Organic chemistry today

Two acid-base theories are used in organic chemistry today the Br0nsted theory and the Lewis theory. These theories are quite compatible and are used for different purposes. ... 

The principle of solvent extraction—the distribution of chemical species between two immiscible liquid phases—has been applied to many areas of chemistry. A typical one is liquid partition chromatography, where the principle of solvent extraction provides the most efficient separation process available to organic chemistry today its huge application has become a field (and an industry ) of its own. The design of ion selective electrodes is another application of the solvent extraction principle it also has become an independent field. Both these applications are only briefly touched upon in the chapter of this book on analytical applications (Chapter 14), as we consider them outside the scope of... 

How can we even begin to study a subject of such enormous complexity Is organic chemistry today as Wohler saw it a century and a half ago The jungle is still there—largely unexplored—and in it are more remarkable things than Wohler ever dreamed of. But, so long as we do not wander too far too fast, we can enter without fear of losing our way, for we have a chart the structural theory. 

Perhaps the only thing that teachers of organic chemistry today are agreed on is that the textbooks have grown too big. And they have—including our own. And so, our chief aim in preparing this sixth echtion was to shorten the book. We have cut some 150 pages from it and, most important, have rewritten the early chapters to make this fundamental material more accessible to the student. 

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