Topic Comparison with Wade, 5th Edition

One thing you will notice about the sequence of Wade 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 Wade, 5e
Bonding and Orbitals 1 1
Introduction to Naming And Functional Groups 2 2
Conformational Analysis 3 3
Physical Properties 4 2
Acid/base chemistry 5 *
Thermodynamics 6 *
Carbonyl Addition 7 18
Carbonyl Substution 8 20, 22
Infrared Spectroscopy 9 12
Mass Spectrometry 9 12
Proton NMR 10 13
C13 NMR * 13
Chirality 11 5
SN1 and SN2 12 6, 14, 19
E1 and E2 13 6, 7, 14, 19
AdE2 14 7, 8, 14, 19
Multistep Organic Synthesis 7, 15 *
Conjugation 16 15
Pericyclic Reactions 16 15
Aromaticity 17 15
Aromatic Substitution 18 16
Enolate Chemistry 19, 20 22
Radicals 21 *
Polymer Chemistry 22 26
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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