Organic Chemistry | 
 enlarge | Authors: T. W. Graham Solomons, Craig B. Fryhle
Publisher: Wiley
Category: Book
Buy Used: $6.69
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Rating:  12 reviews
Sales Rank: 263617
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 8
Pages: 1344
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 5.8
Dimensions (in): 10.1 x 7.9 x 2
ISBN: 0471417998
Dewey Decimal Number: 547
EAN: 9780471417996
Publication Date: June 30, 2003
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Product Description
This bestseller helps readers master basic skills with its clear and easy-to-follow presentation of key concepts. It focuses on the important ideas of organic chemistry and backs them up with illustrations and challenging problems. The authors' acclaimed writing style makes this thorny subject easy to grasp and comprehend. The new edition brings the book to the forefront of the latest research developments.
The book includes the ORGANIC VIEW CD, a browser-based study tool with animated 3D graphics, Drill/Review sections, and Practice Tests
"The Chemistry of..." boxes throughout highlight biological and other real-world chemistry
This edition is completely up-to-date with the latest developments in the field
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 A+ For End of Chapter Problems May 11, 2006
Matthew D. Palko (New Jersey)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I had used this textbook at Ramapo College of New Jersey for Organic Chemistry I and II, and I found that the end of the chapter problems were superb in preparation for exams. I can't say much otherwise about the body of the text, reactions, mechanisms, etc., but I give this book an A+ for the End of Chapter Problems. They were tough and required a good amount of thought, which was exactly how I was tested in this class.
Great Bargain November 9, 2006
Doreen J. Kurasiewicz (Buffalo NY)
0 out of 6 found this review helpful
This book was required for college, but I saved over $70 by going through Amazon instead of the college bookstore. Thanks Amazon!
BEAUTIFUL BOOK September 7, 2005
C. Ruiz
0 out of 17 found this review helpful
THANKS SO MUCH FOR THE BOOK - IT WAS RIGHT IN TIME FOR CLASS! GREAT USED CONDITION - EXACTLY AS LISTED...THANKS AGAIN! A++++
 Organic Chemistry for Beginners July 2, 2004
Srinivas Achanta (Rolla, MO United States)
14 out of 15 found this review helpful
Organic Chemistry is often mistaken to be a subject to be of rote memorization. having a bachelors in chemical engineering, i was introduced to organic chemistry during my junior days. i always hated organic chemistry for the way i was presented was a mere reaction and the reagents. Entering the graduate school, i was forced to learn organic chemistry, whereby i accidentally encountered this book. Reading the first few pages of the book, it was damn lucid to my mind, that organic chemistry is not memorization of a bunch of reactions, but its LOGIC. believe me, i as much as everybody hated org chem and i can't believe that i am writing a review on this book. coming to the book, this book is intended to be used as two semester course. the first semester you usually end up reading the first 13 chapters. It is here i recommend to use caution, as they form the foundation for the remaining chapters. The first chapters through alcohols and alkenes is presented excellently with the author meticulously providing the reaction mechanisms. although the material presented is overwhelming to the intro students, you have to be patient and always make sure you do your homework by solving the problems and reviewing the concepts before you proceed to the next level. The author has presented an excellent recap at the end of the first 13 chapters. Quite honestly, it will teach you the logic behind the product formation, which u should be able to deduce by logic. it is the second part of the book, where it gets a little stinky. the author didn't provide a good recap at most of the reactions in the chapter ending, but nevertheless presented the logic, behind the formation of the product, so if you can recap yourself after each chapter with notes, then by the end of the next 13 chapters you should pretty much be able to reasonably predict the product for almost most of the reactions. concepts like the use of different oxidising and reducing agents, enolate formation and the carbonyl compounds have been dealt almost thoroughly. i would say it could be dealt in further detail, but it suffices for someone who wishes to learn organic chemistry. i have read the book and solved the exercises, and trust me, i knew nothing about org and in about six months out of my own interest i am now at a stage with hardwork able to pursue synthetic chemistry as my expertise. i believe this book not only helped to learn org chem, but helped me to make my career choice. a good book teaches you the concepts behind the theory, but a great book inspires you. i belive this to be a great book.
Thanks Alot September 23, 2005
Julius D. Jackson (Orange County, CA)
0 out of 13 found this review helpful
thanks for the book. the first 100-150 pages were wrinkled quite a bit but the price makes up for it. shipping was good. thanks again.
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