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McMurry "Organic Chemistry" 8th edition (2011)

 
Chapter Title Inclusive pages Problems
1st  row- problems in chapter
(VC = visualizing chemistry problems)
other rows - problems at end of chapter
1 Structure & Bonding 1-26 1-2,5-6,8,10-16
VC = 18
22-24,26-31,33,35-36,38,42-43,49-55
2 Polar Bonds 34-65 1-3,5-7,9-10c,11-17
(16 approximate answer only)
VC = 20,23
24-26,31-34,36,38-43,
45-46(approximate answer only),51-53
3 Alkanes and Their Stereochemistry 74-101 1,2,4-5,7-18
VC = 19,20
22-25,27-29,33,35,38-39,41-42,46,48
4 Cycloalkanes and Their Stereochemistry 108-133 1-15,18, 20-21
VC = 22-25
27-32,34, 40,42-43, 45,47-48,58
(41 is wrong; can't have 1,5 nor 1,6)
5 Configurational Stereochemistry 142-174 2-10,13-17,19,21-23
VC = 26-28,30
32,36-39,41-48,50,52,54-57,68-69, 72-74,76
6 Overview of Organic Reactions 184-214 1,4,6,8,10-13
VC = 17,18
19-23,26-32,35-36,38,41
7 Alkenes I
(Structure and Reactivity)
222-253 1-16,18-19
26-27,29-34,37-41,45-49,57-59
8 Alkenes II (Reactions) 262-303 1-9,12-18,20-21
26-32,35-37,43-46,52,54,56
9 Alkynes 314-336 1,3-6,8-13
VC = 14,17
18-30,33-34,37-38
10 Alkyl Halides   1-8,11-13
17-21,23,26,28,39
11 Nucleophilic Substitution and Elimination   2,4-7,11,15-17,20
VC = 23,24
25,27-28,30,32,36,38,41-42,66
12 Mass Spectrometry    
12 Infrared Spectroscopy    
13 NMR Spectroscopy    
14 Conjugated Dienes and UV Spectroscopy   2,3,7-9,11,13,15
20,22,26,31,32,35,41,43
15 Benzene and Aromaticity    
16 Electrophilic Aromatic Substitution Reactions    
Review Org Rx    
17 Alcohol    
18 Ether    
Preview Carbonyl    
19 Aldehyde/Ketone    
20 Carboxylic Acid    
21 Carboxylic Acid Derivatives    
22 a-Substitution    
23 Carbonyl Condensation    
24 Amine    
25 Carbohydrate    
26 Amino Acid, etc    
27 Lipids    
28 Heterocycles /
Nucleic Acids
   
29 Metabolic Pathways    
30 MO & 
Pericyclic Rxs
   
31 Synthetic Polymers    


McMurry "Organic Chemistry" 7th edition (2008)

 
Chapter Title Inclusive pages Problems
1st  row- problems in chapter
(VC = visualizing chemistry problems)
other rows - problems at end of chapter
1 Structure & Bonding 1-27 1-6,8-17
VC = 18,19
22-24,28-31,33-35,38-40,42-44,
47-51,56
2 Polar Bonds 35-66 1-3,6,8,10-17
VC = 21,22
24-27,29,32-34,36-41,43,47-49,53-55
3 Alkanes and Their Stereochemistry 73-101 1,2,4-8,10-18
VC = 19,20
21-29,32,34,37-39,42,43,46,52
4 Cycloalkanes and Their Stereochemistry 107-131 1-13,15-19
VC = 21,22,24
25-27,31-33,36,37,41-44
5 Organic Reactions Overview 137-166 1,4,7-13
VC = 17,18
19-27,30,31
6 Alkenes I 172-204 1,2,4-7,9-11,13-16,18
VC = 20,21
23,24,26-31,39-45,47,51,52
7 Alkenes II (Reactions) 213-249 1-10,12-18
24-28,30-36,39,42-45,50,52
8 Alkynes 259-281 1,3-6,8-13
18,19,21-36,39-41
9 Stereochemistry II 289-322 1-3,5-18,20-24
VC = 27-30
31-33,35-48,50-64,66-67,72,78-80
10 Alkyl Halides 332-354 1-13
VC = 16
17-26,28-34,39,42
11 Nucleophilic Substitution and Elimination 359-398 2,4-8,11-13,15-17,20
VC = 23,24
25-31,34,36-41,45,48,66
12 Mass Spectrometry 409-418
433
1-3
14-26,41,42
12 Infrared Spectroscopy 418-433 5-10
27,30-40,41,42
13 NMR Spectroscopy 440-470 1-11,14,16-21
29-36,38,40-44,47-54,56-64
14 Conjugated Dienes and UV Spectroscopy    
15 Benzene and Aromaticity    
16 Electrophilic Aromatic Substitution Reactions    
Review Org Rx    
17 Alcohol    
18 Ether    
Preview Carbonyl    
19 Aldehyde/Ketone    
20 Carboxylic Acid    
21 Carboxylic Acid Derivatives    
22 a-Substitution    
23 Carbonyl Condensation    
24 Amine    
25 Carbohydrate    
26 Amino Acid, etc    
27 Lipids    
28 Heterocycles /
Nucleic Acids
   
