Comparing Organic Chemistry Books: Morrison & Boyd vs. Solomons & Fryhle

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The discussion revolves around choosing between two organic chemistry textbooks: "Organic Chemistry" by Morrison and Boyd, and "Organic Chemistry" by Solomons and Fryhle. The user expresses confusion over which book to select, noting the impracticality of completing both due to their length. After considering reviews, the consensus appears to favor Morrison and Boyd's book, with many reviews on Amazon suggesting that the Solomons and Fryhle book is less favorable. Ultimately, the user decides to order the first book based on this feedback.
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Hi!
I am going to start organic chemistry and my instructor said us to refer these two books:-

Organic chemistry by Robert Thornton Morrison, Robert Neilson Boyd
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Organic Chemistry by T. W. Graham Solomons and Craig Fryhle.
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Now i am confused which book should i choose? Its impractical to think of completing both the books as they both contain more than 1000 pages. :eek:

So can somebody tell me which of them is better? :)

Thanks! :smile:
 
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Umm..do somebody have any suggestion? :)
 
I think that most people here know more about physics and math textbooks.

However, Have you checked out the reviews on amazon?

EDIT: seems like the former is a good book.
 
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Herricane said:
I think that most people here know more about physics and math textbooks.

However, Have you checked out the reviews on amazon?

EDIT: seems like the former is a good book.

Oh yes, i checked the reviews. Most of the reviews were against buying the latter book so i ordered the first book i posted. :smile:
 

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