In this innovative text, Bruice balances coverage of traditional topics with bioorganic chemistry to show how organic chemistry is related to biological systems and to our daily lives. Functional groups are organized around mechanistic similarities, emphasizing what functional groups do rather than how they are made. Tying together the reactivity of a functional group and the synthesis of compounds resulting from its reactivity prevents students from needing to memorize lists of unrelated reactions. The Sixth Edition has been revised and streamlined throughout to enhance clarity and accessibility, and adds a wealth of new problems and problem-solving strategies.
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Paula Yurkanis Bruice was raised primarily in Massachusetts, Germany, and Switzerland and was graduated from the Girls' Latin School in Boston. She received an A.B. from Mount Holyoke College and a Ph.D. in chemistry from the University of Virginia. She received an NIH postdoctoral fellowship for study in biochemistry at the University of Virginia Medical School, and she held a postdoctoral appointment in the Department of Pharmacology at Yale Medical School.
She is a member of the faculty at the University of California, Santa Barbara, where she has received the Associated Students Teacher of the Year Award, the Academic Senate Distinguished Teaching Award, and two Mortar Board Professor of the Year Awards. Her research interests concern the mechanism and catalysis of organic reactions, particularly those of biological significance. Paula has a daughter and a son who are physicians and a son who is a lawyer. Her main hobbies are reading mystery/suspense novels and her pets (three dogs, two cats, and a parrot).
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
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Fantastic!,
This review is from: Organic Chemistry (6th Edition) (Hardcover)
This book has helped me master the material of organic chemistry. It was very easy to read, the organization was awesome, and instead of asking you to memorize reactions, it explained them! This books also has a solution manual where EVERY QUESTION FROM EACH CHAPTER is answered, with comments and mechanisms showing you how they got to the solution. The author has obviously put in a lot of effort for this book and I am incredibly grateful. A++ (P.S. The book I own is the sixth edition).
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
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Best college textbook I've had,
This review is from: Organic Chemistry (6th Edition) (Hardcover)
I actually had the pleasure of having Paula Bruice as my Organic Chem professor for most of this year, and her class was taught almost straight from her book, which was a very good thing. Studying for tests was a breeze as in most chapters she sums up all the reactions you need to know very concisely, and if you're still unsure of something, then you can always go back and read about it in the text, where she writes in plain English, but is sure to cover all of the details.
I had another O Chem professor later in the year who did not go off of the book as strictly as Bruice did, but whenever I was confused on a topic it was easy to just go back, read about it and study off of what was written in the book and I managed to pull straight A's in O Chem. If this text is your required reading then you're in good hands, and even if it isn't, I'd recommend buying a cheap used copy just to supplement your lectures or other readings. I'm definitely keeping my copy until I'm done with the MCAT as this book makes everything clear and concise.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
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Awesome Textbook,
This review is from: Organic Chemistry (6th Edition) (Hardcover)
This textbook is so good. It has a really good way of explaining concepts and is easier to understand than any chemistry textbook I've ever had. It is the reason that I got such a good grade in Orgo this semester! Great ways of explaining how to tell the differences between R and S, Hoffman elimination and how electronegativity is the reason for everything. Also- love the funny pictures of famous chemists on the side. And just when your about to die from studying in the library for ten hours, there will be a random section about how chocolate is a possible health food because of the organic compound and antioxidant catechins.
If it wasn't obvious, I am up late studying for my final tomorrow and feeling really thankful for this book.
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