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Organic chemistry studies the structure, properties and reactions of organic compounds, which contain carbon in covalent bonding. The study of structure determines their chemical composition and formula and the study of properties includes physical and chemical properties, and evaluation of chemical reactivity to understand their behavior. The study of organic reactions includes the chemical synthesis of natural products, drugs, and polymers, and study of individual organic molecules in the laboratory and via theoretical (in silico) study.

Supplemental Modules (Organic Chemistry)
Organic Chemistry research involves the synthesis of organic molecules and the study of their reaction paths, interactions, and applications.
Organic Chemistry (Morsch et al.)
Organic chemistry studies the structure, properties and reactions of organic compounds, which contain carbon in covalent bonding. Study of structure determines their structural formula. Study of properties includes physical and chemical properties, and evaluation of chemical reactivity to understand their behavior. The study of organic reactions includes the chemical synthesis of natural products, drugs, and polymers, and study of individual organic molecules in the laboratory and theoretically.
Organic Chemistry with a Biological Emphasis (Soderberg)
In this online textbook, a unique approach is taken to the study of organic chemistry. To the greatest extent possible, biological molecules and biochemical reactions are used to explain and illustrate the central concepts of organic chemistry. This approach covers the main organic reaction mechanisms in a biological context. However, earlier chapters on organic structure and spectroscopy also focus as much as possible on examples of interest to students of biology and the health sciences.
Organic Chemistry Lab Techniques (Nichols)
In this resource you will find theory and procedures on the main organic lab techniques (chromatography, crystallization, extraction, distillation) as well as general concepts on how to set up and heat apparatuses (see the Table of Contents tab for a more complete listing of topics). All procedures are accompanied by step-by-step pictures, and graphics are heavily utilized throughout the resource.
Basic Principles of Organic Chemistry (Roberts and Caserio)
This general organic Textmap by John D. Robert and Marjorie C. Caserio emphasizes thermochemistry to aid the undergraduate's understanding of organic reactions
Organic Chemistry Nomenclature Workbook (O'Donnell)
Book: How to be a Successful Organic Chemist (Sandtorv)
How to be a successful organic chemist is meant as an introductory text for undergraduates taking organic chemistry teaching labs. The text is a clear and practical introduction to safety, chemical handling, organic chemistry techniques, and lab reports.
Book: Virtual Textbook of OChem (Reusch) UNDER CONSTRUCTION
Organic Chemistry - A "Carbonyl Early" Approach (McMichael)
This is the textbook for a one semester organic chemistry "survey" course . You will be learning and applying the principles which govern the structure of organic compound and relating your understanding of structure to the reactions--the changes in structure--which happen when specific portions of organic compounds interact with other chemical substances. We will spend the first several weeks of the semester looking at a group of organic compounds which share a common structural element--the ca
Organic Chemistry I (Liu)
An open textbook that is suitable for the first semester of Organic Chemistry. Basic concepts of the structures and reactivities of organic molecules are covered in this open textbook. Besides the fundamental discussions of organic acids-bases, stereochemistry, IR and NMR, this book also includes the topics of substitution and elimination reactions, radical substitution of alkanes, preparation and reactions of alkenes and alkynes.
Map: Organic Chemistry (Bruice)
Map: Essential Organic Chemistry (Bruice)
Map: Organic Chemistry (Vollhardt and Schore)
Map: Organic Chemistry (Smith)
Logic of Organic Synthesis (Rao)
A mastery over several such techniques enables the molecular architect (popularly known as organic chemist) to achieve the challenging task of synthesizing the myriade of molecular structures encountered in Natural Products Chemistry, Drug Chemistry and modern Molecular Materials. In this task, organic chemists are further guided by several ‘thumb rules’ that chemists have evolved over the past two centuries.
Complex Molecular Synthesis (Salomon)
Design and Logic in the Biosynthesis and Total Synthesis of Natural Products
Catalytic Asymmetric Synthesis (Punniyamurthy)
Catalytic asymmetric synthesis the synthesis of compound that favors the formation of a specific enantiomer or diastereomer via catalysis synthetic methods. Enantioselective synthesis is a key process in modern chemistry and is particularly important in the field of pharmaceuticals, as the different enantiomers or diastereomers of a molecule often have different biological activity.
Radical Reactions of Carbohydrates (Binkley)
Volume I: "Structure and Reactivity of Carbohydrate Radicals", is concerned with the basic structure of carbohydrate radicals and the reactivity that can be expected from these intermediates. "Volume II: Radical Reactions in Carbohydrate Synthesis" contains discussion and analysis of the radical reactions that have been used in carbohydrate synthesis.
- Radical Reactions of Carbohydrates I: Structure and Reactivity of Carbohydrate Radicals
- Radical Reactions of Carbohydrates II: Radical Reactions of Carbohydrates
Organic Chemistry I (Cortes)
OCLUE: Organic Chemistry, Life, the Universe, and Everything (Copper and Klymkowsky)
Organic chemistry is the chemistry of carbon and carbon-containing compounds. Since the core structural, catalytic, information storage, and retrieval systems of organisms are carbon-based macromolecules, organic chemistry is of direct relevance to the life sciences. Just as importantly, the properties of carbon make possible an amazing range of molecules with unique properties, from small molecules to complex plastics and even more complex biomolecules.
Nuclear Magnetic Resonance: Applications to Organic Chemistry (Roberts)
This brief book is the outgrowth of some forty lectures in which it was attempted to explain the phenomenon of nuclear magnetic resonance absorption and the uses of high-resolution nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy to organic chemists whose background, like that of the author, has often been deficient in nuclear and electromagnetic theory.
Polymer Chemistry (Schaller)
Map: Organic Chemistry (Wade), Complete and Semesters I and II
Welcome to organic chemistry! This text has been written for students. It emphasizes the practical details and skills needed to master this challenging subject. Learning organic chemistry is brain yoga! Our brains become strong and flexible with practice. Maps are available for the entire book, or for Semester I and II. The latter two can be printed, the complete book is 1400 pages, and cannot
Introduction to Organic Spectroscopy
Organic Synthesis (Shea)
This text is designed to build on traditional Organic Chemistry I and II courses for an Advanced Organic Chemistry class. The focus is on key reaction types that enable the construction of complex organic molecules: pericyclic reactions, transition metal catalyzed reactions, rearrangements, fragmentations, radical reactions, and carbene reactions. It explores these reactions through both mechanism and synthesis problems with many examples from the current literature.

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