Product Description

This new and innovative text helps students develop a deeper understanding of organic chemistry. It treats the subject as a coherent whole, complete with numerous logical connections, consequences, and an underlying structure and "language." Employing an approach based on mechanism and reaction type, the book empasizes understanding ideas rather than merely memorizing facts. It shows students how to realistically draw molecules and mechanisms to reveal the fundamental chemistry.
Using a fresh, accessible writing style as well as examples from everyday life, the authors explain the basics of organic chemistry carefully and thoroughly. A special focus on mechanism, orbitals, and stereochemistry helps students gain a solid comprehension of important factors common to all reactions. The book's innovative design enhances clarity and instruction with boxes that separate summary information and other material from the main text; a variety of colors that draw attention to items such as atoms, molecules, and orbitals; and figures that are drawn in red with significant parts emphasized in black. Early chapters feature carbonyl group reactions, and later chapters systematically develop the chemistry through discussions of spectroscopy, stereochemistry, and chemical reactions.
Each chapter opens with a "Connections" box, divided into three columns:
Building on: Details material from previous chapters that relate to the current chapter
Arriving at: Provides a guide to the content of the chapter
Looking forward to: Previews later chapters, which develop and expand the current material

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #154691 in Books
• Published on: 2000-08-31
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 1536 pages

Review
"It is veru useful, and it is very different from other student books. I think it is clearly written..." Organische- Chemie.

`"The book is brilliant - we have been waiting for up to 25 years for a decent British text".' John Mann, Professor of Biol. Chemistry, Queens University Belfast

`"This is a book we have all been waiting for! It is based on sound mechanistic reasoning and contains thousands of useful examples for teaching. Its style is approachable and covers both fundamental and more advanced material".' Adam Nelson, Lecturer, University of Leeds

"a magnificent resource", Angewandte Chemie, International Edition, v. 40 no. 12, June 2001

`"The book gives a comprehensive overview of undergraduate-level organic chemistry and is suitable for all 3 years of a BSc degree. The writing and illustrations are very clear and easy".' Dr J G Knight, Lecturer, Newcastle University

`"It is a very modern book showing nicely the interaction between organic chemistry and daily life. It has an unusaul and exciting format".' Frank-Gerrit Klarner, Prof. Dr., Universitat Essen

About the Author
Jonathan Clayden is at University of Manchester. Nick Greeves is at University of Liverpool.

Customer Reviews

The best modern Organic Chemistry text I have come across!
This is undoubtedly the best modern book for learning Organic Chemistry. It simply cannot be compared with any of the traditional texts like Morrison and Boyd, because it presents Organic Chemical research as a cutting edge science of the present and future. Since it was first published in 2001, in this book you will find accounts of reactions and reagents that you will simply not find in any similar text. From Suzuki, Heck, and Sonogashira couplings to very important new reactions like Grubbs' olefin metathesis, it covers the whole gamut of current organic chemistry. The most important and fascinating aspect of the book is the almost countless examples of modern drugs, pesticides and other molecules that are presented to illustrate the reactions. In this, for example, one can find the example of how the simple concept of pKa of acids was used in the synthesis of Ranitidine, the best selling drug of today. Or a separate interesting chapter on Sulfur chemistry and Asymmetric Synthesis as applied to important problems in Biology and Medicine.
In fact, the whole approach is very much bioorganic as well as highly practical. From this book, we learn how organic chemistry is used in a highly exciting manner by real life chemists solving real life problems. It truly conveys the excitement in organic chemistry as practiced today. I believe that if you can thoroughly grasp the principles in this book, you are probably comparable to the best organic chemistry graduate in the world. The informal and honest style of the authors is almost too good to believe. Boxed material which contains key points and the colour used in the book make it a very attractive one. The book is a source of an incredible amount of information. The authors must have really spent a lot of efforts in writing it. Truly a book for the 21st century.
A book which is an absolute must on the shelves of practicing chemists and students alike.

the best undergrad text in organic chemistry available
I bought this book on the suggestion of one of the reviewers to get an overview of fundamentals of Organic Chemistry in my way to clear cumulative examinations.I'm in total agreement with the previous reviewers.I went through many of the undergrad texts in organic and I'm certain that this is the best among available.This is really a 21st cetury organic text.The approach adopted is very personal(as if the authors were directly talking to you).The language used was piquant.This book is a bonanza of information.The good things about this book are they used pKa values to predict the rates of different reactions and they widely used the MOT to interpret the reaction mechanism and stereochemistry in many reactions.They made the embittered subject caviar to the general. Students who have read this book can't be overwhelmed by the mind boggling mechanisms their professors write. I would also like to suggest Norman & Coxon's "Principles of Organic Synthesis"(published by nelsonthornes)for a comprehensive coverage of synthesis stuff.That's a reader friendly text and gives you the logic of synthesis(unlike the Carey's book that presents all the reactions sequentially which are often not rationalized)

Definitely the Best Modern Organic Chem. Book Around
I'm a Ph.D. in chemistry student here at University of Nevada and had troubles the past two semesters in passing the written comprehensive exam. I wrote this review to show my utmost appreciation to the authors. They really did a good job in writing this book making every organic chemistry concepts simple and easy to understand; not to mention the inclusion of "arrow-pushing" mechanisms and the latest trend in medicinal chemistry. The book however, is not free from errors but don't fret as they can be easily pinpointed by any serious chemistry graduate student. You can also check out the book's website to see the corrections. To other advanced chemistry students out there, buy this book and you will be thankful for having it. I have more advanced books in my possesion but I value this book the most.