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  Home > JCE Print > Journal of Chemical Education > Issues > 2007  > July  >
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Reaction-Map of Organic Chemistry
Steven Murov
Science, Mathematics, and Engineering Division, Modesto Junior College, Modesto, CA 95350
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July 2007
Vol. 84 No. 7
p. 1224
Abstract
The Reaction-Map of Organic Chemistry has been designed to give organic chemistry students an overview of most of the reactions needed for the organic chemistry course. The chart has been partially organized according to the periodic table on the horizontal axis and according to carbon oxidation level on the vertical axis. In addition the carboxyls are grouped vertically according to decreasing reactivity, and carbon–carbon bond forming reactions are emphasized with bold arrows. The chart provides a study aid for students and should help students develop synthetic routes from one functional group to another. The chart should be especially useful for students studying for the final examination for the two-semester organic chemistry course. In addition to the chart, three keys are available that organize the reactions according to mechanism, functional group preparations, and functional group reactions. Chemistry can be thought of as a search for order in matter and this chart attempts to provide some insight into the order that exists in organic chemistry.
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A black-and-white and color copy of the Reaction-Map, the complete mechanistic key, and two additional keys that classify the reactions by preparation and reactions of functional groups are available.
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Murov, Steven. J. Chem. Educ. 2007, 84, 1224.
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Keywords
Addition Reactions; Distance Learning / Self Instruction; Electrophilic Substitution; Elimination Reactions; Nucleophilic Substitution; Organic Chemistry; Oxidation / Reduction; Periodicity / Periodic Table; Reactions; Second-Year Undergraduate; Synthesis; Textbooks / Reference Books; Upper-Division Undergraduate
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6/7/2007
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