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Organic Chemistry, Third Edition | 
 enlarge | Author: Maitland Jones
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Category: Book
Buy New: $75.92
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Avg. Customer Rating:  22 reviews
Sales Rank: 364243
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 3rd
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 1500
Shipping Weight (lbs): 5.6
Dimensions (in): 10.2 x 8.4 x 1.7
ISBN: 0393924084
Dewey Decimal Number: 547
EAN: 9780393924084
ASIN: 0393924084
Publication Date: March 2004
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Product Description
Shaped by Maitland Jones's years of classroom experience at Princeton University, Organic Chemistry remains committed to helping students understand—rather than memorize—the fundamental concepts of organic chemistry. Retaining the authoritative coverage, informal style, and abundance of carefully annotated figures of its predecessors, this Third Edition strives for even greater accessibility with a clean new design, new pedagogy, and enhanced treatment of topics like acids and bases, synthesis, and spectroscopy.
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 orgo book review October 9, 2008
Seller was quick to ship my books. Books arrived in the correct condition I was informed they would arrive in. Seller had the cheapest deal for the Jones organic chemistry book and solutions manuel. Very satisfied.
Textbook September 28, 2008
The textbook came to me in a reasonable amount of time and was labeled in the condition I received it in.
Chemistry Book September 9, 2008
Well, it is a chemistry book. I'm taking the class. It isn't that fun. But this book will obviously be a good investment for anyone taking this class and in need of this book. Hope this helps anyone out that's about to buy this! Happy shopping!
One of the best organic texts out there August 24, 2008
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
You have probably noticed that NO organic texts seem to get a "Gold Medal" from anyone. The subject in itself probably forbids that. However, Jone's (the author, Maitland Jones) attempt is one of the better ones. If you can get you hands on the solutions manual you will notice how well and thorough it is written. He not only gives the answers, but also the complete mechanisms and explanations. In some cases he steps in areas where his explanations are rather weak, but he does try to explain the subject, if not ever so briefly. He has the topic of stereochemistry all over the text which could be a good idea, but not when the concept he is using has never been mentioned or covered previously. Practically every chemistry professor says Morrison and Boyd are copied by everyone else in the writing of these colossal texts, but that does not apply here. I believe the author should use a few more applicable example problems available in medicinal chemistry as he goes along-- to increase interest in his topics. He seems to forget sometimes who exactly are taking these o chem courses--our future doctors, pharmacists, and chemists!! He should "tilt" his message with a few more examples they might appreciate to illustration how they are used in contemporary settings. Also he expands on topics that are really not that important in a first or second semester student's list of things to know. One very odd thing I did notice is in some cases, the book is rather disorganized or "out of order". On page 170 or so he introduces early cycyohexane axial hydrogens and goes into good detail about how forms of this compound exist. Then, almost 500 pages later in the book, around page 687 or so he is telling you things he should have explained much earlier in the text about the same subject when he is talking about NMR. Even in the newest edition he chooses this method when they should be placed together in explanation much earlier in Chapter 5. This needs to be corrected. One final flaw is that there are NOT enough chapter ending questions. The only way one will 'learn' organic chemistry is to practice doing problems, and Jones does not have enough problems, nor does he challedge the student enough with the ones he does have. Also he forgets at times that organic chem is NOT just blackboard chemistry, there is a a living, breathing, laboratory science which it validates. There are better organic chemistry books out there, but this text is certainly well written for the most part and could serve as a primary text for class. guyairey
An amazing organic chemistry text! August 4, 2003
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
Dr. Jones's text is the best chemistry textbook I have used to date. This text is excellent for anyone taking sophomore/junior level undergraduate organic chemistry or for anyone who needs a comprehensive overview of the basics of organic chemistry. It is very readable and easy to follow; Dr. Jones's style of addressing the reader directly gives the text a personal feel to it. Highly recommended to any student of organic chemistry!! A superb textbook.
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