Organic Chemistry at a Glance

Harwood, Laurence M. / McKendrick, John E. / Whitehead, Roger

Chemistry At a Glance

1. Edition August 2004
112 Pages, Softcover
Wiley & Sons Ltd

ISBN: 978-0-86542-782-2

John Wiley & Sons

Further versions

With the diverse teaching backgrounds of first year university
students, the highly detailed traditional organic chemistry
textbook does not provide an easily digestible presentation of the
very basic information required by many students to begin their
study of this exciting subject.

Based on the highly successful and student friendly "at a
glance" approach, with integrated, self contained double page
spreads of text and graphics, Organic Chemistry at a Glance
provides concise organic chemistry notes for students studying
chemistry and related courses at undergraduate level. Graphical
presentation of information is central to the book and facilitates
the rapid assimilation and understanding of the basic concepts,
principles and definitions of organic chemistry. It is not intended
to replace existing organic chemistry textbooks, but to provide a
tool with which the student can quickly, economically and
confidently acquire, regularly review and revise the basic facts
that underpin organic chemistry.

Section 1: Atomic Structure.

Section 2: Bonding and Molecular Structure.

Section 3: Configurational Analysis.

Section 3: Structure - Activity.

Section 4: Reaction Types.

Section 5: Compound Classes

".a useful text to add to the recommended reading lists...provides
a concise summary of the basics of first-year organic chemistry."

Chemistry World

"[The book is] ideal for the target audiences and priced and
designed appropriately... well suited to the student who wishes to
dip into organic chemistry over the course of a degree."

The Times Higher Education Supplement, Feb 2004

"Organic Chemistry at a glance is a rare example
of a short format textbook that covers a great deal of ground
without sacrificing clarity in the persuit of brevity."
Education in Chemistry

"Good things come in small packages...the result is six
chapters and less than one hundred pages of the most concentrated
"essence" of organic chemistry that i have ever seen."

Journal of Chemical Education

Laurence M. Harwood, PhD, is Professor of Organic Chemistry in the Department of Chemistry and Director of the Chemical Analysis Facility, University of Reading, UK.

John E. McKendrick, PhD, is Professor of Bio-organic Chemistry and Lecturer in Organic Chemistry at Reading University in the UK.

Roger Whitehead is the author of Organic Chemistry at a Glance, published by Wiley.

L. M. Harwood, University of Reading; R. Whitehead, Department of Chemistry, University of Manchester