The primary purpose of this text continues to be as a training manual for chemistry-based laboratory technicians. It is designed to emphasize the practical rather than the theatrical. The practical begins with classical quantitative analysis, because this is what instils the mindset of analytical skill and technique into the students’ psyche, and very practicing scientists [...]
Organic chemistry teaching is bedeviled by the problem that many students in any sophomore class would really prefer to be elsewhere—they see themselves as biologists, chemical engineers, or premeds, not as aspirant chemists. So as instructors we can either turn somersaults to try to make the students see relevance to their particular discipline— not always [...]
Basic Training in Chemistry is unique in that it gathers into one source the essential information that is usually widely dispersed. This book can be used as a quick reference guide to the different disciplines of Chemistry: the areas covered are General, Inorganic, Organic, and Instrumental Analysis. Although comprehensive in nature, Basic Training in Chemistry [...]
PRINCIPLES OF INSTRUMENTAL ANALYSIS has long been the standard for courses that deal with the principles and applications of modern analytical instruments. Now with their new Sixth Edition, authors Douglas A. Skoog, F. James Holler, and Stanley R. Crouch infuse their popular text with updated techniques as well as new Instrumental Analysis in Action case [...]
Chemistry, Second Edition, by Julia Burdge has been created to bridge the gap in the McGraw-Hill general chemistry offerings. This textbook offers a clear writing style written with the students in mind. Julia uses her background of teaching hundreds of general chemistry students per year and creates content to offer more detailed explanation on areas [...]
“Periodic Properties? That’s easy! Properties down a couple of Groups, properties across a sample Period, done!” A not uncommon view. Yet there is a richness of relationships, some obvious, some not, which makes an in-depth look at the chemical elements a rewarding adventure. Ronald Rich eloquently described the lure of periodicity in all its manifestations: [...]
The theme of this book is the premise that many if not most reactions in organic chemistry can be explained by variations of fundamental acid–base chemistry concepts. Moreover, the individual steps in many important mechanisms rely on acid–base reactions. The ability to see these relationships makes understanding organic chemistry easier and, perhaps more importantly, allows [...]
This book differs from others on name reactions in organic chemistry by focusing on their mechanisms. It covers over 300 classical as well as contemporary name reactions. Biographical sketches for the chemists who discovered or developed those name reactions have been included. Each reaction is delineated by its detailed step-by-step, electron-pushing mechanism, supplemented with the [...]
