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Offline Brad24p

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High School Organic Chemistry Textbooks
« on: June 03, 2014, 04:47:50 PM »
I am a high school chemistry teacher trying to construct a semester organic chemistry course. Are there any high school organic chemistry books out there? I need suggestions. Thanks guys.

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Re: High School Organic Chemistry Textbooks
« Reply #1 on: June 03, 2014, 05:48:21 PM »
Organic Chemistry, by nature, is complex.  However, I would think that they might introduce it at the end of some Chem 2 books?  Just a guess though.
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Re: High School Organic Chemistry Textbooks
« Reply #2 on: June 04, 2014, 03:28:31 AM »
How are you going to teach it?  Most textbooks will talk about naming, stick figures and hydrocarbon isomers, formal charges, pKa's, etc in a standard succession.  When they talk about what reactions first, that may vary.  If you're going this far I think kindergarten carbonyl chemistry is simpler to understand than alkene reactions. 

The answer maybe a textbook geared towards undergrad pre-med students that is bowdlerized beforehand.  One book I used, which I didn't like because it was over simplified at the collegiate level IMO, is http://www.amazon.com/Organic-Chemistry-Available-Titles-Cengagenow-ebook/dp/B00BECKF5S/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1401866073&sr=1-2&keywords=organic+chemistry+mcmurry.  It displays its problems and diagrams as extended stick figures (CH2=CH2CHO), atoms always in different colors, etc.  Just my two cents, hope that helps.
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