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loom91
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Hi,
I'm in high school (11th grade) in India and I'm looking for a good organic chemistry text. I'm very bad at memorizing reactions (memorizing anything, for that matter) but good at grasping physical concepts and math, like structure and quantum mechanics. I'm looking for a text that will allow me to predict reactions by understanding the underlying principles rather than memorize what happens when you mix this with that, even if that means I've to learn the principles at a somewhat advanced level. What will be a good text for me?
The IIT-JEE syllabus covers Nomenclature, isomerism, reactive intermediates (carbocations, carboanions, free radicals), alkane, alkene, alkyne, benzene, phenol, alkyl hallides, grignard reactions, alcohol, ether, carboxylic acids, amines, haloarenes, carbohydrates, amino acids and peptides, polymers, reaction mechanisms (homolytic and heterolytic bond cleavage, electrophilic addition, electrophilic substitution, nucleophilic substitution, nucleophilic addition).
I see that Morrison and Boyd is everywhere universally recommended. Will it suit my purposes?
I will also like to know if there is such a book (with emphasis away from memorisation) on inorganic chemistry, though our teacher (a professional researcher specialising in inorganic reaction mechanism who is eternally trying to convince us that inorganic chemistry is as interesting and as logical as organic) laments that no such textbooks are yet available.
Thanks very much for your help.
Molu
I'm in high school (11th grade) in India and I'm looking for a good organic chemistry text. I'm very bad at memorizing reactions (memorizing anything, for that matter) but good at grasping physical concepts and math, like structure and quantum mechanics. I'm looking for a text that will allow me to predict reactions by understanding the underlying principles rather than memorize what happens when you mix this with that, even if that means I've to learn the principles at a somewhat advanced level. What will be a good text for me?
The IIT-JEE syllabus covers Nomenclature, isomerism, reactive intermediates (carbocations, carboanions, free radicals), alkane, alkene, alkyne, benzene, phenol, alkyl hallides, grignard reactions, alcohol, ether, carboxylic acids, amines, haloarenes, carbohydrates, amino acids and peptides, polymers, reaction mechanisms (homolytic and heterolytic bond cleavage, electrophilic addition, electrophilic substitution, nucleophilic substitution, nucleophilic addition).
I see that Morrison and Boyd is everywhere universally recommended. Will it suit my purposes?
I will also like to know if there is such a book (with emphasis away from memorisation) on inorganic chemistry, though our teacher (a professional researcher specialising in inorganic reaction mechanism who is eternally trying to convince us that inorganic chemistry is as interesting and as logical as organic) laments that no such textbooks are yet available.
Thanks very much for your help.
Molu
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