Chemistry For Dummies

Moore, John T. Chemistry for Dummies. Hoboken, N.J. Wiley Publishing, Inc., 2003. 

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Carboxylic acids and their derivatives are also an important part of Organic 11. We spend quite a few pages looking at the structure, nomenclature, synthesis, reactions, and spectroscopy of carboxylic acids. While on this topic in Chapter 12, we use a lot of acid-base chemistry, most of which you were exposed to in your introductory chemistry course. (For a quick review, look over a copy of Chemistry For Dummies or Chemistry Essentials For Dummies, both written by John T. Moore and published by Wiley.)... 

John T. Moore, EdD, is Regents Professor of Chemistry at Stephen F. Austin State University in Nacogdoches, Texas. Fie is the author of Chemistry For Dummies. Richard H. Langiey, PhD, teaches chemistry at Stephen F. Austin State University. Langley and Moore are coauthors of Biochemistry For Dummies. 

We assume you re a high school or college student and have access to a secondary school-level (or higher) textbook in chemistry or some other basic primer, such as Chemistry For Dummies, 2nd Edition (written by John T. Moore, EdD, and published by Wiley). We present enough theory in this workbook for you to tackle the problems, but you ll benefit from a broader description of basic chemical concepts. That way, you ll more clearly understand how the various pieces of chemistry operate within a larger whole — you ll see the compound for the elements, so to speak. 

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So welcome to Inorganic Chemistry For Dummies. We hope that through this book you come to learn a great deal about the environment around you, what materials you use on a regular basis, and why some materials are more important to us them others. This book is fun and informative, while at the same time insightful and descriptive. And it s designed to make this fascinating and practical science accessible to anyone, from the novice chemist to the mad scientist. 

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