29 Metabolic Pathways    
30 MO & 
Pericyclic Rxs
   
31 Synthetic Polymers    


McMurry "Organic Chemistry" 6th edition (2004)

 
Chapter Title Inclusive pages Problems
1st  row- problems in chapter
(VC = visualizing chemistry problems)
other rows - problems at end of chapter
1 Structure & Bonding 1-22 1-6,8-16
VC = 18,19
21-23,27-32,37-40,43-48
51,52
2 Polar Bonds 29-60 1-21
VC = 24,26
27-31,34-37,39,41-51,55,57,59
3 Alkanes and Cycloalkanes 68-96 1,2,4-8,11-13,1618,19
VC = 21-23
24,27,29,30,32,35,36,38,39,43-45
49,59
4 Stereochemistry 103-130 1-4,7-9,11,12,14-17,19,20
VC = 21-23
24-26,29-38,42,55
5 Organic Reactions Overview 135-162 1,10-12,14,16
VC = 21,22
23,24,26-32,34,37
6 Alkenes I 169-199 1-18
VC = 20,21
23-31,34-44,47-49,51-54
7 Alkenes II (Reactions) 206-237 1,3-17
VC = 20-22
23-36,38-40,43-45,50,52
8 Alkynes 246-268 1,3-14
VC = 15,16,18
19-38,41-43,45
9 Stereochemistry II 275-306 2-18, 20-25
VC = 27-30
31-33,36,38-57,59-64,67,68,81,82
10 Alkyl Halides 316-337 1-13
VC = 14-16
17-19,21-24,26-28,30,32-35
11 Nucleophilic Substitution and Elimination 343-383 1-7,9-20
VC = 21-24
25-32,35-39,43,64
12 Mass Spectrometry 393-402
417
1,3-5
VC = 16
17,18,21,22,25,27-31,46,48,49,51-54
12 Infrared Spectroscopy 393-394
403-417
6-14
VC = 15
32-34,37-45,47-54
13 NMR Spectroscopy 424-453 1-11,14,16-22
VC = 24-26
28-33,35-37,39-41,43,46,48-53
55,56
14 Conjugated Dienes and UV Spectroscopy 464-490 1-4,6-9,11,13-16
VC = 17-18
20-22,32-33,38,39,48-49,51
15 Benzene and Aromaticity 498-521 1-3,5-11 (12 is wrong!!)
VC = 13-15,17
18-20,25-26,31,34,38,40,43-47
16 Electrophilic Aromatic Substitution Reactions 528-569 All reactions, mechanisms, potential energy diagrams, orientation and reactivity effects 
19,23
28-36,50-52,73 
Review Org Rx 578-586 Review Tables 1-4
Problems 1-4
17 Alcohol 587-(43-55)-627 1-4,6-10,12,14,15,17,19,20
VC = 21-25
26,30-33,35-37,40,41,44,46,49-50
52,57-66
18 Ether 639-663 1,3-19
VC = 20-22
24-30,52-56
Preview Carbonyl 672-680 3
19 Aldehyde/Ketone 682-725 1-4,6,10-16,19-24
VC = 25-27
28,30-34,36,39-41,43-45,59-68
20 Carboxylic Acid 737-(43-55)-761 1,2,5-15
VC = 16-18
20,21,23-30,32,33,35,36,43,45,46
49,51-57
21 Carboxylic Acid Derivatives 770-809 1-11,13-15,18-23,26,27
VC = 28,29,31
32-41 (esp35-39) 63-66
22 a-Substitution 820-846 1-17
VC = 18,20
21-30,37,44
23 Carbonyl Condensation 854-883 1-5,7,8,11-22
VC = 23-26
27-29,37,39,42,45,46
24 Amine 892-928 pp 892-894
Table 24.1-2
pp917-919   Sandmeyer rx
25 Carbohydrate 942-977 Fig25.3
26 Amino Acid, etc 985-1020 Table 26.1   amino acids
27 Lipids 1027-1053 pp 1027-1029
   lipids,waxes,fats,oils,fatty acids,    
      triglycerides
   Table 27.1-2
pp 1030-31   soap
p 1032   phospholipids
p 1033   prostaglandins
pp 1036-1037   
   terpenes, mono-,sesqui-,tri-,tetra-
   Table 27.3
pp 1045-1048   steroids,cis/trans
28 Heterocycles /
Nucleic Acids
1060-1089 Structures
   p 1061 - pyrrole, furan, thiophene
   p 1064 - pyridine
   p 1067 - quinoline, isoquinoline, indole
pp 1069-1071
   nucleoside, nucleotide, nucleic acid
Rest of Chapter
   take CHEM 4310-4370
29 Metabolic Pathways 1094-1127 take CHEM 4310-4370
30 MO & 
Pericyclic Rxs
1134-1152 Fig 30.1-2,5-12
Table 30.1-4
31 Synthetic Polymers 1159-1172 Table 31.1-2


