PART 1 Introduction of General Chemicals 1
UNIT 1 Elements and the Periodic Table 1
UNIT 2 Nomenclature of Inorganic Compounds 6
UNIT 3 Nomenclature of Organic Compounds 12

PART 2 Structure Characterization of Organic Compounds 33
UNIT 1 Ultraviolet-visible Spectroscopy 33
UNIT 2 Infrared Spectroscopy 42
UNIT 3 Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) Spectroscopy 49
UNIT 4 Mass Spectrometry 57

PART 3 Organic Synthetic Processes 64
UNIT 1 General Introduction of Organic Synthesis 64
UNIT 2 Recrystallization 67
UNIT 3 Distillation 72
UNIT 4 Separation 79
UNIT 5 Scale-up Synthesis 85

PART 4 Fine Chemicals90
UNIT 1 General Introduction of Fine Chemicals 90
UNIT 2 Dyes and Pigments 98
UNIT 3 Surfactants 108
UNIT 4 Fragrances and Flavors 117
UNIT 5 Chiral Drugs 126

PART 5 Advanced New Techniques in Fine Chemicals 133
UNIT 1 Recent Progresses in Fluorescent Dyes and Chemosensors 133
UNIT 2 Organic Photochromic Molecules 141
UNIT 3 Dye-sensitized Solar Cells 149
UNIT 4 Molecular Logic-based Computation Systems 161
UNIT 5 Artificial Molecular Machines 168
UNIT 6 Carbon Neutral 175

References 180