Organic Chemistry: Structure and Function

by K. Peter C. Vollhardt, Neil E. Schore

Gain a deeper understanding of reactions, mechanisms, and synthetic analysis and their practical applications as Organic Chemistry breaks down topics using a sensible organization based on the concept that an organic molecule’s structure will determine its function.

Genres: Science, Textbooks, Chemistry, Reference, Nonfiction, School, Technical

1472 pages, Hardcover

First published May 1, 1987

Reviews

[Jana]

This book makes people cry.

[Dilara (Taylor's Version)]

Never in my life have i cried this much because of a book…

[Colm Slevin]

Great ending, awful start. I liked when the molecules kissed

[lili]

both the content and the author made me cry. peter as a human being is very mean and very rude. i came to his office hours about a question i got wrong on an exam asking why i got it wrong. he responded “it’s so clearly wrong. why would you think this is correct?”
this was freshman year of college in a zoom room with 10 other people in it

[Mitzi]

i don't think i love anything more than packing this ten pounds around with me. this book gets to go everywhere with me: school, my desk at home, my desk at work, all over muni, out for bike rides, cafes in my neighborhood, quality snuggle time in bed...the list goes on. i'm really getting my $150 worth out of it, you should too.

i really <3 peter vollhardt.

[Benjamin Plume]

I hated organic chem, but this book wasn't bad for the topic.

[Nicholas Harrison]

Part of my soul remains with this text. Perhaps the only text-book I've ever read almost entirely cover-to-cover.

[Negar]

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[Ted_fan_45]

Allerbeste wo gibt. Habe gelesen ganze Buch, spanneder als ganze magische Baumhaus Reihe zusammen

[Mona Sarsah]

Das bekommt erst Sterne wenn ich die Klausur bestanden habe. Es bleibt spannend

Edit: Ich habe bestanden! Was die Lektüre nicht ansprechender macht aber hey anscheinend wenigstens hilfreich. Ich kann die Aufgaben empfehlen, dann braucht man allerdings das Arbeitsbuch auch für die Lösungen. Die Lösungen sind meist überraschend gut erklärt, auch wenn die Erklärungen manchmal merkwürdig sassy sind und man jede zweite Aufgabe irgendeine Fangfrage hat. Aber Yaaaay bestanden 🥳

[Ethan Mendelson]

This book does cover the majority of material required of an undergraduate organic chemistry student; deciphering that material, however, may prove a challenge for students lacking in attention and/or discipline. Organic chemistry, while fun once well understood, is a slog to learn, and this book does little to engage the unenthused reader.

Readers looking for a text with focus on concision and conceptual understanding ought to look elsewhere. Otherwise, this is a well organized book with plenty of specific examples and background review. Most students can succeed with this book (and a modicum of patience) in virtually any undergraduate organic chemistry curriculum.

Strong 3/5

[Heidi Huang]

The book - The textbook is clear and concise. It excels in explaining fundamental concepts, but its simplicity is a double-edged sword: many examples and mechanisms are simplified or omitted, limiting exposure to a broader range of reactions. The ebook/pdf had many formatting issues.

The author - Vollhardt was an engaging lecturer, but be prepared to do lots of self-studying if you're taking ochem with him.

[Jeffrey Romine]

The best of the bunch. I chose to read Vollhardt because in my survey of 7 or 8 textbooks, I anticipated this one is the best among them. I was not disappointed. The scope of topics covered is broad, and the depth is excellent. The drawings and illustrations are perfect. I quite enjoyed reading it.

[Alyssa S]

DNF-ed. This is an organic chemistry textbook. Need I say more?

[Suzanne Jansen]

Great read. Really flew by. Loved the part about resonance structures and radical bromination.

[Howard]

my first textbook to organic chemistry

[Lauren Jones]

This book made me cry every time I opened it.

[Ruben Martinez]

The scene where the protons weren't allowed to be together, gets me weeping every time

[James]

I learned about Organic Chemistry from this book. I didn't want to keep it anymore so I donated it to the library.

[Johannes]

The book is honestly really useful. I dont know if thats typical for chemistry books in general, but I liked, that there were a lot of test problems you could (try to xD) solve and then check the solutions later. The book gives a broad overview on organic chemistry…at least for Pharmacists/medicinal Chemists. I personally would have liked it if there was some sort of summary of important named reactions and their products or whatnot. This way, I felt like it was sometimes a bit difficult to find, what exactly you are looking for. But nonetheless, A good book. The first textbook I ever read for academic purposes, so I might feel a little sentimental about it…but then, when I remember how much stuff there is you have to learn…probably not xD. I would definitely recommend the book for medicinal chemists/pharmacists, but dont know how well its applicable to general chemistry.

[Lisa Nguyen]

This book combines conceptual learning with great examples where you can apply what you read. I thoroughly appreciated the step by step mechanisms with detailed proton transferring. I always refer to this book to look up mechanisms and found that this organic chemistry book demonstrates esterification most clearly.

[Andy Chiang]

Welcome to the Palace of Chemical Love. A colourful Organic Chemistry textbook (yeah, there are a lot of colours in there). Possibly the most colourful textbook I've ever read. It was hectic, it was good. Makes for some nice, light bedtime reading.

It's also kind of heavy.

[Veronika]

Gute Erklärungen anhand vielen Beispielen, Diagrammen und Zeichnungen; sehr ausführliche und leicht verständliche Behandlung der Mechanismen. Die zusätzlichen Übungsaufgaben tragen sehr sehr viel zum Verständnis des Stoffes bei.

[Wyatt]

So much to comprehend! I hope to only retain as much of this as I can!

[Whitney]

I have the 7th edition for my organic chemistry class. I'm not a huge chemistry fan to begin with, but this book is certainly one of the better textbooks out there.

[piccola_mela]

Nearly destroyed my life

[Bùi Hoàng]

good

[Luis]

Era mi libro de Química Orgánica, sigue en mi estantería y por eso le tengo un especial recuerdo.

Si soy honesto, no era el mejor libro de Orgánica. Servía para el nivel más básico del aprendizaje en esta materia, e incluso ahí tenía sus carencias. A medida que se aumentaba el nivel había que dejarlo de lado. Como puntos fuertes, incluía buenos ejemplos y explicaciones didácticas más allá de lo académico.