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The document is the seventh edition of 'Organic Chemistry' by Robert Thornton Morrison and Robert Neilson Boyd, adapted for the Indian subcontinent. It includes sections on the fundamentals of organic chemistry, structural theory, and various topics related to organic compounds. The book is published by Dorling Kindersley (India) Pvt. Ltd and is intended for sale only in specific South Asian countries.

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Organic Chemistry: Seventh Edition

The document is the seventh edition of 'Organic Chemistry' by Robert Thornton Morrison and Robert Neilson Boyd, adapted for the Indian subcontinent. It includes sections on the fundamentals of organic chemistry, structural theory, and various topics related to organic compounds. The book is published by Dorling Kindersley (India) Pvt. Ltd and is intended for sale only in specific South Asian countries.

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SEVENTH EDITION

Organic Chemistry

Robert Thornton Morrison


Robert Neilson Boyd
New York University

S. K. Bhattacharjee
Gauhati University

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Authorized adaptation from the United States edition, entitled Organic Chemistry 6th Edition,
ISBN: 0136436692 by Morrison, Robert Thornton; Boyd, Robert Neilson; published by Pearson
Education, Inc., publishing as Prentice Hall © 1992

Indian Subcontinent Adaptation


Copyright © 2011 Dorling Kindersley (India) Pvt. Ltd

This book is sold subject to the condition that it shall not, by way of trade or otherwise, be lent,
resold, hired out, or otherwise circulated without the publisher’s prior written consent in any form
of binding or cover other than that in which it is published and without a similar condition
including this condition being imposed on the subsequent purchaser and without limiting the rights
under copyright reserved above, no part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in or
introduced into a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means (electronic,
mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise), without the prior written permission of both
the copyright owner and the above-mentioned publisher of this book.

Pearson Prentice Hall™ is a trademark of Pearson Education, Inc.


Pearson® is a registered trademark of Pearson Plc.
Prentice Hall® is a registered trademark of Pearson Education, Inc.

ISBN 978-81-317-0481-3

10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

This edition is manufactured in India and is authorized for sale only in India, Bangladesh,
Bhutan, Pakistan, Nepal, Sri Lanka and the Maldives.

Published by Dorling Kindersley (India) Pvt. Ltd., licensees of Pearson Education in South Asia.

Head Office: 7th Floor, Knowledge Boulevard, A-8(A), Sector – 62, Noida, UP 201309, India.
Registered Office: 11 Community Centre, Panchsheel Park, New Delhi 110 017, India.

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Contents

Preface xxv
Acknowledgements xxix
List of Reviewers xxxi

PART ONE
Fundamentals of Organic Chemistry
1 Structures of Organic Compounds 3
1.1 Organic chemistry 3
1.2 Structures and properties of molecules 5
1.3 Isomerism 6
1.4 Nomenclature of organic compounds 8

2 Structural Theory 15
2.1 Introduction 15
2.2 The chemical bond before 1926 16
2.3 Quantum mechanics 17
2.4 Shapes of atomic orbitals 18
2.5 Electronic configuration. Pauli exclusion principle 19
2.6 Molecular orbitals 20
2.7 The covalent bond 20
2.8 Types of MOs 22
2.9 Hybridization of orbitals 23
2.10 Hybridization and overlap 25
2.11 Energies of hybridization 26
2.12 Parameters of molecular geometry 26

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