In order to meet the development of all-English or bilingual teaching of organic chemistry in medical colleges of our country, we are now grouped to edit this book. The sequence of chapters and related contents in this book are consistent to the sixth edition of Organic Chemistry in Chinese which is published by People's Medical Publishing House as a NHO's programming book material. We have applied "three basic contents--basic theories, basic knowledge, basic skills" and "five features thoughtful, scientific, advanced, heuristic, adaptable" to this book. That means precise demonstrations, clear arrangements, visual illuminations and fluent language. The whole book is arranged in a proper and gradual sequence to avoid destroying the coherence or connections of chapters and furthermore unnecessary repetition.

Chapter 1 Introduction

    l.1 Organic Compounds and Organic Chemistry

    1.2 Bonding in Organic Compound

    1.3 Attractions between Molecules

    1.4 Classification and Reaction Types of Organic Compounds

    1.5 Acid-Base Theory

    Additional Problems

Chapter 2 The Alkanes and Cycloalkanes

    2.1 Alkanes

    2.2 Cycloalkanes

    Essay: Radical in Biology, Medicine and Industry

    Additional Problems

Chapter 3 Alkenes and Alkynes 

    3.1 Structure of Alkenes and Alkynes  

    3.2 Nomenclature of Alkenes and Alkynes

    3.3 Cis-Trans Isomerism in Alkenes

    3.4 Electronic Effect

    3.5 Resonance Structure

    3.6 Physical Properties of Alkenes and Aikynes

    3.7 Chemical Properties of Alkenes and Alkynes 

    3.8 Conjugated Dienes

    Essay: Terpenes--Naturally Occurring Alkenes

    Additional Problems

Chapter 4 Aromatic Compounds

    4.1 Benzene. Structure and Bonding

    4.2 Nomenclature of Aromatic Compounds

    4.3 Physical Properties of Aromatic Compounds

    4.4 Chemical Properties of Aromatic Compounds       

    4.5 Fused-Ring Aromatic Hydrocarbons

    4.6 Aromaticity - Huckel Rule

    Essay: Cancer and Carcinogens

    Additional Problems 

Chapter 5 Enantiomerism

    5.1 Enantiomers

    5.2 Measurement of Optical Activity

    5.3 Representation of Enantiomer--Fischer Projection Formula

    5.4 Nomenclature of Enantiomer

    5.5 Stereoisomers with Two Chiral Carbon Atoms

    5.6 Enantiomers without Chiral Carbon Atoms

    5.7 Enantiomers in Cyclic Compounds..-.

    5.8 Properties of Enantiomer

    5.9 Resolution of Enantiomers

    5.10 Reform of Chiral Molecules and Biological Function

    Essay: Stereoisomerism in the Biological World

    Additional Problems

Chapter 6 Halohydrocarbons

    6.1  Classification and Nomenclature of Halohydrocarbons

    6.2 Physical Properties of Halohydrocarbons   

    6.3 Chemical Properties of Halohydrocarbons

    Essay: Naturally Occurring Organohalogen Compounds

    Additional Problems  

 Chapter7 Alcohols, Phenols, and Ethers.

    7.1 Alcohols

    7.2 Phenols 

    7.3 Ethers  

    7.4 Epoxides

    7.5 Sulfur Analogues of Alcohols and Ethers: Thiols and Sulfides

    Essay: Measuring Blood Alcohol

    Addition Problems    

Chapter 8 Aldehydes and Ketones 

    8.1 Classification and Nomenclature of Aldehydes and Ketones

    8.2 Structure of Aldehydes and Ketones

    8.3 Physical Properties of Aldehydes and Ketones

    8.4 Chemical Properties of Aldehydes and Ketones

    Essay: Some Biological Nucleophilic Addition Reaction

    Addition Problems

Chapter 9 Carboxylic Acids and Substituted Acids

    9.1 Carboxylic Acids

    9.2 Hydroxy Acids

    9.3 Keto-Acids

    Essay: Food Preservatives 

    Additional Problems

Chapter 10 Derivatives of Carboxylic Acids 

    10.1 Classification and Structure of Carboxylic Acid Derivatives

    10.2 Nomenclature of Carboxylic Acid Derivatives

    10.3 Physical Properties of Carboxylic Acid Derivatives

    10.4 Chemical Properties of Carboxylic Acid Derivatives

    10.5 Urea and Barbiturates

    Essay: Aspirin and Other Analgesics

    Additional Problems

Chapter 11 Amines 

    11.1 Classification and Nomenclature of Amines

    11.2 Structure of Amines

    11.3 Physical Properties of Amines

    11.4 Chemical Properties of A mines

    11.5 Aromatic Diazonium Salts

    11.6 Alkaloids

    Essay: Local Anesthetics and Cocaine

    Additional Problems

Chapter 12 Spectroscopy of Organic Compounds

   12.1 General Principle of Absorption Spectra      

   12.2 Ultraviolet -Visible Spectra

   12.3 Infrared Spectra

   12.4 Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectra 

   12.5 Mass Spectrometry

   Essay: Magnetic Resonance Imaging

   Additional Problems 

Chapter 13 Heterocyeles

   13.1 Classification and Nomenclature of Heterocycles

   13,2 Structure and Properties of Five-Membered Aromatic Heterocycles

   13.3 Structure and Properties of Pyridine and Pyrimidine ~

   13.4 Fused-Heterocyclic Compounds

   13.5 The SulfaDrugs

   Additional Problems

Chapter !4 Cadrbohydrates.

   14.1 Classification and Nomenclature of Carbohydrates  

   14.2 Monosaccharides

   14.3 Disaccharides and Polysaccharides

   Essay: Diabetes and:Low-Calorie Sweeteners

   Additional Problems

Chapter 15 Lipids                   

   15.1 Fats and Oils--Triacylglycerols 

   15.2 Waxes   

   15.3 Phospholipids

   15.4 Steroids       

   15.5 Steroid Hormones

   Essay: Errors in the Metabolism of Fatty Acids-Lorenzo's Oil

   Additional Problems          

Chapter 16 Amino Acids, Peptides and Proteins

   16.1 Amino Acids

   16.2 Peptides

   16.3 Proteins     

   Essay: Sickle Cell AnemianA Biochemical Disease and Mad Cow Disease

   Additional Problems  

Chapter 17 Nucleic Acids          

   17.1 The Chemical Structure and Classification of Nucleic Acids

    17.2 Nucleosides and Nucleotides

   17.3 The Hierarchy of Nucleic Acid Structure 

   17.4 Physical and Chemical Properties of Nucleic Acids

    Essay: The Human Genome Project 

   Additional Problems

 Index