Schaum's Outline Of General, Organic and Biological Chemistry [Paperback]

George Odian (Author), Ira Blei (Author)

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Publication Date: January 1, 1994 | ISBN-10: 0070476098 | ISBN-13: 978-0070476097 | Edition: 1

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• Paperback: 384 pages
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill; 1 edition (January 1, 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0070476098
• ISBN-13: 978-0070476097
• Product Dimensions: 10.7 x 8.1 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
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105 of 107 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars If you love O. Chem... what's wrong with you?!, April 3, 1998

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This review is from: Schaum's Outline Of General, Organic and Biological Chemistry (Paperback)

I have found the Schaum's Review series very helpful both in review and in independent study, especially for Organic Chemistry. Many times, chemistry students fail to learn key concepts not because they are incomprehensible (thankfully) but rather because they were either explained badly or simply explained in a way that does not make sense to a student. This book explains all the key concepts and includes almost 2000 problems to make sure you understand O. Chem. clearly even if you're so sick of it you're comtemplating shoving an Erlenmyer full of benzene down your professor's Organic throat. Buy it, and save your sanity.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful!, July 25, 2010

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2.0 out of 5 stars This book is crap, September 26, 2005

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This review is from: Schaum's Outline Of General, Organic and Biological Chemistry (Paperback)

Ok, I will be clear that I am not reviewing this exact book, but the purely organic chemistry book that is a 1991 version that I got at the library. I have never actually taken organic chemistry. I was hoping to get a leg up, and this was the only book at the library on it, so I checked it out. And I am finding it terribly lacking in explanation. It is all problems and little explanation. It takes one paragraph and one example to explain something, which isnt enough to cover all aspects of the topic to where one can understand it, then it proceed to give you problems that you cant really work, but you follow through them and try to understand why they work, and most of the time there is a short explanation as to why the answer is the correct one. There are handy little charts here and there that make things a little easy, although it needs more. I have been able to grasp most of the information due to this book, but there are key topics that are recurring that I dont fully understand and it doesnt matter how much I read that one paragraph, I dont fully get it. Afterwards I went online to clear up the discrepencies, and I easily got it. From the review here, it sounds like this book is better than taking the class. I hope that is not the case. But I can tell you from the standpoint of someone that has never studied organic chemistry, but has taken general chemistry, this book is insufficient as a textbook.

alright two years later and after taking organic chemistry, i am rereviewing my review. apparently nobody liked it. but i stand by it. i found organic chemistry to be extremely easy and interesting. unlike most people, i really enjoyed it. this book would perhaps work as a nice review for someone that already knew what they were doing, but it is confusing. if you want to learn organic chemistry go to class or use a proper textbook. my textbook, written by my professor, was excellent. Get Iverson's text. ISBN: 0534467733.