Organic Chemistry: A Short Course 13th Edition by Harold Hart, ISBN-13: 978-1111425562

Offering practical, real-life applications, coverage of basic concepts, and an engaging visual style, this proven book offers a writing style, approach, and selection of topics ideal for non-chemistry science majors. This edition offers an updated, dynamic art program, new content to keep you current with developments in the organic chemistry field, and a revised lab manual.

Sample questions asked in the 13th edition of Organic Chemistry:

Ethers are soluble in cold, concentrated sulfuric acid, but alkanes are not. This difference can be used as a simple chemical test to distinguish between these two classes of compounds. What chemistry (show an equation) is the basis for this difference? ( Hint: See Sec. 8.6.)

Write a structural formula for each of the following compounds: a. diethylpropylamine b. N -methylbenzylamine c. sec -butylamine d. 1,5-diaminopentane e. N,N -dimethylaminocyclopentane f. N,N -dimethyl-3-hexanamine g. tetraethylammonium chloride h. p -nitroaniline i. 2-aminohexane j. diphenylamine k. o -toluidine l. 3-methyl-2-pentanamine

Write an equation for each of the following two-step syntheses: a. cyclohexene to cyclohexanone b. 1-chlorobutane to butanal c. 1-butanol to 1-butanethio

l -Fucose is a component of bacterial cell walls. It is also called 6-deoxy- l -galactose. Using the description in Section 16.15, write its Fischer projection formula.