2. REPRESENTATIVE CARBON COMPOUNDS: Functional Groups, Intermolecular Forces, and Infrared (IR) Spectroscopy.

3. AN INTRODUCTION TO ORGANIC REACTIONS AND THEIR MECHANISMS: Acids and Bases.

4. NOMENCLATURE AND CONFORMATIONS OF ALKANES AND CYCLOALKANES.

5. STEREOCHEMISTRY: Chiral Molecules.

6. IONIC REACTIONS: Nucleophilic Substitution and Elimination Reactions of Alkyl Halides.

7. ALKENES AND ALKYNES I: Properties and Synthesis. Elimination Reactions of Alkyl Halides.

8. ALKENES AND ALKYNES II: Addition Reaction.

9. NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE AND MASS SPECTROMETRY: Tools for Structure Determination.

10. RADICAL REACTIONS.

11. ALCOHOLS AND ETHERS.

12. ALCOHOLS FROM CARBONYL COMPOUNDS: Oxidation-Reduction and Organometallic Compounds.

13. CONJUGATED UNSATURATED SYSTEMS.

14. AROMATIC COMPOUNDS.

15. REACTIONS OF AROMATIC COMPOUNDS.

16. ALDEHYDES AND KETONES I: Nucleophilic Additions to the Carbonyl Group.

17. ALDEHYDES AND KETONES II: Enols and Enolates.

18. CARBOXYLIC ACIDS AND THEIR DERIVATIVES: Nucleophilic Addiction-Elimination at the Acyl Carbon.

19. SYNTHESIS AND REACTIONS OF ß-DICARBONYL COMPOUNDS: More Chemistry of Enolates.

20. AMINES.

21. PHENOLS AND ARYL HALIDES: Nucleophilic Aromatic Substitution.

22. CARBOHYDRATES.

23. LIPIDS.

24. AMINO ACIDS & PROTEINS.

25. NUCLEIC ACIDS & PROTEIN SYNTHESIS.

Answers to Selected Problems.

Glossary.

Photo Credits.

Index.