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Title: Organic Chemistry Book
Post by: xaenir on June 21, 2009, 03:39:20 AM

Can someone suggest a good organic chemistry book which teaches how to predict reaction mechanisms (not just states them) and clearly explains all the steps in the reaction simultaneously building up the logic why a certain step should occur the way it is and not by any other way...
I tried some books like morrison boyd , francis carrey, solomons but they do not fully meet the above criteria,(though morrison boyd meets the criteria to some extent)

Title: Re: Organic Chemistry Book
Post by: UG on June 21, 2009, 03:43:10 AM

http://www.chemicalforums.com/index.php?topic=2414.0

Title: Re: Organic Chemistry Book
Post by: xaenir on June 21, 2009, 03:52:06 AM

I know that topic  :)  i see a lot of books there , but which of them satisfy my requirements? ???

Title: Re: Organic Chemistry Book
Post by: plankk on June 21, 2009, 04:43:45 AM

Maybe "Guidebook to Mechanism in Organic Chemistry" by Peter Sykes (http://www.amazon.com/Guidebook-Mechanism-Organic-Chemistry-6th/dp/0582446953) will be accurate.

Title: Re: Organic Chemistry Book
Post by: StarvinMarvin on June 21, 2009, 07:54:02 AM

"Mechanisms in Organic Reactions" By R.A. Jackson is also quite nice to read and learn from.