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We will use the following textbook:
Organic Chemistry: A Tenth Edition by John McMurry
Published by OpenStax
ISBN 9781711471853
Link to PDF & other resources: https://openstax.org/details/books/organic-chemistry
View the book online: https://openstax.org/books/organic-chemistry/pages/dedication-and-preface
Note: most organic chemistry textbooks are quite similar to each other in terms of core content, differing in order of topics, clarity of explanations, verbosity, cultural digressions, and extent and quality of problems. Many have far too much information. The OpenStax textbook prioritizes streamlined clarity. Textbooks generally differ very little from one edition to the next. Any textbook that will be studied is better than a textbook that will not. There is an after-market of used textbooks, typically a couple of editions old but still perfectly fine, and which cost very little, should you wish a book to complement the OpenStax textbook.
Recommended model kit:
Organic Chemistry Molecular Model Set (140 Pieces) from Mega Molecules, LLC.
*available on Amazon
Kit requirements:
– ≥14 carbon atoms
– ability to make double/triple bonds
– sufficient robustness for comparison of structures
– ease of assembly and disassembly
– “other” atoms such as F, Cl, Br, I, S, N, O
Note: There are many model kits, and the key objective is that you feel comfortable using one, so any kit you will use is better than no kit. Some models look terrific but are hard to assemble and disassemble. Others use plastic straws for bonds and are quite fragile – a structure can be composed but will often fall apart upon rotating the bonds, as we will do for structure comparisons. Others meet all of the above criteria but are too small to see key structural features. Others are too large to bring to class.
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