Essentials of Organic Chemistry: For Students of Pharmacy, Medicinal Chemistry and Biological Chemistry

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John Wiley & Sons, 2006 M05 26 - 710 pages
Essentials of Organic Chemistry is an accessible introduction to the subject for students of Pharmacy, Medicinal Chemistry and Biological Chemistry. Designed to provide a thorough grounding in fundamental chemical principles, the book focuses on key elements of organic chemistry and carefully chosen material is illustrated with the extensive use of pharmaceutical and biochemical examples.

In order to establish links and similarities the book places prominence on principles and deductive reasoning with cross-referencing. This informal text also places the main emphasis on understanding and predicting reactivity rather than synthetic methodology as well as utilising a mechanism based layout and featuring annotated schemes to reduce the need for textual explanations.
* tailored specifically to the needs of students of Pharmacy Medical Chemistry and Biological Chemistry
* numerous pharmaceutical and biochemical examples
* mechanism based layout
* focus on principles and deductive reasoning

This will be an invaluable reference for students of Pharmacy Medicinal and Biological Chemistry.
 

Contents

Atomic structure and bonding
19
Resonance structures and curly arrows
45
3
51
Configurational isomers with several chiral centres
85
and L configurations
103
4
121
4
135
6
141
Electrophilic reactions
283
Radical reactions
319
Nucleophilic reactions involving enolate anions
347
Heterocycles
403
Carbohydrates
463
Amino acids peptides and proteins
499
Nucleosides nucleotides and nucleic acids
549
The organic chemistry of intermediary metabolism
573

The HendersonHasselbalch equation
149
Reaction mechanisms
167
nucleophilic substitution
183
Nucleophilic reactions of carbonyl groups
221
16
611
Index
675
94
682
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Dr Paul Dewick, School of Pharmacy, University of Nottingham, Nottigham NG7 2RD
Paul Dewick is the author of the successful Medicinal Natural Product, 2/E and is a well-respected academic within his field.

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