One thing you will notice about the sequence of Bruice is that there are several core topics that are covered in a number of different chapters. Our intent was that core topics would be covered in one chapter.
| Topics Covered |
Daley & Daley, 1e |
Bruice, 4e |
| Bonding and Orbitals |
1 |
1 |
| Introduction to Naming And Functional Groups |
2 |
2 |
| Conformational Analysis |
3 |
2 |
| Physical Properties |
4 |
2 |
| Acid/base chemistry |
5 |
1 |
| Thermodynamics |
6 |
3 |
| Carbonyl Addition |
7 |
17 |
Carbonyl Substution |
8 |
18 |
| Infrared Spectroscopy |
9 |
13 |
| Mass Spectrometry |
9 |
13 |
| Proton NMR |
10 |
14 |
| C13 NMR |
* |
14 |
| Chirality |
11 |
5 |
| SN1 and SN2 |
12 |
10, 11, 12, 21 |
| E1 and E2 |
13 |
3, 4, 6, 11, 12, 21 |
| AdE2 |
14 |
6 |
| Multistep Organic Synthesis |
7, 15 |
* |
| Conjugation |
16 |
7 |
| Pericyclic Reactions |
16 |
8,29 |
| Aromaticity |
17 |
15 |
| Aromatic Substitution |
18 |
15, 16 |
| Enolate Chemistry |
19, 20 |
19 |
| Radicals |
21 |
9 |
| Polymer Chemistry |
22 |
28 |
| Introduction to Biochemistry |
23 - 25 |
22 - 27 |
| Organometallic chemistry |
7, 8, 15, 18 |
* |
| Oxidation/Reduction |
7, 8, 14 |
20 |
| Drug Discovery & Synthesis |
NA |
30 |
* - Brief Mention with topic spread throughout the text.
NA - Topic not explicitly covered in the text.
