Organic Chemistry II as a Second Language: Second Semester Topics |  | Author: David M. Klein
Publisher: Wiley
Category: Book
Buy New: $19.96
as of 9/9/2010 18:20 CDT details
New (42) Used (43) from $14.35
Seller: bookszoo
Rating:  37 reviews
Sales Rank: 4,967
Media: Paperback
Edition: 1
Pages: 320
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.8
Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 6.1 x 0.6
ISBN: 0471738085
Dewey Decimal Number: 547
EAN: 9780471738084
ASIN: 0471738085
Publication Date: October 7, 2005
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
| |
| Features:
| • | ISBN13: 9780471738084 | | • | Condition: New | | • | Notes: BUY WITH CONFIDENCE, Over one million books sold! 98% Positive feedback. Compare our books, prices and service to the competition. 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed |
|
| Accessories:
|
| Similar Items:
| |
| Editorial Reviews:
Product Description
Building on the resounding success of the first volume (0-471-27235-3), Organic Chemistry as a Second Language, Volume 2 provides readers with clear, easy-to-understand explanations of fundamental principles. It explores the critical concepts while also examining why they are relevant. The core content is presented within the framework of predicting products, proposing mechanisms, and solving synthesis problems. Readers will fine-tune the key skills involved in solving those types of problems with the help of interactive, step-by-step instructions and problems.
|
| Customer Reviews:
Showing reviews 1-5 of 37
 Amazing Book June 12, 2006
P. Sullivan (Washington, DC)
28 out of 28 found this review helpful
I ordered this book after reading Mr. Klein's first Organic Chemistry as a Second Language book and was immediately content with my purchase upon arrival. This book clearly explains how to approach countless types of Organic Chemistry II problems and was a much more effective tool than stumbling through my textbook or messy lecture notes. If you work through the numerous example problems within each chapter, this book is the perfect supplement for any Orgo class. The best part is that you don't really have to work hard to memorize a list of reactions; this book shows you how to approach novel problems and understand why the reactions take place.
I highly reccomend this product to anyone who is taking an Organic Chemistry course or preparing for the MCAT.
The only way to understand O-Chem II March 19, 2006
Judd Cahoon (Salt Lake)
22 out of 23 found this review helpful
This is the only reason I am getting an A in my second semester of organic chemistry. The lectures are okay, but the book simplifies the message and clearly explains the mechanisms and whats needed to understand them, not just memorization. Great buy.
It's so good it hurts......... August 11, 2009
Cloud
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
----- READ FIRST ------
If you are taking the class, or planning to take the class, I think you will be better off reading from THIS BOOK as the PRIMARY resource, and your TEXTBOOK as your SECONDARY resource.
-----------------------
I took my second semester of Organic Chemistry last semester, but didn't get such good grades. I was distraught at my poor performance that I just HAD to learn myself the subject again, especially because my major was so grounded on science. During class, we would learn mechanisms after mechanisms, but all I could do (possibly due to my laziness to study very deeply) was to memorize reactions after reactions.
This was my mistake. There was a limit to how much I could memorize without grasping the fundamentals of why reactions take place. During class, we would be taught about mechanisms of the reactions, but it was my fault for not paying much attention to those. Big mistake. That is definitely a big no-no in Orgo II unless you have the perfect memory that would allow you to easily memorize all reactions that you are supposed to know.
But after I purchased this book, I found myself paying much attention to the mechanisms, and trust me, it was so much more interesting than just memorizing reagents, catalysts here and there, and products.
This book is so organized, and presents the mechanisms of reactions so thoroughly and in a fun way. I'm considering retaking Orgo II, now that I have a much much much deeper understanding of Organic Chemistry, and thus I'm confident I will get an A if I do so. This is because I learned that organic chemistry is much more fun when you can UNDERSTAND.
----- EXTRA NOTE ------
If you are considering to take Biochemistry, I heard that if you do not understand organic chemistry well enough, this class will be mainly rote memorization. And again, rote memorization makes the subject extremely dull, and you will be better off trying to understand the mechanisms and concepts rather than trying to memorize them. Therefore, if you don't have a good ground on the fundamentals of organic chemistry, I suggest that you get this book and study from it. This book is so much smaller than typical textbooks, but very thorough in laying out the fundamental mechanisms that will, not just help you, but MAKE you understand.
Excellent-- better than most textbook explanations January 3, 2008
M. Aquilizan
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
One will find a host of information from a standard Organic Chemistry textbook, but more often, a student shall view these reactions as separate and different and then find the subject overwhelming. Organic Chemistry As A Second Language II is EXTREMELY valuable in that it makes the student see how similar or different the reactions are. It also makes the mechanisms seem very simple-- the electron pushing and diagrams are so easy to understand, and best of all, accurate.
I am unaware as to the quality of David Klein's other titles, but I assure you that this one is a must-read for survival. I had even impressed the professor with a Baeyer-Villiger reaction that she did not cover in class.
Whereas this book has helped me to do well in my second organic chemistry class, I might have done better in my first orgo class had I encountered Organic Chemistry As A Second Language sooner.
Btw I don't know about the other guy, but Klein responded to my email.
buy this! July 17, 2006
Lauren Madonna
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
this book was awesome...it really helps you understand the underlying concepts and details of the second semester of organic chem.
definitely helped me pass the class!
Showing reviews 1-5 of 37
|
|
|
