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Organic Chemistry: Structure and Function

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This book is simple to understand even amidst all the details it provides. The explanations are clear and concise while explaining all the jargon and convention. The Vollhardt text also gives a really good background to why reactions occur rather than plopping reactions on the page.

Great textbook. Everything is extremely detailed, but not to the point where there's useless information. The problems throughout the chapters have answers in the back, and the end-of-chapter problems have answers in the solutions manual (which, by the way, is also excellent). There are also lots of examples provided, which are very helpful for those who are visual learners.

This is a very good textbook and I would recommend it to anyone who is learning organic chemistry.

I used this book for a two semester course in organic chemistry. Of all the textbooks I have read, and believe me I have read a LOT, this is among the top 3 of all time. The authors clearly explain the material and the order of the chapters is great, starting with a quick overview of chemical concepts, then going into haloalkanes, alcohols, alkenes, alkynes, specroscopic methods, and finally some more advanced reactions and functional groups like carboxylic acids and their derviatives as well as a few ending chapters on biochemical topics like amino acids and carbohydrates. This book is great for a student who has never had exposure to organic chemistry as it presents the most fundamental reactions for a given functional group as well as clear descriptions. One thing I really enjoy about this textbook is the summary of reactions at the end of each chapter which allows you to look up a reaction easily. Another thing I really like is the problems that are placed directly in the chapter, which have answers in the back of the book; these make sure you really understood the material you just read.

Note: pick up the previous edition if you can, its much cheaper and is nearly identical to the newer edition; however the problems at the end of the chapters may be different(?).

Amazing service, I'm so very excited to be taking organic chemistry especially since I thought I was done with chemistry forever until I decided on a whim to minor in it... well anyway I am very pleased with the product and the service was amazing. thank you for making all my dreams come true!

Even if you do not attend any O. Chem class, you can study this book and learn a lot. I took Organic Chemistry at University last year and we used a different book for that class. O. Chem by Vollhardt provides some more materials than needed for the first and second year of O. Chem class, but it helps you to have a better understanding about the subject.

Easy to order, prompt delivery to Australia. The book is written in a complete manner that is easy for me to understand the difficult subject

A very useful study tool and helping improve my knowledge in organic chemistry. Good quality and, with work, easy to understand.

Yup, this is an Organic Chem textbook... it's well written, but still not enough to make me a fan of ochem. I guess that's more my fault than the author's though.

My class lecture was great! So I didn't really use the book as much. If anything, I used it for the questions after each chapter and reviewed it on the study guide which I purchased separately. Can't say too much, but it definitely came free shipping, fast shipping, and was priced below what the school was offering.