Topic Comparison with Jones, 3rd Edition

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