Table of Contents
- SECTION I: ATOMS AND BONDS
- 1.1 Important Elements
- 1.2 Size and Weight
- 1.3 Valence
- 1.4 Tetrahedral Geometry
- 1.5 Nitrogen and Oxygen
- 1.6 Multiplicity
- 1.7 Why Carbon Is Special
- 1.8 Carbon's Other Geometries
- 1.9 Sulfur
- 1.10 Phosphorus
- 1.11 Halogens
- 1.12 Metals
- SECTION II: REPRESENTATION
- 2.1 The Problem with the Simple Formula
- 2.2 The Condensed Formula
- 2.3 The Versatility of the Condensed Formula
- 2.4 The Problem with the Condensed Formula
- 2.5 Skeletons in the Closet
- 2.6 Taking Up Space
- SECTION III: NOMENCLATURE I
- 3.1 The Problem of Naming
- 3.2 Aliphatic Chains
- 3.3 Functional Groups
- 3.4 Alkanes
- 3.5 Alkenes and Alkynes
- 3.6 Aryl Groups
- 3.7 Alcohols
- 3.8 Butyfyl Alcohols
- 3.9 Amines and Amides
- 3.10 Thiols or Mercaptans
- 3.11 Ethers and Thioethers
- 3.12 Carboxylic acids
- 3.13 Fatty Acids
- 3.14 Aldehydes
- 3.15 Ketones and Imines
- 3.16 Nitriles
- 3.17 Esters
- SECTION IV: NOMENCLATURE II
- 4.1 IUPAC naming
- 4.2 Naming of Carboxylic Acids and Lactones
- 4.3 Glycols and Related Compounds
- 4.4 More Aryl Compounds
- 4.5 Isomerism of Double Bonds
- 4.6 Handedness
- 4.7 Optical Rotation
- 4.8 More Thio Compounds
- 4.9 Spiro Compounds
- 4.10 Heterocycles
- SECTION V: MOLECULAR CHANGES
- 5.1 The Nature of Covalent Bonds
- 5.2 Redox
- 5.3 Organic Redox
- 5.4 Tautomers
- 5.5 Electronegativity
- 5.6 Polarity
- 5.7 Organic Ions
- 5.8 pH of Protonation and Deprotonation
- 5.9 Conjugation
- 5.10 Resonance
- 5.11 Aromaticity
- 5.12 Acetals, Ketals, and Schiff Bases
- 5.13 Polymers of Alkene Derivatives
- 5.14 Polyesters
- 5.15 Polyamides
- 5.16 Other Polymers
- SECTION VI: MOLECULAR INTERACTIONS
- 6.1 Measuring Interatomic Bonds
- 6.2 van der Waals Interactions
- 6.3 Hydrogen Bonding and Ionic Bonding
- 6.4 Pi Interactions
- 6.5 Halogen Bonding
- 6.6 HSAB Theory
- SECTION VII: MOLECULES OF LIFE