Organic Chemistry Quick Study Guide (For Smartphones and Mobile Devices)

Boost Your grades with Organic Chemistry Quick-Study Guide. Navigate from Table of Contents or search for words or phrases. FREE Introduction and Chemical bond chapters in trial version. Audience: Intended for everyone interested in Organic Chemistry, particularly undergraduate and graduate life science students, medical students, nursing, and dental students. Features Formatted for a small screen. Easy to understand Organic compounds, formulas and isomers Nomenclature Reactions kinetics and mechanisms Reactions sorted by type and by class Spectroscopy Multi-Platform device capability (PDA, smartphone, PC) No matter which device you use (Windows Mobile, Symbian OS, Pocket PC, Palm OS, Blackberry, or Desktop), you will NOT lose any functionality. Search for the words or phrases Navigate from Table of Contents or read page by page Add Bookmarks Text annotation and mark-up Access the guide anytime, anywhere - at home, on the train, in the subway. Use your down time to prepare for an exam. Always have the guide available for a quick reference. Automatic synchronization between the handheld and the desktop PC. You could read half of the book on the handheld, then finish reading on the desktop. Annotations and drawings are also synchronized. Table of Contents Introduction: History Description and nomenclature Classification Characteristics of organic substances Molecular structure elucidation Organic reactions Organic compounds Chemical Bond: Valence electron Covalent Coordinate covalent bond Ionic bond Metallic bond Polarity Aromaticity Molecular geometry: Valence bond theory Valence shell electron pair repulsion theory Orbital hybridization Sigma bond Pi bond Lewis structure Resonance Carbon-carbon bond Classification: Common Atoms Hydrocarbons Functional groups Classes IUPAC nomenclature Periodic Table Stereochemistry: Isomers Structural isomerism Stereoisomerism Geometric isomerism Optical isomerism Diastereomer Enantiomer Cahn-Ingold-Prelog priority rule Conformational isomerism Organic Reactions: Nucleophile Electrophile Activation energy Kinetics Catalyst Concerted r. Stepwise r. Inductive effect Steric effects Acid-base Reactions: pH Acid Base Alkaline Reaction theories Conjugate acid Protonation Deprotonation Substitution Reactions: Nucleophilic s. SN1 SN2 SNi Nucleophilic acyl s. Nucleophilic aromatic s. Neighbouring group participation Electrophilic s. Electrophilic aromatic s. Radical s. Elimination Reactions: E1 E2 Notes Zaitsev's rule Addition Reactions: Electrophilic a. Syn & Anti a. Markovnikov's & Anti-M. rule Nucleophilic a. Free radical a. Other Reactions: Rearrangement r. Redox r. Hydrolysis