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In a highly accessible fashion, this top-selling book bridges the gap between conceptual understanding and actual application?while strongly emphasizing the development of problem-solving skills. The book focuses on traditional organic chemistry topics and offers up-to-date aspects of spectroscopy, relevant photographs, and many applications to polymer chemistry integrated throughout the book.
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New edition of a text that covers the fundamentals of organic chemistry, including both the classical reactions and the new techniques and reactions in current use by practicing chemists. New sections address free-radical inhibitors, using the Mislow and Siegel definition, the asymmetric reduction work by Noyori and Knowles, the Sharpless asymmetric epoxidation, the aromaticity of Fullerenes and their relationship to other allotropes of carbon, prions, and others. Visual aids comprise boxes containing information on important mechanisms, and electrostatic potential maps. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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