About the Author Janice Gorzynski Smith was bom in Schene sted in che ell Unive from Harvard Unive sity under the din gibberellic acid. Following her postdoctoral work.Jan joined the faculty of Mount Holyoke College where she was employed for 21 years.During this time she was active in teaching organic chemis try lecture and lab courses,conducting a research program in organic synthesis,and serving as department chair.Her organic chemistry class was named one of Mount Holyoke's "Don't miss courses"in a survey by Boston magazine.After spending two sabbaticals amidst the natu ral beauty and diversity in Hawal I in the n and her family move there permanently ntly a faculty member at the Unr received the Char r chemistry lecture and lab courses.In 2003 sides in Hawaii with her husband Dar four children:Matthew and Zacha eI6P.She a a.a student at Temple University's Beasley School of Law:and cy medicine physician and co-author of the Smudent Guide/Solutions Manual for this text.When not teaching,writing. or enjoying her family,Jan bikes,hikes,snorkels,and scuba dives in sunny Hawai'i,and time permitting.enjoys travel and Hawaiian quilting. iv About the Author Janice Gorzynski Smith was born in Schenectady, New York, and grew up following the Yankees, listening to the Beatles, and water skiing on Sacandaga Reservoir. She became interested in chemistry in high school, and went on to major in chemistry at Cornell University where she received an A.B. degree summa cum laude. Jan earned a Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry from Harvard University under the direction of Nobel Laureate E. J. Corey, and she also spent a year as a National Science Foundation National Needs Postdoctoral Fellow at Harvard. During her tenure with the Corey group she completed the total synthesis of the plant growth hormone gibberellic acid. Following her postdoctoral work, Jan joined the faculty of Mount Holyoke College where she was employed for 21 years. During this time she was active in teaching organic chemis￾try lecture and lab courses, conducting a research program in organic synthesis, and serving as department chair. Her organic chemistry class was named one of Mount Holyoke’s “Don’t￾miss courses” in a survey by Boston magazine. After spending two sabbaticals amidst the natu￾ral beauty and diversity in Hawai‘i in the 1990s, Jan and her family moved there permanently in 2000. She is currently a faculty member at the University of Hawai‘i at Ma-noa, where she teaches the two-semester organic chemistry lecture and lab courses. In 2003, she received the Chancellor’s Citation for Meritorious Teaching. Jan resides in Hawai‘i with her husband Dan, an emergency medicine physician. She has four children: Matthew and Zachary, age 14 (margin photo on page 163); Jenna, a student at Temple University’s Beasley School of Law; and Erin, an emergency medicine physician and co-author of the Student Study Guide/Solutions Manual for this text. When not teaching, writing, or enjoying her family, Jan bikes, hikes, snorkels, and scuba dives in sunny Hawai‘i, and time permitting, enjoys travel and Hawaiian quilting. The author (far right) and her family from the left: husband Dan, and children Zach, Erin, Jenna, and Matt. smi75625_fm_00i-xxxiv.indd iv 11/17/09 11:21:09 AM