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Essential Organic Chemistry:For Students of Pharmacy, Medicinal and Biological Chemistry is a comprehensive, accessible introduction to the essentials of the subject needed by those students taking courses in this area. Focusing on the key elements relevant to this target group, material is carefully chosen and explained with the extensive use of pharmaceutical and biochemical examples designed to provide a thorough grounding in fundamental chemical principles. Essential topics are carefully selected to ensure relevance and presented in a student-friendly informal approach. Annotated schemes are included throughout to ensure consistency and reduce the need for lengthy textual explanations with worked examples provided to show typical examination problems and how to approach them.

Índice: Preface. 1. Molecular representations and nomenclature. 2. Atomic structure and bonding. 3. Stereochemistry. 4. Acids and bases. 5. Reaction mechanisms. 6. Nucleophilic reactions: nucleophilic substitution. 7. Nucleophilic reactions of carbonyl groups. 8. Electrophilic reactions. 9. Radical reactions. 10. Nucleophilic reactions involving enolate anions. 11. Heterocycles. 12. Carbohydrates. 13. Amino acids, peptides and proteins. 14. Nucleosides, nucleotides and nucleic acids. 15. The organic chemistry of intermediary metabolism. 16. How to approach examination questions: selected problems and answers. Index.