Organic Chemistry

For courses in Organic Chemistry (2-Semester) A Student-Centered Approach to Learning and Studying Organic Chemistry Wade & Simek’s Ninth edition of Organic Chemistry presents key principles of organic chemistry in the context of fundamental reasoning and problem solving. Authored to complement how students use a textbook today, new Problem Solving Strategies, Partially Solved Problems, Visual Reaction Guides and Reaction Starbursts encourage students to use the text before class as a primary introduction to organic chemistry as well as a comprehensive study tool for working problems and/or preparing for exams. With unparalleled and highly refined pedagogy, this Ninth edition gives students a contemporary overview of organic principles and the tools for organizing and understanding reaction mechanisms and synthetic organic chemistry. Also Available with MasteringChemistry™ MasteringChemistry from Pearson is the leading online homework, tutorial, and assessment system, designed to improve results by engaging students before, during, and after class with powerful content. Instructors ensure students arrive ready to learn by assigning educationally effective content before class, and encourage critical thinking and retention with in-class resources such as Learning Catalytics™. Students can further master concepts after class through traditional and adaptive homework assignments that provide hints and answer-specific feedback. The Mastering gradebook records scores for all automatically graded assignments in one place, while diagnostic tools give instructors access to rich data to assess student understanding and misconceptions. Mastering brings learning full circle by continuously adapting to each student and making learning more personal than ever–before, during, and after class. Note: You are purchasing a standalone product; MasteringChemistry does not come packaged with this content. Students, if interested in purchasing this title with MasteringChemistry, ask your instructor for the correct package ISBN and Course ID. Instructors, contact your Pearson representative for more information. If you would like to purchase both the physical text and MasteringChemistry, search for: 0321971124 / 9780321971128 Organic Chemistry Plus MasteringChemistry with eText -- Access Card Package Package consists of: 0134161602 / 9780134161600 MasteringChemistry with Pearson eText -- ValuePack Access Card -- for Organic Chemistry 032197137X / 9780321971371 Organic Chemistry Sample questions asked in the 9th edition of Organic Chemistry:Draw the structures of the following compounds. (a) 4-(1,1-dimethylethyl)octane (b) 5-(1,2,2-trimethylpropyl)nonane (c) 3,3-diethyl-4-(2,2-dimethylpropyl)octane Conformational studies on ethane-1,2-diol (HOCH 2 -CH 2 OH ) have shown the most stable conformation about the central C-C bond to be the gauche conformation, which is 9.6 kJ/mol (2.3 kcal/mol) more stable than the anti conformation. Draw Newman projections of these conformers and explain this curious result. Name the following alkanes and haloalkanes. When two or more substituents are present, list them in alphabetical order.