Organic Chemistry has a long-standing reputation as being a difficult course at all universities. Organic Chemistry I Workbook For Dummies provides readers with opportunities to review material and practice solving problems based on the topics covered in Organic Chemistry I For Dummies and in a typical Organic Chemistry course.

Introduction. Part I: The Fundamentals of Organic Chemistry. Chapter 1:Working with Models and Molecules. Chapter 2: Speaking Organic Chemistry: Drawing and Abbreviating Lewis Structures. Chapter 3: Drawing Resonance Structures. Chapter 4: Working with Acids and Bases. Part II: The Bones of Organic Molecules: The Hydrocarbons. Chapter 5: Seeing Molecules in 3-D: Stereochemistry. Chapter 6: The Skeletons of Organic Molecules: The Alkanes. Chapter 7: Shaping Up with Bond Calisthenics and Conformation. Chapter 8: Doubling Down: The Alkenes. Chapter 9: Tripling the Fun: Alkyne Reactions and Nomenclature. Part III: Functional Groups and Their Reactions. Chapter 10: The Leaving Group Boogie: Substitution and Elimination of Alkyl Halides. Chapter 11: Not as Thunk as You Drink I Am: The Alcohols. Chapter 12: Conjugated Dienes and the Diels-Alder Reaction. Chapter 13: The Power of the Ring: Aromatic Compounds. Part IV: Detective Work: Spectroscopy and Spectrometry. Chapter 14: Breaking Up (Isn't Hard to Do): Mass Spectrometry. Chapter 15: Cool Vibrations: IR Spectroscopy. Chapter 16: Putting Molecules under the Magnet: NMR Spectroscopy. Part V: The Part of Tens. Chapter 17: The Ten Commandments of Organic Chemistry. Chapter 18: Ten Tips for Acing Orgo Exams. Index.

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