Organic Chemistry

Organic Chemistry is a student-friendly book about the complex subject of organic chemistry, by Jonathan Clayden, Nick Greeves, Stuart Warren, and Peter Wothers. This book is specially written keeping in mind the course that undergraduates study under organic chemistry. The titles mentioned are built around the topics of their curriculum. Difficult concepts of organic chemistry are described in a clear manner, by providing content and explaining its application in the real-life.

Along with the content of the topics, marginal notes are also provided, that give more information about each topic. Organometallic chemistry, chemistry of life, and some chapters around the main group chemistry are some of the important topics in the book. The book helps students draw mechanisms and molecules realistically, in order to understand the fundamentals of chemistry concepts. A special focus has been given to the orbitals, mechanisms, and stereochemistry to let students understand the common and important factors among all of these.

The initial few chapters of the book talk primarily about carbonyl group reactions, while the later part of the book revolves around chemical reactions, spectroscopy and stereochemistry in detail. Each chapter contains the related questions at the end in order to help students relate to the text. The book consists of fifty-three important topics of organic chemistry, which serve as a useful referential support to undergraduates, and increases their knowledge of chemistry in addition to their general curriculum textbooks. OUP Oxford published Organic Chemistry in 2000, and it is available in paperback.