1st Edition

A Foundation Course for College Organic Chemistry

By B. S. Balaji Copyright 2025
266 Pages 563 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

266 Pages 563 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

266 Pages 563 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

To understand and improve the underlying principles that govern how organic reactions occur, A Foundation Course for College Organic Chemistry follows a brick-by-brick building approach. Emphasis is given to interrelating experimental facts and findings with predictions (mechanism) and inferences (results). Discussions focus on clarifying how complex organic reactions occur, which is based on... Read more

1 Deconstruction of organic reactions

2 Geometric isomerism

3 Conformational isomerism: open chain and cyclic systems

4 Basics of Symmetry elements and point groups

5 Stereochemical conventions and topicity

6 Chiroptical properties 

7 Stereochemical reactions

8 Aromaticity and polyaromatic compounds

9 Aromatic electrophilic and nucleophilic substitutions

10 Reaction dynamics and reaction kinetics

11 Reactive intermediates: carbocations 

12 Reactive intermediates: carbanions

13 Reactive intermediates: Free radicals 

14 Reactive intermediates: Carbenes and nitrenes 

15 Carbon-carbon bond formation using carbon nucleophiles: enolates, enamines and enol ethers

16 Name reactions 

Biography

B. S. Balaji is Chairperson of Special Center for E‑learning and a Professor in the School of Biotechnology at Jawaharlal Nehru University. He is an award‑winning chemistry educator, has published various research papers, has developed 3D‑printed Braille models to teach chemistry concepts to BLV students, is a resource person (ICT) for Malaviya Mission Teacher training program of UGC, is a Member of Technical Expert Committee, and is in the Interface Expert Committee to assess the NON‑SWAYAM Learning Platforms of HEI for UGC‑DEB.