Organic Chemistry and CW+ GradeTracker Access Card Package, 6th Edition [Hardcover]

Leroy G. Wade (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0131699571 | ISBN-13: 978-0131699571 | Publication Date: March 24, 2005 | Edition: 6

For two-semester courses in Organic Chemistry taken primarily by science and pre-health majors. Wade, organized around functional groups, is known for his student-oriented approach - he incorporates problem solving help (features in green), orientation features (in blue), and complete discussions of mechanisms (mechanism boxes and key mechanism spreads). As always, he explains concepts without taking the unnecessary short cuts that often lead to misconceptions. Additionally, he integrates up-to-date aspects of spectroscopy, bioorganic chemistry (often through accessible margin notes), and many applications to polymer chemistry throughout. The PH online organic homework system, ACE Organic, provides instructors and students a tool that is created specifically to mimic how students do organic homework - by drawing organic structures. This program provides detailed feedback for incorrect answers to enhance the learning process.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 1328 pages
• Publisher: Prentice Hall; 6 edition (March 24, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0131699571
• ISBN-13: 978-0131699571
• Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 8.8 x 1.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #265,056 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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16 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars So good it almost made me wanna hug the book (edited), May 12, 2005

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A. Shankar "blue ego" (NSW Australia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Organic Chemistry and CW+ GradeTracker Access Card Package, 6th Edition (Hardcover)

Now I do BMedSc which means I dont have all the time nor the patience to study loathsome texts that are both pedantic and verbose. I am majoring in three streams of chemistry each valid in its own right (Organic synthesis, Biochemical pathways, Analytical/Physical chemistry). So basically I have limited cash to through around buying books and at that have limited time to study the books I get. There is only so much a person can ingest academically without obliterating their sanity and social life. Wade has made life easy for me because it censors itself from all the crap that you really dont want to face in Organic chemistry and saves them for the later chapters. By then you would have established yourself from the earlier chapters and will find it easier to tackle reactions, reaction mechanisms, molecular protocols and this nonsense they call spectroscopy.

The ups of this book are:

It isnt too introductory or too complex so it teaches you all that you need and also will serve as a reference later on.

It has a fine balance of complex problems and explanations to back everything up.

It has appropriate graphics and very well summarized at the end of chapters.

I personally suggest that March's Advanced Organic chemistry is a pretty good buy along side this book. That way you dont have a large bulky text you have to carry all the time. You can consult either of the two depending on what it is you are looking for. Now if you want to really save money are too tight then get Organic Chemistry by Nick Greeves et al is pretty good a book, cheap and well done overall; very robust. But I have my standing with this. I personally own three organic text series that I covet:

This, obviously.

March's Advanced Organic chemistry.

The third is an absolute secret lol, well its Vogel's practical organic chemistry.

March's does a real good job on reactions and mechanisms, so after your done understanding primary concepts through wade you'd just be carrying March's. The last, Vogel's is pretty advanced stuff and is (like the name suggests) very practical. It goes in depth with experimental procedure and theory of experimental procedure; overall this book starts and undergrad and helps you all the way till you start working.

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars this is a darn good book, August 15, 2006

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ciao253 "pascale" (ann arbor, mi) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Organic Chemistry (6th Edition) (Hardcover)

So I must admit that this is the book my favorite professor in college used. I also must admit that my favorite professor in college was Skip Wade the author. That said, this is a *very* good book if you're looking to understand the concepts behind orgo. Yes, there's memorizing (for goodness sakes, make flashcards! You can't get around this!). Yes, it's a pain. Yes, you'll find yourself doing 'back attacks' in your sleep. But in the end, this book will beat into you the intuition necessary to continue on in chemistry. And, as an added bonus, Wade throws in some little jokes to give you relief during those all night study sessions. Ah, memories...

-- a current chemistry graduate student (with Wade still on my desk)

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Outstanding text, August 30, 2009

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spumn - See all my reviews

This review is from: Organic Chemistry (6th Edition) (Hardcover)

Wade's Organic Chemistry is becoming a classic introductory text, and with good reason. For its target audience of second-year undergraduates (with no background in organic chemistry whatsoever), this text is an invaluable resource to help get through a notoriously difficult subject. Throughout the text, Wade emphasizes certain principles to guide students' thought processes, helping them see what a truly and surprisingly logical subject organic chemistry really is.

The organization of the text is largely by functional group; occasionally, functional groups are split into one synthesis chapter and one reactions chapter. There are also chapters on spectrometry and spectroscopy (Mass, IR, NMR, UV-Vis) as well as a few very important concepts in organic chemistry (stereochemistry, substitution and elimination, aromaticity).

Wade's pedagogy focuses on reaction mechanisms, and this is key to establishing patterns in students' minds so they can predict the outcome of a wide variety of organic reactions. Arrow-pushing diagrams are really the heart of organic chemistry, and in this text, there are hundreds, all very clear and instructive. Wade is also wise not to burden first-year students with too much organometallic chemistry; a rigorous understanding of Grignard and organolithium reagents, as well as various inorganic catalysts, is beyond the scope of an introductory text. Wade focuses on the organic aspects, and there's absolutely nothing wrong with that. Colored electrostatic potential maps are extremely useful for beginning students learning to predict reactive sites; various three-dimensional models are helpful for visualizing reaction stereochemistry, a crucially important topic.

The only real complaint I could level at Wade is that the text does not emphasize real-world chemistry, such as competing reactions, the cost of reagents, safety concerns, and alternative synthetic routes. For those students required to take the course but not pursuing a degree in chemistry, such objections are irrelevant; for those pursuing a degree in chemistry, more advanced coursework and practical lab experience will undoubtedly fill these gaps to some extent.

Although the text runs well over a thousand pages, length may be the price to pay for Wade's clear language and helpful visuals. This text is certain to make a notoriously difficult subject accessible to as wide an audience as possible, and along the way, give students an appreciation for a truly fascinating subject.