8: Aromatic Substitution Part II: Attack of the Nucleophiles and Other Reactions 107 Part 3: Carbonyls: Good Alcohols Gone Bad 117 Chapter 9: Comprehending Carbonyls 119 Chapter 10: Aldehydes and Ketones 133 Chapter 11: Enols and Enolates 155 Chapter 12: Carboxylic Acids and Their Derivatives 179 Part 4: Advanced Topics (Every Student's Nightmare) 211 Chapter 13: Amines and Friends 213 Chapter 14: Metals Muscling In: Organometallics 239 Chapter 15: More Reactions of Carbonyl Compounds 249 Chapter 16: Living Large: Biomolecules 267 Part 5: Pulling It All Together 293 Chapter 17: Overview of Synthesis Strategies 295 Chapter 18: Roadmaps and Predicting Products 309 Part 6: The Part of Tens 319 Chapter 19: Ten Surefire Ways to Fail Organic Chemistry II 321 Chapter 20: More than Ten Ways to Increase Your Score on an Organic Chemistry Exam 325 Chapter 21: Ten Simple Rules to Remember 331 Part 7: Appendixes 337 Appendix A: Named Reactions 339 Appendix B: A Few Great Online Resources 343 Index 345

John T. Moore, EdD, is a chemistry professor at Stephen F. Austin State University. He's the author of many chemistry titles, including all editions of Chemistry For Dummies. Richard H. Langley, PhD, has been a chemistry professor at Stephen F. Austin State University for nearly 40 years. He has coauthored numerous Dummies titles with John Moore.