Preface Eac Schauudertaken toveaclar vi of fityer Organic Chemisyhothe detailed solution of illustrative problems.Such problems make up over8%of the book.the remainder being a concise presentation of the material.Our goal is for students to learn by thinking and solving problems rather han by merely being to rt of a standard text a The second edition has been reorganized by combining chapters to emphasize the similarities of functional groups and reaction types as well as the differences.Thus.polynuclear hydrocarbons are combined with ben ene and aromaticity.Nuc eophilic a up-to-date by including solvent efects CMR spectroscopy.elbration of polymer chemistryand newer concepts of stereochemistry,among other material. JACOB SHAREFKIN GEORGE J.HADEMENOS i●vii Preface The beginning student in Organic Chemistry is often overwhelmed by facts, concepts, and new language. Each year, textbooks of Organic Chemistry grow in quantity of subject matter and in level of sophistication. This Schaum’s Outline was undertaken to give a clear view of first-year Organic Chemistry through the careful detailed solution of illustrative problems. Such problems make up over 80% of the book, the remainder being a concise presentation of the material. Our goal is for students to learn by thinking and solving problems rather than by merely being told. This book can be used in support of a standard text, as a supplement to a good set of lecture notes, as a review for taking professional examinations, and as a vehicle for self-instruction. The second edition has been reorganized by combining chapters to emphasize the similarities of functional groups and reaction types as well as the differences. Thus, polynuclear hydrocarbons are combined with ben￾zene and aromaticity. Nucleophilic aromatic displacement is merged with aromatic substitution. Sulfonic acids are in the same chapter with carboxylic acids and their derivatives, and carbanion condensations are in a sepa￾rate new chapter. Sulfur compounds are discussed with their oxygen analogs. This edition has also been brought up-to-date by including solvent effects, CMR spectroscopy, an elaboration of polymer chemistry, and newer concepts of stereochemistry, among other material. HERBERT MEISLICH HOWARD NECHAMKIN JACOB SHAREFKIN GEORGE J. HADEMENOS