Topic Comparson with Solomons & Fryhle, 8th Edition

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