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Organic Chemistry: A Short Course, 13th Edition

Harold Hart, Christopher M. Hadad, Leslie E. Craine, David J. Hart

  • Copyright 2012
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Organic Chemistry: A Short Course 13th Edition by Harold Hart/Christopher M. Hadad/Leslie E. Craine/David J. Hart
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Overview

The only textbook designed specifically for the one-semester short course in organic chemistry, this market leader appeals to a range of non-chemistry science majors through its emphasis on practical, real-life applications, coverage of basic concepts, and engaging visual style. In contrast to other texts for the course that are streamlined versions of full-year texts, this text was created from the ground up to offer a writing style, approach, and selection of topics that uniquely meet the needs of the short course. The Thirteenth Edition builds on the strengths of previous editions through an updated, dynamic art program--online, on CD, and in the text--new content that keeps students current with developments in the organic chemistry field, and a revised lab manual.

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Harold Hart

Christopher M. Hadad

Leslie E. Craine

David J. Hart

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  • OWL INTEGRATION. Improve student learning outcomes with OWL, the #1 online homework and learning system for chemistry. Developed by chemistry instructors for teaching chemistry, OWL includes course management tools that make homework management a breeze, as well as advanced reporting and grade book features that save time in grading homework and tracking student progress. OWL enables you to address students' different learning styles through tutorials, simulations, visualization exercises, and algorithmically-generated homework questions with answer-specific feedback. With OWL's mastery learning approach, students work at their own pace until they understand each concept/skill. OWL includes an eBook, enhanced with multimedia learning tools.
  • UPDATED ART PROGRAM. The text's updated, visually dynamic art program is enhanced online, on CD, and in the text.
  • NEW PROBLEMS AND SOLUTIONS. This edition offers over 1,000 clearly marked, new problems and solutions - an average of almost 60 per chapter – to help students improve their problem-solving skills. Many of the new problems require students to develop their three-dimensional visualization skills.
  • EXPANDED FOCUS ON GREEN CHEMISTRY. Updated and revised end-of-chapter exercises now include "green chemistry."
  • UPDATED "A WORD ABOUT" ESSAYS. These engaging essays--now assignable and accompanied by pedagogy -- motivate students by demonstrating how chemistry relates to other branches of science and to their everyday lives. Many of these essays examine emerging issues in green chemistry while others cover interesting topics such as Quinones and the Bombadier Beetle, Alkaloids and the Dart Poison Frog, Prostaglandins, and Aspirin and Pain.
  • UPDATED "A CLOSER LOOK AT" BOXES. These updated boxes encourage students to develop their Web research skills by exploring topics ranging from mass spectrometry and carbon dating to Nobel laureates and protein chemistry to the polymerase chain reaction. Instructors may assign these activities, using them as a basis for class discussion or as a springboard for projects.

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  • VISUALLY DYNAMIC ART PROGRAM. The art program offers beautifully designed electrostatic potential maps to aid discussions of acid-base chemistry, as well as ball-and-stick structures that help students visualize molecules in three dimensions.
  • USE OF ARROW PUSHING FORMALISM. This assists professors teaching reaction mechanisms.
  • WORKED OUT EXAMPLES AND PRACTICE PROBLEMS. These exercises and problems guide students through learning and mastering chapter concepts. End-of-chapter problems gradually increase in difficulty, reinforcing basic principles and problem-solving skills before moving on to more challenging ones.
  • ACCOMPANYING LABORATORY MANUAL. Developed with the assistance of co-author T.K. Vinod at Western Illinois University, the lab manual includes an experiment on green chemistry, pre-laboratory exercises, and safety instructions to students.

Table of Contents

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1. Bonding and Isomerism.
2. Alkanes and Cyclalkanes; Conformational and Geometric Isomerism.
3. Alkenes and Alkynes.
4. Aromatic Compounds.
5. Stereoisomerism.
6. Organic Halogen Compounds; Substitution and Elimination Reactions.
7. Alcohols, Phenols, and Thiols.
8. Ethers and Epoxides.
9. Aldehydes and Ketones.
10. Carboxylic Acids and Their Derivatives.
11. Amines and Related Nitrogen Compounds.
12. Spectroscopy and Structure Determination.
13. Heterocyclic Compounds.
14. Synthetic Polymers.
15. Lipids and Detergents.
16. Carbohydrates.
17. Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins.
18. Nucleotides and Nucleic Acids.

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Cengage provides a range of supplements that are updated in coordination with the main title selection. For more information about these supplements, contact your Learning Consultant.

FOR INSTRUCTORS

Lab Manual for Organic Chemistry: A Short Course, 13th

ISBN: 9781111425845
The Laboratory Manual, with the assistance of co-author T.K. Vinod at Western Illinois University, includes an experiment on green chemistry, pre-laboratory exercises, and safety instructions.

Study Guide with Solutions Manual for Hart/Craine/Hart/Hadad's Organic Chemistry: A Short Course, 13th

ISBN: 9781111425852
Revised with the assistance of author Christopher Hadad, Ohio State University, the Study Guide and Solutions Manual offers solutions to both in-text and end-of-chapter problems with an explanation of the answers. For each chapter, the guide provides a chapter summary, learning objectives, and a summary of synthetic methods and reaction mechanisms. Review problems on synthesis and 100 multiple-choice sample test questions offer students additional problem-solving practice.

FOR STUDENTS

Lab Manual for Organic Chemistry: A Short Course, 13th

ISBN: 9781111425845
The Laboratory Manual, with the assistance of co-author T.K. Vinod at Western Illinois University, includes an experiment on green chemistry, pre-laboratory exercises, and safety instructions.

Study Guide with Solutions Manual for Hart/Craine/Hart/Hadad's Organic Chemistry: A Short Course, 13th

ISBN: 9781111425852
Revised with the assistance of author Christopher Hadad, Ohio State University, the Study Guide and Solutions Manual offers solutions to both in-text and end-of-chapter problems with an explanation of the answers. For each chapter, the guide provides a chapter summary, learning objectives, and a summary of synthetic methods and reaction mechanisms. Review problems on synthesis and 100 multiple-choice sample test questions offer students additional problem-solving practice.