Review of Organic Functional Groups Introduction to Medicinal Organic Chemistry

With its Student Workbook CD-ROM and new case studies, the Fifth Edition of this acclaimed self-paced review enables you to master the principles and applications of organic functional groups. Moreover, it prepares you for the required pharmacy courses in medicinal chemistry by thoroughly covering nomenclature, physical properties, chemical properties, and metabolism. As you progress through the text, you'll develop such important skills as drawing chemical structures and predicting the solubility, instabilities, and metabolism of each organic functional group.

1 Water Solubility and Chemical Bonding 2 Alkanes (CnH2n+2) 3 Alkenes (CnH2n) 4 Aromatic Hydrocarbons 5 Haolgenated Hydrocarbons 6 Alcohols 7 Phenols 8 Ethers and Thioethers 9 Aldehydes and Ketones 10 Amines 11 Carboxylic Acids 12 Functional Derivatives of Carboxylic Acids 13 Sulfonic Acids and Sulfonamides 14 Nitrogen Functional Groups 15 Heterocycles 16 Oligonucleotides and Nucleic Acids 17 Proteins 18 Predicting Water Solubility A Steroisomerism-Asymmetric Molecules B Acidity and Basicity C Drug Metabolism D Learning Objectives Index