Organic Nomenclature: A Programmed Introduction (6th Edition) | 
| Author: James Traynham
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Category: Book
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Media: Paperback
Edition: 6
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Pages: 160
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Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 7.4 x 0.5
ISBN: 0130178683
Dewey Decimal Number: 547.0014
EAN: 9780130178688
ASIN: 0130178683
Publication Date: March 28, 2008
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Organic Nomenclature: A Programmed Introduction, 6/e provides correct, up-to-date nomenclature usage. It emphasizes the rules, styles, and details of IUPAC names -- such as punctuation and spacing -- which are used almost exclusively in Chemical Abstracts indexing. The book includes a separate treatment of functional group classes and combines coverage of aliphatic and aromatic compounds. It focuses more on systematic nomenclature than on unsystematic names that may have little use in the future.
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 Great book! October 21, 2007
very helpful nomenclature book.Gives several examples and cos its a workbook, studying it is very effective and casual. can be a bit too much tho! Def a wonderful tool for Organic nomenclature!
 A Fast Way to Learn Organic Nomenclature September 24, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I first found this book in its first edition about 35 years ago and have never forgotten how easy it made getting an A in Organic Chemistry. It is my most memorable textbook of all time. All I needed then was this book and an understanding of positive/negative attraction, and I did not need to grind over every reaction type in study time. I examined the molecules on my tests and easily figured out what they would do. Today's Organic Chemistry is a larger, more techical subject, but the first key is still nomencalture.
Now my child is grown and I'm back in college, taking a more advanced Organic Chemistry class to prepare for PhD study. I remembered the "programmed approach" and found the book again, delighted to discover a current edition. Once again, the book is enabling me to catch up quickly on nomenclature, the key to any subject.
It is light-weight so it goes with me anywhere, so I can study on the train to school. It also has nice easy steps, so I find I can still work on this when my mind is too tired from other study to absorb anything else.
The major key to this book's learning-accelerating power is its "programmed approach," emphasized in the first edition, but ignored in the current one, as the authors are used to it and have forgotten what a breakthrough this is. The "programmed approach" itself is something worth knowing about, as it is a real breakthrough in teaching, and should be applied to the rest of your subjects--especially the logical ones like mathematics and chemistry.
A programmed approach teaches you one small thing in a short paragraph and then asks you to figure out the answer to a simple question or two as you go along. The answer is usually obvious so you get it right, training your mind correctly. The answer key is right there so you check continually and keep yourself on track. This makes learning fun and fast.
To have if you are a student in Organic Chemistry April 26, 2007
Practice, practice, practice from the book. Perfect complement.
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