McMurry "Organic Chemistry" 5th edition

 
Chapter Title Inclusive pages Problems
1st  row- problems in chapter
(VC = visualizing chemistry problems)
2nd row - problems at end of chapter
3rd row - molecular modeling problems
1 Structure & Bonding 1-28 1-6,9,10,13-15
16,19-23,25-31,33,35,37-38,41-42,44-46
51-53
2 Polar Bonds 35-67 1-15,18,19
25-30,33-36,38,40,42-46,49-52,54-56
61-64
3 Alkanes and Cycloalkanes 74-104 1,2,4,6-9,11-14,16-19
20,21,23,24,26,27,30,33,34,39,40,44
56,57
4 Stereochemistry 111-146 2-5,7-14,17,18,20,21
25,26,30,32-35,38-40,42,43,54
58,59,62
5 Organic Reactions Overview 151-182 1,2,4,6-9,11,13-15
20,21,23-25,28,30,36-37
50
6 Alkenes I 188-223 1,3-7,9-11,13-16
24-27,30,39-41,44
56,57
7 Alkenes II (Reactions) 231-265 1-8,10,12-16
23-26,29-31,33,35,41-44,51
59,60
8 Alkynes 274-299 1,3-10,12,13
VC=14
18-28,30,31,35,36,40,41
50
9 Stereochemistry II 306-346 2-9,11,14,15,17,20-23,25-28
VC=29-31
33,35,39,43,44,46-50,52-54,58,59,62,
82
10 Alkyl Halides 355-379 1-6,8,9,12-14
18-20,23,24,28,32,33,35,36
11 Nucleophilic Substitution and Elimination 385-431 1-10,12-20,21-24
25-28,30-32,35-40
12 Mass Spectrometry 440-451 1-4
16-21,23-27,42,44,46-48
12 Infrared Spectroscopy 451-468 5-12
29-31,34-37,41,45,46-48
53-56
13 NMR Spectroscopy 475-510 1-13,15-22
VC=23
27-32,34-41,43-50,52-62
14 Conjugated Dienes and UV Spectroscopy 522-551 1-14,16,17-19
20-27,30-37,43-46,48
58,59,61
15 Benzene and Aromaticity 559-585 1-3,5-11(12 is wrong!!)
17-20,22-23,30,33-35,42-46
49-51
16 Electrophilic Aromatic Substitution Reactions
Review Org Rx Review Tables 1-4
17 Alcohol 632-(50-58)-664 1-4,6-11,13,14,17,20,23-26,28-31,
33,34,37-39,40-42,53    
 (Ch 2:10-18,37,39,41,45,46,50)
18 Ether 676-695 1,4,5,7-11,19,20,22,24,26,27
Review Carbonyl 705-714
19 Aldehyde/Ketone 716-758 1-5,12,14,15,18,19,22,23,25,27-29,
32,34,40-42,52-55,57,58
20 Carboxylic Acid 774-(50-58)-791 1,2,6,9-13,16,19-23,25,27,30,36,40,45
21 Carboxylic Acid Derivatives 802-845 1,3,5,7,11,12,20,21,25,30,31,32,33,40,
46*,47*,48*,63-66
22 a-Substitution 860-884 1,2,8,9,13,15,16,18,21,23,28,31,32,36,
44
23 Carbonyl Condensation 896-922 1-3,4,8,11,17,1819,22,25,35,36
24 Amine 934-961
25 AromaticII 973-999
26 Carbohydrate 1010-1045
27 Amino Acid 1055-1089
28 Lipids 1099-1120
29 Heterocycle 1128-1146
31 MO/Pericyc 1211-1237