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Springer Basic Organic Chemistry For The Life Sciences 2014 Edition by Hrvoj Vancik
This book is designed for students of biology molecular biology ecology medicine agriculture forestry and other professions where the knowledge of organic chemistry plays the important role. The work may also be of interest to non-professionals as well as to teachers in high schools. The book consists of 11 chapters that cover: - basic principles of structure and constitution of organic compounds - the elements of the nomenclature - the concepts of the nature of chemical bond - introductions in NMR and IR spectroscopy - the concepts and main classes of the organic reaction mechanisms - reactions and properties of common classes or organic compounds - and the introduction to the chemistry of the natural organic products followed by basic principles of the reactions in living cells. Table of contents : PrefaceIntroduction 1. ALKANES COMPOSITION CONSTITUTION AND CONFIGURATION1.1. About Nomenclature 1.2. Configuration and Shape of Molecules1.3. Molecular Dynamics and Conformations1.4. Cycloalkanes1.4.1. Cyclohexane1.4.2. Cyclopentane1.4.3. Cyclobutane and Cyclopropane1.5. Polycyclic Hydrocarbons2. FUNCTIONAL GROUPS3. ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE OF ORGANIC MOLECULES3.1. Covalent Bonds 3.2. Molecular Orbitals3.3. Electron Density Distribution and the Shape of Molecules3.4. Bond Energy Bond Lengths and Molecular Vibrations3.5. Determination of the Organic Molecular Structure by Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy 4. ALKENES AND ALKYNES4.1. Constitution and Nomenclature4.2. Configurations of Alkenes 4.3. Electronic Structure and Reactions of Alkenes4.4. Addition Reactions on Alkenes and the Reaction Mechanism Concept4.5. Additions of Hydrogen Halides4.6. Oxidations and Polymerization of Alkenes4.7. Aromatic Hydrocarbons4.8. Hydrocarbons in Biology 5. SUBSTITUTIONS ON SATURATED CARBON ATOM; Alkyl halides Alcohols Thiols Ethers Amines5.1. Substitutions of radicals5.1.1. Alkyl halides5.1.2. Polarity of Bonds and Dipole Moment5.2. Nucleophilic Substitutions and eliminations5.2.1. Reaction Mechanisms of Nucleophilic Substitutions5.2.2. Alcohols 5.2.3. Ethers5.2.4. Thiols and Sulfides5.2.5. Amines6. NUCLEOPHILIC ADDITIONS; Compounds with Carbonyl Group6.1. Aldehydes and Ketones 6.1.1. Carbon as Nucleophile6.1.2. Condensations with Amines Imines6.1.3. Reductions of Aldehydes and Ketones6.2. Carboxylic Acids7. STEREOCHEMISTRY SYMMETRY AND MOLECULAR CHIRALITY 8. DERIVATIVES OF CARBOXYLIC ACIDS 8.1. Anhydrides8.2. Esters Nucleophilic Substitution on the Unsaturated Carbon 8.3. Acyl Halides8.4. Amides9. ELECTROPHILIC SUBSTITUTIONS 9.1. Reactions of Aromatic Compounds9.2. Orientations of Substituents in Aromatic Substitutions10. CYCLOADDITIONS11. ORGANIC NATURAL PRODUCTS11.1. Amino acids and peptides11.2. Carbohydrates11.2.1. Cyclic Structures of Monosaccharide Molecules11.2.2. Disaccharides and Polysaccharides11.3. Glycosides and nucleotides11.4. Lipids11.4.1. Waxes11.4.2. Fats 11.4.3. Phospholipids11.4.4. Terpenes and Steroids11.4.4.1. Terpenes as Secondary Metabolites11.5. Alkaloids11.6. Organic and bioorganic reactionsINDEX