Product Description

A plain–English guide to one of the toughest science courses around
Organic chemistry is rated among the most difficult courses that students take and is frequently the cause of washout among pre–med, medical, and nursing students. This book is an easy–to–understand and fun reference to this challenging subject. It explains the principles of organic chemistry in simple terms and includes worked–out problems to help readers get up to speed on the basics.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #50267 in Books
• Published on: 2005-07-08
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 408 pages

From the Back Cover
Packed with tips, tricks, and techniques to build your skills

The fun and easy way® to understand organic chemistry

Challenged by organic chemistry? Don′t panic! This fun, easy–to–understand guide explains the basic principles in simple terms, providing insight into the language of organic chemists, the major classes of compounds, and top trouble spots. You′ll also get the nuts and bolts of tackling problems, from knowing where to start to spotting sneaky tricks that professors like to incorporate.

Discover how to

• Decipher "organic speak"
• Determine the structure of molecules
• Understand chemical reactions
• Develop a strategy for solving problems
• Prepare for exams

About the Author
Arthur Winter is a graduate of Frostburg State University (located in the mountains of western Maryland), where he received his BS in chemistry. Currently, he is a fourth–year doctoral student in organic chemistry at the University of Maryland in College Park, where his research involves studying extremely short–lived reactive intermediates (<0.000001 second lifetimes) using laser spectroscopy. He likes helping students with their struggles with organic chemistry and is the creator of www.chemhelper.com, an organic chemistry help Web site.

Customer Reviews

Review Of Organic Chemistry For Dummies

excellent book ! definetly worth every penny! explains everything in an easy to understand format and with a humourous style. In my opinion would be both suitable for a person who is just beggining to study organic chemistry in detail -eg AS/A-level students-since it explains everything so well and also for those of us who are studying the subject at university level. I couldn't of got through my first semester organic chemistry module without this book!

Ought to be a recommended text for my OU course
I bought this as someone else on my Open University course suggested it.

Absolutely brilliant book. It is written from the perspective that one has studied some chemistry, but that it is rusty. Best of all is the comment that organic chemistry is understandable, provided you don't start on the premise that you have no chance to understand it.

I would recommend this book for anyone struggling with organic chemistry.

Great for revision
Bought this book to revise analytical techniques (NMR, IR, Mass Spec) prior to an interview and found it invaluable. Its language is plain and simple. Many of the things I could not understand while studying Chemistry at degree level suddenly kicked into place after reading this book (particularly NMR). The chapter on stereochemistry was also very good.
For less than a tenner, you really can't go wrong. Excellent book and highly recommended.