Contents at a Glance Introduction... Part 1:Brushing up on Important Organie Chemistry I Concepts. Chapter 1:Organic Chemistry II:Here We Go Again!9 Chapter 2:Remembering How We Do It:Mechanisms. .17 Chapter 3:Alcohols and Ethers:Not Just for Drinking and Sleeping. 31 Chapter 4:Conjugated Unsaturated Systems... .53 Chapter 5:"Seeing"Molecules:Spectroscopy Revisited67 Part 11:Discovering Aromatic (And Not So Aromatic)Compounds..79 Chapter 6:Introducing Aromatics... 81 Chapter 7:Aromatic Substitution Part I:Attack of the Electrophiles... 93 .111 Part I11:Carbonyls:Good Alcohols Gone Bad..........121 Chapter 9:Comprehending Carbonyls.............. .123 Chapter 10:Aldehydes and Ketones .137 Chapter 11:Enols and Enolates... 161 Chapter 12:Carboxylic Acids and Their Derivatives .187 Part IV:Advanced Topics (Every Student's Nightmare)219 Chapter 13:Amines and Friends. 221 Chapter 14:Metals Muscling In:Organometallics... 249 Chapter 15:More Reactions of Carbonyl Compounds.. 261 Chapter 16:Living Large:Biomolecules.. …281 Contents at a Glance Introduction ................................................................ 1 Part I: Brushing Up on Important Organic Chemistry I Concepts ....................................... 7 Chapter 1: Organic Chemistry II: Here We Go Again! ....................................................9 Chapter 2: Remembering How We Do It: Mechanisms ................................................17 Chapter 3: Alcohols and Ethers: Not Just for Drinking and Sleeping ........................31 Chapter 4: Conjugated Unsaturated Systems...............................................................53 Chapter 5: “Seeing” Molecules: Spectroscopy Revisited ............................................67 Part II: Discovering Aromatic (And Not So Aromatic) Compounds ........................................... 79 Chapter 6: Introducing Aromatics .................................................................................81 Chapter 7: Aromatic Substitution Part I: Attack of the Electrophiles .......................93 Chapter 8: Aromatic Substitution Part II: Attack of the Nucleophiles and Other Reactions ...........................................................................111 Part III: Carbonyls: Good Alcohols Gone Bad ............. 121 Chapter 9: Comprehending Carbonyls ........................................................................123 Chapter 10: Aldehydes and Ketones ...........................................................................137 Chapter 11: Enols and Enolates ...................................................................................161 Chapter 12: Carboxylic Acids and Their Derivatives ................................................187 Part IV: Advanced Topics (Every Student’s Nightmare) .............................................. 219 Chapter 13: Amines and Friends ..................................................................................221 Chapter 14: Metals Muscling In: Organometallics .....................................................249 Chapter 15: More Reactions of Carbonyl Compounds ..............................................261 Chapter 16: Living Large: Biomolecules ......................................................................281 02_178157-ftoc.indd ix 5/28/10 9:44 AM