The Bridge To Organic Chemistry: Concepts And Nomenclature

Many fundamental concepts must be mastered before a student can make progress in organic chemistry. This book provides a relatively rigorous discussion of these underlying principles and can make a significant difference in the student's ability to learn organic chemistry. The progressive disclosure (programmed) style will contain short sections of material that will be followed by a question (and answer) that helps the student understand and master the material covered in that chapter. Many of these questions will also include sufficient review that makes the task of memorization easier, particularly for the nomenclature.

CLAUDE H. YODER has been teaching general chemistry for over forty years. During that time, he has published over 130 scientific articles and three texts. He has also won many awards and honors throughout his career, including the ACS Undergraduate Research Award in 1994, and his most recent, the E. Emmett Reid ACS Award in 2008.
PHYLLIS A. LEBER is currently a professor at Franklin & Marshall College. Dr. Leber has been teaching general and organic chemistry for over thirty years. During that time, she has won many awards and honors, and more recently, the Dr. E. Paul and Frances H. Reiff Professor Endowed Chair in 2001 and the Bradley R. Dewey Scholarship Award from Franklin & Marshall College in 2005. Dr. Leber has published over forty articles throughout her career.
MARCUS W. THOMSEN is currently a professor at Franklin & Marshall College and has been teaching for over twenty-five years. He has taught general chemistry, organic chemistry, advanced organic chemistry, and polymer chemistry.

Composition.
Bonding.
Organic Nomenclature.
Isomerism.
Chemical Reactivity.
Reaction Mechanisms.