Organic Chemistry

by Paula Yurkanis Bruice

This innovative book from acclaimed educator Paula Bruice is organized in a way that discourages rote memorization. The author's writing has been praised for anticipating readers' questions, and appeals to their need to learn visually and by solving problems. Emphasizing that learners should reason their way to solutions rather than memorize facts, Bruice encourages them to think about what they have learned previously and apply that knowledge in a new setting. KEY TOPICS The book balances coverage of traditional topics with bioorganic chemistry, highlights mechanistic similarities, and ties synthesis and reactivity together—teaching the reactivity of a functional group and the synthesis of compounds obtained as a result of that reactivity. For the study of organic chemistry.

Genres: Textbooks, Chemistry, Science, Reference, Nonfiction

Hardcover

First published January 1, 1995

Reviews

[Keshav · Rating 5 out of 5]

he keto on my enol till i tautomerize [EXTREMELY LOUD INCORRECT BUZZER]

[Katie · Rating 5 out of 5]

Done, done, done! Done with organic chemistry. Not nearly as painful as I'd built it up to be, and this book was part of what made things ok. I liked the structure of the material. Syntheses are introduced early on to get you started with simple reactions before tackling the more complicated ones. Lots of helpful explanations, charts, pictures, and summaries. The questions throughout the chapters were usually helpful in practicing material from the section, though once in awhile the questions/answers seemed to come out of the blue.

Other small complaints:
- there are still some errors in the answers in the back....must be because of the change in editions
- some chapters were a bit overloaded with material that didn't seem necessarily to pertain to the topic of the chapter....this might be unavoidable, but some of those chapters i found overly weighty. Instead of 2 80-page chapters in a row, how about 3 52-page chapters.

Otherwise, a great book. I could never teach myself the material without a teacher and a classroom and exams to motivate me. But I thought this was an excellent book!

[Abigail Gibbons · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is one of the best textbooks I’ve ever read, if I’m being completely honest. It was one of the highlights of a really difficult class, and made much of the material super accessible. I actually read the eighth edition, but usually there is not much difference. I gave it five stars because textbooks can be very bland sometimes, but this one was well-written and had super interesting blurbs with extra information.

[Lexi Rose Reads · Rating 4 out of 5]

A really good book for learning organic chemistry. There are helpful practice problems within the chapters and at the end of each chapter. You can find the answers online like on Chegg or Slader.

[TJ Wolff · Rating 3 out of 5]

brought me to tears for sure

[Bobby Hermosillo · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book is a brutally tough read. If you actually want to go cover-to-cover, plan on doing nothing for the next four months. It's incredibly interesting, but you have to cut a lot of the reactions out that are simply "textbook" reactions to get to anything deep or interesting. My advice would be to read the go through first and read all the boxed captions first, (they're the ones that are practical and have real-life application) and if your still interested, be my guest.

[Rob Cromley · Rating 1 out of 5]

Tons of wrong answers in the solutions guide. Often the text will offer questions on a topic before even teaching it. I benefitted more from using the context in concordance with Khan Academy on YouTube. This blows

[Yvonne]

CHEM322A:
great practice problems, but explanation is ultra confusing

CHEM322B:
Didn’t use much, reference at best
my prof Kyung was the best

[Akhil Verma · Rating 5 out of 5]

Best book to start your organic chemistry with! Lucid explanations, clear step-by-step mechanisms along with wonderful facts and anecdotes in-text that keep you captivated throughout the text. This is a must-read introductory organic chemistry text. I've read many other organic chemistry texts for reference, such as Solomons-Fryhle, Morrison-Boyd and LG Wade, but this book suited me the best.

[Noa Gabay · Rating 5 out of 5]

This text book is written in such a clear and well explained manner that i read it even after finishing my classes in orgo!
It has great questions and even better tutorials on important skills for orgo
Would highly recommend to beginners, student, and even scientist who wants to refresh their memory on certain topics.

[Nicole · Rating 3 out of 5]

Readable and mostly helpful. Flat out wrong as repeatedly demonstrated by my teacher when talking about kinetic vs thermodynamic replacement reactions. Only reason why 3 stars instead of 4, because it really is quite accessible for a textbook.

[Rajat Rohilla · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very easy ti learn for beginner must go

[Dustin Bailey · Rating 1 out of 5]

8 out of 8 electrons recommend not reading this book.

[Diego Ontiveros · Rating 4 out of 5]

A pesar de que la química organica me ha arruinado la vida, el libro está bastante bien y está muy bien escrito. Muy didáctico. 👍

[Amber · Rating 4 out of 5]

Prachtig boekje, wel net iets te groot om mee te nemen op locatie. Zeker een must read

[Harsh Gupta · Rating 5 out of 5]

If you have to read Organic Chemistry and you have no previous experience in it then you may not find anything better than this book.

The book is structured beautifully and the concepts are logically explained in a manner in which you don't need to memorize a lot.
This book will not only teach you organic chemistry but also give you a glimpse of how organic chemists think and work.

[Sean · Rating 4 out of 5]

The chapters on organic chemistry are very well written. Unfortunately the biochemistry chapters toward the end are much more difficult to follow, and lack explanation at a lot of points. The blurbs about scientists were disappointing as well, since all they say is what universities they attended, probably the least important aspect of their personality and career. Overall if you're looking to learn organic chemistry, this book is a good choice. A page-turner, if you can believe it.

[Lisa Nguyen · Rating 2 out of 5]

After using this book for 2 months I did myself a favor by stopping. I started using my old book from Vollhardt. Comparing this book to the Vollhardt editions, I prefer the latter. This book had too much conceptual insight to the topic whereas Vollhardt had a balance of both. I felt that the examples were lacking; it did not demonstrate the topic well for me as much as the Vollhardt book did.

[ThePottersclay · Rating 5 out of 5]

This textbook is for keeps. I'm sure I can self teach any fundamental concept in organic chemistry with the help of this book even 20 years from today. The text is easy to understand and the examples are great.

[Diana Marlowe · Rating 5 out of 5]

Loved this textbook. Colorful and informative, the information is broken down into usable segments with plenty of practical and applicable homework problems. Loved the little side articles in every chapter that connected the concepts with real life.

[Stamos]

If I must, I must.

[Binh Nguyen]

It's OK for an intermediate organic chemistry level.

[Ravi Jeet]

very good for preparying higher education entrance exams like IIT

[Saquib · Rating 4 out of 5]

good book

[Sara Childers · Rating 5 out of 5]

A very innovative and informative textbook to read from. Everything is easily explained in a way that is comprehensible.

[Sabafarooq]

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[Hadeer Hadeer]

thanks

[Paulo Jorge · Rating 5 out of 5]

A lot of things =)

[Raja.D · Rating 3 out of 5]

good explanation

[Roma · Rating 3 out of 5]

The practice exercises were good. Helped me pass the subject.