Reviews
"The fifth edition of this text continues to refine the author's characteristically elegant, mechanism-based framework for introducing organic chemistry. Professor Loudon has inspired several generations of students with his clear and insightful presentation style. In no other text does the logic, power and sheer beauty of organic chemistry shine through so clearly." --Bruce Ganem, Cornell University, "My colleagues and I have used the Loudon text here at Harvard for a number of years. The latest edition of this textbook refines the author's approach to the teaching of organic chemistry on a mechanism-based approach that was first introduced by Cram and Hammond more than 50 years ago. I consider it one of the premier texts of this generation." --David Evans, Harvard University, "The fifth edition of this text continues to refine the author's characteristically elegant, mechanism-based framework for introducing organic chemistry. Professor Loudon has inspired several generations of students with his clear and insightful presentation style. In no other text does the logic, power and sheer beauty of organic chemistry shine through so clearly." --Bruce Ganem, Cornell University, "The fifth edition of this text continues to refine the author's characteristically elegant, mechanism-based framework for introducing organic chemistry. Professor Loudon has inspired several generations of students with his clear and insightful presentation style. In no other text does the logic, power and sheer beauty of organic chemistry shine through so clearly." -Bruce Ganem, Cornell University, "My colleagues and I have used the Loudon text here at Harvard for a number of years. The latest edition of this textbook refines the author's approach to the teaching of organic chemistry on a mechanism-based approach that was first introduced by Cram and Hammond more than 50 years ago. I consider it one of the premier texts of this generation." -David Evans, Harvard University, "We have used a number of editions of Loudon for our second year organic course. Although each edition has represented a major advance in the presentation of new chemistry, they have all retained the lucid presentation and order of topics that attracted us to the first version. The problems and examples provide excellent reinforcement of the contents of each chapter. The inclusion of modern methodology in the newest edition will prepare students for graduate school and demonstrates the continuing evolution of organic chemistry." -Robert H. Grubbs, California Institute of Technology , "We have used a number of editions of Loudon for our second year organic course. Although each edition has represented a major advance in the presentation of new chemistry, they have all retained the lucid presentation and order of topics that attracted us to the first version. The problems and examples provide excellent reinforcement of the contents of each chapter. The inclusion of modern methodology in the newest edition will prepare students for graduate school and demonstrates the continuing evolution of organic chemistry." --Robert H. Grubbs, California Institute of Technology
Table of Content
1. CHEMICAL BONDING AND CHEMICAL STRUCTURE 2. ALKANES 3. ACIDS AND BASES. THE CURVED-ARROW NOTATION 4. INTRODUCTION TO ALKENES: STRUCTURE AND REACTIVITY 5. ADDITION REACTIONS OF ALKENES 6. PRINCIPLES OF STEREOCHEMISTRY 7. CYCLIC COMPOUNDS: STEREOCHEMISTRY OF REACTIONS 8. INTRODUCTION TO ALKYL HALIDES, ALCOHOLS, ETHERS, THIOLS, AND SULFIDES 9. THE CHEMISTRY OF ALKYL HALIDES 10. THE CHEMISTRY OF ALCOHOLS AND THIOLS 11. THE CHEMISTRY OF ETHERS, EPOXIDES, GLYCOLS, AND SULFIDES 12. INTRODUCTION TO SPECTROSCOPY. INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY AND MASS SPECTROMETRY 13. NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY 14. THE CHEMISTRY OF ALKYNES 15. DIENES, RESONANCE, AND AROMATICITY 16. THE CHEMISTRY OF BENZENE AND ITS DERIVATIVES 17. ALLYLIC AND BENZYLIC REACTIVITY 18. THE CHEMISTRY OF ARYL HALIDES, VINYLIC HALIDES, AND PHENOLS. TRANSITION-METAL CATALYSIS 19. THE CHEMISTRY OF ALDEHYDES AND KETONES. CARBONYL-ADDITION REACTIONS 20. THE CHEMISTRY OF CARBOXYLIC ACIDS 21. THE CHEMISTRY OF CARBOXYLIC ACID DERIVATIVES 22. THE CHEMISTRY OF ENOLATE IONS, ENOLS, AND a,b-UNSATURATED CARBONYL COMPOUNDS 23. THE CHEMISTRY OF ENOLATE IONS, ENOLS, AND a,b-UNSATURATED CARBONYL COMPOUNDS 24. CARBOHYDRATES 25. THE CHEMISTRY OF THE AROMATIC HETEROCYCLES 26. AMINO ACIDS, PEPTIDES, AND PROTEINS 27. PERICYCLIC REACTIONS
