The Bridge To Organic Chemistry

<p><b>Make the leap from introductory to organic chemistry</b></p> <p>The transition from first-year chemistry to an organic chemistry course can be a challenge for many students. Not only must they recall their first-year studies of bonding, structure, and reactivity, but they must also master a whole new set of nomenclature, along with the critical skill of “electron-pushing.” Reviewing the fundamentals and carefully introducing the important new concepts, <i>The Bridge to Organic Chemistry: Concepts and Nomenclature</i> helps students smoothly bridge the gap to organic chemistry.</p> <p>Concise and carefully structured, <i>The Bridge to Organic Chemistry</i> helps students strengthen their mastery of fundamental concepts from an introductory chemistry course and then introduces them to the new concepts of organic chemistry. Step by step, the reader will:</p> <ul> <li>Review important concepts such as structural isomerism, Lewis formulas, hybridization, and resonance and understand their roles in modern organic chemistry</li> <li>Learn organic nomenclature along with the critical skill of “electron-pushing”</li> <li>Explore mechanisms that utilize many of the concepts: Lewis acid-base chemistry, rate laws, enthalpy changes, bond energies and electronegativities, substituent effects, structure, stereochemistry, and the visualization of electron flow through the electron-pushing model</li> </ul> <p>With a clear progressive style and substantial review at each step, The <i>Bridge to Organic Chemistry</i> puts organic chemistry and its nomenclature within the grasp of every student.</p>