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Second, organic chemistry is about organization. You ll hear the teachers say it as well as the texts organic chemistry is NOT about memorization. There are hundreds of reactions which have already been organized by different functional groups. If you learn the chemistry behind the reactions and when and why they take place, you ll soon see yourself being able to apply these reactions without memorization. 

Organic chemistry involves a good bit of reasoning by analogy and looking for trends The kind of reasoning we carried out in this section will become increasingly familiar as we learn more about the connection between structure and properties... 

New Chapter 1 has been retitled Structure Deter mines Properties to better reflect its purpose and has been rewritten to feature a detailed treatment of acids and bases Rather than a review of what stu dents learned about acids and bases m general chemistry Sections 1 12-1 17 discuss acids and bases from an organic chemistry perspective... 

Carboxylic acid derivatives are among the most widespread of all molecules, both in laboratory chemistry and in biological pathways. Thus, a study of them and their primary reaction—nucleophilic acyl substitution—is fundamental to understanding organic chemistry. We ll begin this chapter by first learning about carboxylic acid derivatives, and then we ll explore the chemistry of acyl substitution reactions. 

Ladhams Zieba, M. (2004). Teaching and learning about reaction mechanisms in organic chemistry. PhD thesis. University of Western Australia, http //theses.library.uwa.edu.au/ adt-WU2005.0035/ (accessed October 2007). 

You might learn about the structure of DNA at the end of your organic chemistry course. For right now, we will be focused on problems that deal primarily with small molecules and therefore, for our purposes, we should think of H-bonding as an interaction a type of intermolecular force. 

Carbonyl reactions are extremely important in chemistry and biochemistry, yet they are often given short shrift in textbooks on physical organic chemistry, partly because the subject was historically developed by the study of nucleophilic substitution at saturated carbon, and partly because carbonyl reactions are often more difhcult to study. They are generally reversible under usual conditions and involve complicated multistep mechanisms and general acid/base catalysis. In thinking about carbonyl reactions, 1 find it helpful to consider the carbonyl group as a (very) stabilized carbenium ion, with an O substituent. Then one can immediately draw on everything one has learned about carbenium ion reactivity and see that the reactivity order for carbonyl compounds ... 

Our goal in this chapter is to help you learn about organic chemistry, the chemistry of carbon. You will learn about the different types of organic compounds. We will also discuss biochemistry, including some biologically important compounds, such as proteins, carbohydrates, and so on. We will also familiarize you with some organic reactions. And finally, to do well, you must Practice, Practice, Practice. 

As you observed in the ExpressLab, the shape of a molecule depends on the type of bond. Table 1.1 describes some shapes that you must know for your study of organic chemistry. In Unit 2, you will learn more about why different shapes and angles form around an atom. 

In this section, you encountered some of the ways that organic compounds make our lives easier. As well, you learned about some of the risks involved in using organic compounds. You carried out risk-henefit analyses on several organic compounds. Finally, you examined some situations in which organic chemistry has helped to solve problems related to human health, safety, and the environment. 

Draw a concept web that summarizes what you have learned about organic chemistry. Include the following topics ... 

In fall 2001, I taught medicinal chemistry for the first time. My training is in synthetic organic chemistry, and I learned many of the class topics about a week before my students. In summer 2002, I attended the Residential School on Medicinal Chemistry at Drew University. The Drew course was a fantastic experience. For me, the value of the course was less about the material and more about seeing practitioners of medicinal chemistry talk about the drug discovery process in their own language. In this textbook, I have tried to be true to the ideas and attitudes that seem inherent to those who are actively involved in the pharmaceutical industry. 

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