Organic chemistry II for dummies / by John T. Moore and Richard H. Langley.

Includes index.

Part I. Brushing up on important organic chemistry I concepts. Organic chemistry II : here we go again! ; Remembering how we do it : mechanisms ; Alcohols and ethers : not just for drinking and sleeping ; Conjugated unsaturated systems ; "Seeing" molecules : spectroscopy revisited -- Part II. Discovering aromatic (and not so aromatic) compounds. Introducing aromatics ; Aromatic substitution Part I : Attack of the electrophiles ; Aromatic substitution Part II : Attack of the nucleophiles and other reactions -- Part III. Carbonyls : good alcohols gone bad. Comprehending carbonyls ; Aldehydes and ketones ; Enols and enolates ; Carboxylic acids and their derivatives -- Part IV. Advanced topics (every student's nightmare). Amines and friends ; Metals muscling in : organometallics ; More reactions of carbonyl compounds ; Living large : biomolecules -- Part V. Pulling it all together. Overview of synthesis strategies ; Roadmaps and predicting products -- Part VI. The part of tens. Ten surefire ways to fail organic chemistry II ; More than ten ways to increase your score on an organic chemistry exam-- Appendix: Named reactions.

Your plain-English guide to understanding chemical reactions and tackling tests with ease.