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Organic chemistry is a broad field which includes activities that intersect with such diverse areas as biology, medicine and pharmacology, materials science, chemical and petroleum engineering, and fundamental studies of molecular structure. The purpose of this text is to provide coverage of a central core of organic chemistry. This core of knowledge can be applied within organic chemistry or to other fields, such as those named above, which require significant contributions from organic chemistry. One organizational approach to organic chemistry divides it into three main areas. These areas are structure, dynamics, and synthesis. Structure includes the description of organic molecules and the methods for determining, analyzing, and predicting molecular geometry and bonding. Dynamics refers to the chemical and physical properties and transformations of molecules. Synthesis includes those activities which permit chemists to assemble new molecules and to convert existing substances into new compounds. These three areas are all interrelated, but synthesis is built on knowledge of both structure and reactions (chemical dynamics), while understanding dynamic processes ultimately rests on detailed knowledge about molecular structure. A firm grounding in the principles of structure and chemical bonding is therefore an essential starting point for fuller appreciation of dynamics and synthesis. In this first chapter we will discuss the ideas that have proven most useful to organic chemists for describing and correlating facts, concepts, and theories about the structure of organic molecules.
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Carey, F.A., Sundberg, R.J. (1984). Chemical Bonding and Molecular Structure. In: Advanced Organic Chemistry. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-1143-1_1
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