Oragnic Chemistry - Volhardt and Schore. (Organic Chemistry)

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Product:	Organic Chemistry
Date:	05/03/01 (178 review reads)
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Advantages: Well-laid out, accessible, and easy to use.

Disadvantages: may not cover all material in sufficient depth.

Organic Chemistry by Volhardt and Schore is a solid textbook. It is well-laid out and is a fairly reliable source of information .

Published by the lesser-known Freeman publisher, this book offers a structured approach to organic chemistry by segregating the topics according to functional groups of the molecules.

It gives that basis of the theory, and also has interesting little boxes where the theory or chemicals that you have just learnt about are shown in their industrial or real-life uses.

Questions are given throughout each of the chapters, and answers are available in the back of the book to test your knowledge of the subject.

As a first year undergraduate I find this textbook quite accessible and easy to use. Obviously the degree to which this book helps you will depend upon the content of your course somewhat; however, I believe that the book will cater to most peoples’ needs quite well.

The book is colourful, well-laid out, and to my knowledge is only available as a hardback version.

Summing up: good foundations are provided for almost any undergraduate’s organic chemistry course, and this book is an essential buy!!

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