John T. Moore, EdD, is a chemistry professor at Stephen F. Austin State University. He's the author of many chemistry titles, including all editions of Chemistry For Dummies. Richard H. Langley, PhD, has been a chemistry professor at Stephen F. Austin State University for nearly 40 years. He has coauthored numerous Dummies titles with John Moore.

Introduction 1
Part 1: Brushing Up on Important Organic Chemistry I Concepts 5
Chapter 1: Organic Chemistry II: Here We Go Again! 7
Chapter 2: Remembering How We Do It: Mechanisms 15
Chapter 3: Alcohols and Ethers: Not Just for Drinking and Sleeping 29
Chapter 4: Conjugated Unsaturated Systems 49
Chapter 5: "Seeing" Molecules: Spectroscopy Revisited 63
Part 2: Discovering Aromatic (And Not So Aromatic) Compounds 75
Chapter 6: Introducing Aromatics 77
Chapter 7: Aromatic Substitution Part I: Attack of the Electrophiles 89
Chapter 8: Aromatic Substitution Part II: Attack of the Nucleophiles and Other Reactions 107
Part 3: Carbonyls: Good Alcohols Gone Bad 117
Chapter 9: Comprehending Carbonyls 119
Chapter 10: Aldehydes and Ketones 133
Chapter 11: Enols and Enolates 155
Chapter 12: Carboxylic Acids and Their Derivatives 179
Part 4: Advanced Topics (Every Student's Nightmare) 211
Chapter 13: Amines and Friends 213
Chapter 14: Metals Muscling In: Organometallics 239
Chapter 15: More Reactions of Carbonyl Compounds 249
Chapter 16: Living Large: Biomolecules 267
Part 5: Pulling It All Together 293
Chapter 17: Overview of Synthesis Strategies 295
Chapter 18: Roadmaps and Predicting Products 309
Part 6: The Part of Tens 319
Chapter 19: Ten Surefire Ways to Fail Organic Chemistry II 321
Chapter 20: More than Ten Ways to Increase Your Score on an Organic Chemistry Exam 325
Chapter 21: Ten Simple Rules to Remember 331
Part 7: Appendixes 337
Appendix A: Named Reactions 339
Appendix B: A Few Great Online Resources 343
Index 345