Table of Contents

1. Structures and Properties of Organic Compounds2. Bonding and Molecular Structure3. Chemical Reactivity and Organic Reactions4. Alkanes5. Stereochemistry6. Alkenes7. Alkyl Halides8. Alkynes and Dienes9. Cyclic Hydrocarbons10. Benzene and Polynuclear Aromatic Compounds11. Aromatic Substitution. Arenes12. Spectroscopy and Structure13. Alcohols and Thiols14. Ethers, Epoxides, Glycols, and Thioethers15. Carbonyl Compounds: Aldehydes and Ketones16. Carboxylic Acids and Their Derivatives17. Carbanion-Enolates and Enols18. Amines19. Phenolic Compounds20. Aromatic Heterocyclic Compounds

About the Author

George J. Hademenos is a former college physics professor. He has published in journals such as American Scientist and Physics Today. In addition he has authored two books: The Physics of Cerebrovascular Diseases, published by Springer-Verlag, and Schaum's Outline of Physics for Biology, Allied Health, and Pre-Med Students.