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by Daniel E. Levy (Author)
Organic chemistry is required coursework for degrees in life, food, and medical sciences. To help the students discouraged by the belief that this topic cannot be mastered without significant memorization, Arrow Pushing in Organic Chemistry serves as a handy supplement for understanding the subject.
- Includes new chapters, an expanded index, and additional problem sets complete with detailed solutions
- Focuses on understanding the mechanics and logic of organic reaction mechanisms
- Introduces ionic and non-ionic reactive species and reaction mechanisms
- Teaches strategies to predict reactive species, sites of reactions, and reaction products
- Provides a solid foundation upon which organic chemistry students can advance with confidence
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Reviews of the First Edition:
"... fills an important gap in undergraduate education, and I would encourage every instructor of organic chemistry to seriously evaluate this text as a substantive aid. This book is definitely well worth its price!"
Angewandte Chemie International Edition
"... serves as a valuable workbook to counteract student memorization and compartmentalization of organic chemistry material. ... a great supplemental resource to guide the novice organic chemistry student down the path to a true understanding of the subject."
Chemical Education Today
"The high point of the book is the provision of a large number of carefully targeted problems at the end of each chapter, complete with well-explained worked answers. I am sure that these will be highly useful to students...."
Physical Sciences Centre Reviews
Most organic chemistry texts intimidate through sheer size, encyclopedic presentation of reactions, and a huge amount of material to memorize. Building on the legacy of a highly successful first edition, this book teaches a better and easier way to approach the subject--the arrow-pushing strategy that reduces organic chemistry to the study of interactions between organic acids and bases and builds from there. To help the students discouraged by the belief that this topic cannot be mastered without signi cant memorization, the 2nd edition of Arrow-Pushing in Organic Chemistry serves as a handy supplement for understanding the subject. New and updated chapters cover free radicals, carbenes, and pericyclic reaction mechanisms. Additionally, problem sets for each chapter emphasize the important concepts, reinforce the reader's knowledge of chemistry, and introduce other aspects of organic chemistry discussed in latter chapters or in a student's class.
Key benefits and features of the 2nd edition include:
- New chapters, an expanded index, and additional problem sets complete with detailed solutions
- Introduction of ionic and nonionic reactive species and reaction mechanisms
- Strategies to predict reactive species, sites of reactions, and reaction products
- A solid foundation upon which organic chemistry students can advance with con dence
Author Biography
DANIEL E. LEVY, PhD, is the owner of DEL BioPharma LLC, USA. He previously worked at Glycomed, COR Therapeutics, Scios, and Intradigm. Dr. Levy developed, with Dr. Péter Fügedi, short courses entitled "Modern Synthetic Carbohydrate Chemistry" and "The Organic Chemistry of Sugars." He has three books to his credit, including the rst edition of Arrow-Pushing in Organic Chemistry (Wiley, 2008). He received his bachelors in chemistry from the University of California- Berkeley and his doctorate in organic chemistry from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
