The two-part, fifth edition of Advanced Organic Chemistry has been substantially revised and reorganized for greater clarity. The material has been updated to reflect advances in the field since the previous edition, especially in computational chemistry. Part A covers fundamental structural topics and basic mechanistic types. It can stand-alone; together, with Part B: Reaction and Synthesis, the two volumes provide a comprehensive foundation for the study in organic chemistry. Companion websites provide digital models for study of structure, reaction and selectivity for students and exercise solutions for instructors.

Table of Contents

1. Chemical Bonding and Molecular Structure

2. Stereochemistry, Conformation, and Stereoselectivity

3. Structural Effects on Stability and Reactivity

4. Nucleophilic Subst itution

5. Polar Addition and Elimination Reactions

6. Carbanions and Other Carbon Nucleophiles

7. Addition, Condensation and Substitution Reactions of Carbonyl Compounds

8. Aromat icity

9. Aromat ic Subst itution

10. Concerted Pericyclic Reactions

11. Free Radical Reactions

12. Photochemistry

About the Authors

Francis A. Carey is a native of Pennsylvania, educated in the public schools of Philadelphia, at Drexel University (B.S. in chemistry, 1959), and at Penn State (Ph.D. 1963). Following postdoctoral work at Harvard and military service, he was appointed to the chemistry faculty of the University of Virginia in 1966. Prior to retiring in 2000, he regularly taught the two-semester lecture courses in general chemistry and organic chemistry. With his students, Professor Carey has published over forty research papers in synthetic and mechanistic organic chemistry.

Richard J. Sundberg is primarily engaged in teaching and chemical education. Along with Francis A. Carey he is the author of “Advanced Organic Chemistry. Professor Sundberg is also interested in synthetic methodology in heterocyclic chemistry and is the author of “Indoles” in the Best Synthetic Methods Series (Academic Press, 1996).