Problems and Solutions in Organic Chemistry

Description

Problems and Solutions in Organic Chemistry has been primarily written for Chemistry Honours students with an emphasis on learning the subject through questions and answers. It will also be of immense help to postgraduate students in chemistry and those preparing for competitive examinations such as Joint Admission Test for Masters (JAM), National Eligibility Test (CSIR-UGC NET), and Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE), where advanced knowledge in organic chemistry is essential. The first three chapters of the book provide problems on the basic and preliminary topics in organic chemistry. The next twelve chapters are dedicated to problems on the various classes of compounds. Subsequent chapters deal with problems based on specific reactions and methods in organic chemistry, such as pericyclic reactions and spectroscopic methods. An exclusive chapter has been dedicated to constitutional problems, wherein the reader has to deduce the organic compound by its properties and the reactions mentioned in the problem. The last chapter provides an exhaustive collection of miscellaneous problems in organic chemistry, to provide additional practice to the readers. In addition to providing a huge compendium of solved problems covering the wider span of the subject, this book also puts forward a collection of thought-provoking exercises at the end of each chapter to be solved by the students.

Table of contents

Chapter 1. Nomenclature of Organic Compounds
Chapter 2. Physical Organic Chemistry
Chapter 3. Stereochemistry
Chapter 4. Aliphatic and Alicyclic Hydrocarbons and their Halides
Chapter 5. Alcohols and Ethers
Chapter 6. Aliphatic Carbonyl Compounds
Chapter 7. Aliphatic Acids and their Derivatives
Chapter 8. Aliphatic and Alicyclic Amines, Nitriles, Isocyanides, Ylides, Diazocompounds, and Organometallic Compounds
Chapter 9. Aromatic Carbonyl Compounds
Chapter 10. Aromatic Acids, Amines, Nitro-compounds, and Diazo-compounds
Chapter 11. Phenolic Compounds, Benzoquinones, and Aromatic Ethers
Chapter 12. Benzenes, Polynuclear and Alicyclic Hydrocarbons
Chapter 13. Pericyclic Reactions
Chapter 14. Problems on the Uses of Spectroscopic Methods in Organic Chemistry
Chapter 15. Heterocyclic Compounds
Chapter 16. Carbohydrates
Chapter 17. Amino Acids, Proteins, and Nucleic Acids
Chapter 18. Molecular Rearrangements
Chapter 19. Conversions and Syntheses of Organic Compounds
Chapter 20. Constitutional Problems on Organic Compounds
Chapter 21. Miscellaneous Problems