[Doom91]

however i think that the topics are too segregated and do not show the linkages btw the topics i prefer textbooks that provide an amalgation of chemistry concepts(integration of the topics)

[Vidya]

I think McMurry's book is good in understanding concepts and applying them on questions .It is good for a quick review during examinations also.

[Doom91]

however if u compare Mcmurry and Carey ,i think Carey offers better explanation for chemistry concepts

[Doom91]

how about L.G Wade Organic Chemistry textbook
Juz give comments on it

[Doom91]

Does anyone know of any website that sells an array of 2nd hand used textbooks?like L.G Wade, Brown Foote,march

[Vidya]

Hi
I did many problems  with my students and personally liked those problems.But to be very honest I am more into Morrison Boyd , Mcmurry Vogel's practical book of organic chemistry.

[mary33]

John McMurry - Organic Chemistry

[Telamond]

For the second part of the course I'm taking, the teacher recommended this following book:

L.D. Field, S. Sternhell, J.R. Kalman: Organic Structures from Spectra, Third edition (Wiley, 2002)

But it's mainly just a lot of spectras and very little theory behind the spectroscopy methods for:
-UV/VIS
-IR
-¹H-NMR
-¹³C-NMR
-Masspectrometry

I was wondering if anyone has any book recommendation for these methods?

[Vidya]

http://www.chem.ucla.edu/~webspectra/
This site is really good to learn and practice problems on NMR/IR

[gfunk]

I think the Clayden book is great, as well as March's and Smith's.  Other books that I have used or currently use that I think are great are:

Klein: Organic Chemistry II as a Second Language -- I used this in Intro Organic.  I thought my textbook, as informative as it is, was too verbose.  This helps you understand the "organic chemistry mindset" and is compact and easy to read.



Wyatt and Warren: Organic Synthesis - Strategy and Control -- I use this as a reference for modern reactions, new twists on old reactions, asymmetric stuff, etc.



Wyatt and Warren: Organic Synthesis - The Disconnection Approach -- Great for learning the art/science of retrosynthesis, making strategic disconnects, etc.



Kurti: Strategic Applications of Named Reactions -- A must have, goes through many named reactions, what they are, and where they've been used.  Chicks also dig guys who can rattle off a bunch of named reactions .



Kocienski: Protecting Groups -- Handy to know how to protect and deprotect what, in what conditions, reactivity, and examples of use.  Protection is serious stuff y'know!



Nicolau: Molecules that Changed the World -- A good bedtime story detailing a bunch of natural products, their discovery, total synthesis, etc.

[Berge472]

im self taught so far and have been primarily using John McMurry's Organic Chemistry (7th edition)

i think this book is very good to learn from. my plan going into it was to get an mcat study guide and go through that first. i didnt understand half of what i was reading, but it gave me a good idea of what to focus on when i switched to the texbook. sort of a read the questions first then the passage later approach.

i also reference other books when i get stuck. Organic synthesis: strategy and control is a good one for that

[rabidshark]

I gotta recommend Fessenden and Fessenden 6th Edition. It reads way easier than most organic books I've read. That, and the professor teaching the class also happened to co-author it, which may make me biased.

[yangzhouwang]

we are using Wade's Organic, 5th Edition. We all like this book, but we found some mistakes about names of polysubstituted cycloalkane(trans/cis---R/S).

[orgoclear]

I am using a book written by Solomons and Fryhle. Is that good? Or should I switch over to Carey or Wade?

[hanhan0630]

perfect reference book.