CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION
1��1 Organic compounds and organic chemistry
1��2 Features of organic compounds
1��3 Atomic orbital
1��4 Electron configuration
1��5 lonic and covalent bonds�� octet rule
1��6 The carbon-carbon covalent bond
1��7 How the structure of a compound is represented
1��8 Molecular orbitals
1��9 Molecular geometry
1��10 Acids and bases
1��11 Reaction mechanism
1��12 Functional groups and families of organic compounds
1��13 Significance of studying organic chemistry

CHAPTER 2 ALKANES AND CYCLOALKANES
2��1 Alkanes
2��2 Cycloalkanes
2��3 Pheromones��communication by means of chemicals

CHAPTER 3 ALKENES�� ALKYNES AND CONUGATED DIENVES
3��1 Alkenes
3��2 Alkynes
3��3 Conjugated dienes
3��4 Dynemicin A�� An enediyne drug

CHAPTER 4 AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS
4��1 Classification of aromatic hydrocarbons
4��2 Structure of benzene
4��3 Nomenclature of derivatives of benzene
4��4 Physical properties of monocyclic aromatic hydrocarbons
4��5 Chemical properties of monocyclic aromatic hydrocarbons
4��6 Effect of substituents on reactivity and orientation in aromatic electrophilic substitution
4��7 Fused-ring aromatic hydrocarbons
4��8 Aromaticity and H��ckel rule��4n+2�� electron rule
4��9 Some aromatic compounds in biochemistry

CHAPTER 5 STEREOCHEMISTRY
5��1 Types of isomers
5��2 Optical activity��plane-polarized light
5��3 Properties of enatiomers
5��4 Prediction of enantiomerism
5��5 Compounds with only one chiral carbon
5��6 Representations of molecules containing chiral carbons�� Fischer projections
5��7 Assignment of the configurations of chiral carbons
5��8 Compounds with more than one chiral carbon
5��9 Enantiomers without chiral carbons
5��10 Chirality in the biological world
5��11 Origin of biological properties relating to chirality

CHAPTER 6 ALKYL HALIDES
6��1 Nomenclature of alkyl halides
6��2 Physical properties of alkyl halides
6��3 Chemical properties of alkyl halides
6��4 Preparation of alkyl halides
6��5 Inconvenient DDT

CHAPTER 7 ALCOHOLS�� PHENOLS�� AND ETHERS
7��1 Alcohols
7��2 Phenols
7��3 Ethers
7��4 Thioalcohols�� thioethers and disulfides

CHAPTER 8 ALDEHYDES AND KETONES
8��1 Chemical structure of the carbonyl group
8��2 Nomenclature of aldehydes and ketones
8��3 Synthesis of aldehydes and ketones
8��4 Oxidation of aldehydes
8��5 Nucleophilic addition reaction of aldehydes and ketones
8��6 Reduction
8��7 Nucleophilic addition of water�� hydration
8��8 Nucleophilic addition of alcohol��acetal formation
8��9 Nucleophilic addition of amines to form imines and enamine
8��10 Nucleophilic addition of Grignard reagent��alcohol formation
8��11 Nucleophilic addition of hydrogen cyanide��cyanohydrin formation
8��12 Keto-Enol tautomerism
8��13 Acidity of alpha hydrogen atoms��enolate anion formation
8��14 Reactivity of enols and enolateions
8��15 Alkylation of aldehydes and ketones
8��16 Halogenation of aldehydes and ketones and haloform reaction
8��17 Condensation of aldehydes and ketones��the aldol reaction

CHAPTER 9 CARBOXYLIC ACIDS AND CARBOXYLIC ACID DERIVATIVES
9��1 Carboxylic acids
9��2 Carboxylic acid derivatives
9��3 Other carboxylic acid derivatives

CHAPTER 10 AMINES AND HETEROCYCLES
10��1 Nomenclature of amines
10��2 Structure of amines
10��3 Physical properties of amines
10��4 Chemical properties of amines
10��5 Synthesis of amines
10��6 Heterocyeles
10��7 Sulfa drags

CHAPTER 11 CARBOHYDRATES
11��1 Monosaecharides
11��2 Disaccharides
11��3 Polysaccharides

CHAPTER 12 LIPIDS
12��1 Classification of lipids
12��2 Fatty acids
12��3 Structure and physical property of triacylglycerols
12��4 Chemical reactions of triaeylglycerols
12��5 Amphipathie hydrolyzable lipids
12��6 Steroid�� cholesterol�� steroid hormones and bile salt

CHAPTER 13 PROTEINS
13��1 Introduction
13��2 Reactions of amino acids
13��3 Synthesizing amino acids
13��4 Condensation of amino acids and formation of peptides
13��5 A brief introduction of proteins

CHAPTER 14 NUCLEIC ACID
14��1 Introduction
14��2 Nucleotides and nueleosides
14��3 Nucleic acid structure
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