Topic Comparison with Carey, 4th Edition

One thing you will notice about the sequence of Carey 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 Carey, 4e
Bonding and Orbitals 1 1
Introduction to Naming And Functional Groups 2 2
Conformational Analysis 3 3
Physical Properties 4 *
Acid/base chemistry 5 *
Thermodynamics 6 2
Carbonyl Addition 7 17
Carbonyl Substution 8 19
Infrared Spectroscopy 9 13
Mass Spectrometry 9 13
Proton NMR 10 13
C13 NMR * *
Chirality 11 7
SN1 and SN2 12 4, 8, 15, 16, 22
E1 and E2 13 5
AdE2 14 6, 9
Multistep Organic Synthesis 7, 15 *
Conjugation 16 10
Pericyclic Reactions 16 10
Aromaticity 17 11
Aromatic Substitution 18 12, 23, 24
Enolate Chemistry 19, 20 18, 20
Radicals 21 4
Polymer Chemistry 22 *
Introduction to Biochemistry 23 - 25 25 - 27
Organometallic chemistry 7, 8, 15, 18 14
Oxidation/Reduction 7, 8, 14 *
Drug Discovery & Synthesis NA NA



* - Brief Mention with topic spread throughout the text.


NA - Topic not explicitly covered in the text.


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