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Organic Chemistry As a Second Language: First Semester Topics Paperback – 19 April 2016

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Readers continue to turn to Klein's Organic Chemistry as a Second Language: First Semester Topics, 4th Editionbecause it enables them to better understand fundamental principles, solve problems, and focus on what they need to know to succeed. This edition explores the major principles in the field and explains why they are relevant. It is written in a way that clearly shows the patterns in organic chemistry so that readers can gain a deeper conceptual understanding of the material. Topics are presented clearly in an accessible writing style along with numerous hands-on problem solving exercises.

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19 April 2016
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15.49 x 1.52 x 23.11 cm
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400 pages
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David Klein is a lecturer at Johns Hopkins University where he teaches Organic and General Chemistry. He is a dynamic and creative teacher and uses analogy to help students grasp difficult topics. Klein's unique informal voice and manner of presentation help students truly master key topics in this course. He is also the author of Organic Chemistry as a Second Language; response to this book has been phenomenal.

About the Author

David Klein is a lecturer at Johns Hopkins University where he teaches Organic and General Chemistry. He is a dynamic and creative teacher and uses analogy to help students grasp difficult topics. Klein's unique informal voice and manner of presentation help students truly master key topics in this course. He is also the author of Organic Chemistry as a Second Language; response to this book has been phenomenal.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Wiley; 4th edition (19 April 2016)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 400 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1119110661
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1119110668
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 15.49 x 1.52 x 23.11 cm

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David Klein is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Chemistry at The Johns Hopkins University where he has taught organic chemistry since 1999. Having worked with thousands of students, he has intense first-hand knowledge of how they learn and the difficulties they encounter. He received his bachelor’s degree in chemistry from The Johns Hopkins University and his PhD from the University of California at Los Angeles under the supervision of Professor

Orville Chapman. Motivated by his experiences teaching organic chemistry as a graduate student at UCLA, David wrote Organic Chemistry as a Second Language (John Wiley & Sons, 2004, updated 2nd edition published in 2008), which has become a highly valued student study resource. David has received numerous teaching awards at both UCLA and Johns Hopkins for his unique, skill-building approach to organic chemistry instruction. David is married, with five children, and enjoys skiing, scuba-diving, and Tae Kwon Do.

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Tenczyn

Impenetrable - This is an advanced textbook

Reviewed in Australia on 3 March 2019

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I purchased this text, as well as the second one (Second Semester Topics) on a recommendation that it was an excellent book for those who don't have a background in chemistry but who want to fast track their knowledge. Having purchased both of the books in the series, I found the treatment of topics to be virtually incomprehensible. No introduction, no 'baby steps'. It is a book for those who already know the material. If chemistry is your thing, then you may find something that is interesting or useful. It is NOT a primer for the uninitiated.

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Eric

AMAZING

Reviewed in the United States on 26 December 2023

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Such a well-written, easy-to-follow book! Made me fall in love with ochem!

Paul

Must Have for University Organic Chemistry

Reviewed in Canada on 2 September 2020

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I bought this book first and it got me through first term Orgo. My University uses the Klein textbook, so this book is perfect, It walks you through the course in the same order as the textbooks, but with more straightforward examples and the practice problems build you up nicely, rather than how they jump to impossible super quick in the text book. I can't recommend this and the second term version enough. They're expensive, but kept Orgo from destroying my GPA

Lilly

Just brilliant!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 14 May 2017

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I have the second part as well, both are just simply brilliant in the way that everything is structured! Very pleased with the purchase, I would recommend it to anyone who would like to study organic chemistry.

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Belly Dancer

Dont be a victim

Reviewed in Canada on 19 April 2019

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I failed my Organic chemistry class because the study book we were told to buy was mainly focused on theory. There were only 3-4 exercises per chapter which is not enough to learn such a vast topic. I bought this book and next semester I will give that class another go. I wish I saw this book before taking the class.

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You need this for the basics

Reviewed in the United States on 14 February 2018

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Some of the basics like the line structures, shorter way of drawing the compound, are really important and the problems that Klein gives you help a ton, as my professor didn’t assign any problems to learn them, and next lecture he assumed everyone knew how to do it, and I was grateful that I had practiced as the book shows you in the firs time chapter also, and I started going over it the day before the 2nd class of the semester. But for everyone else I the class, I could see how they would feel, as he never mentioned it the first class, so how could they know it was what they had to learn, by the 2nd class no less. I lucked out studying it early, as it was something I never did. Also the rest of the semester and even now the 2nd semester o-chem II, he has never taught it, just expects you to know it.
Also some of the material he just explains better or simpler, it is how when you study you would try to explain it to yourself
Some was better taught by my professor but I doubt that anyone else would have the same kind. So it really helps as the problems build off slowly, while the book or lab might be way harder, here it builds to it slowly, so hard problems you just know how to handle for the most part
the naming is maybe on the things that’s differently explained, as we didn’t do naming on some of the stuff he goes over here, but he also introduces the order differently, from gen chem II I got good at naming so I could tell he’s just approaching it from a different perspective but someone that news might have a harder time grasping it with this order

Just memorize the reactions, as learning how to derive the machism doesn’t help you much, you can but, just to save yourself time to do something more fun

Tip for second semester
Start covering Spectrum’s before it starts, the second semester book, which is more expensive, starts with aromatic ring (also common names of some) but we started with UV Spectrascopy, then IR, the NMR( which has 13C, and H(is), as derivatives following the same logic), Mass Spectrometry, but the time to really handle and understand is way longer than the time one would expect to cover, while also studying for other classes is almost impossible. If you don’t really want to cover this
then just do NMR as it can be tricker than the rest
And/ Or Mass spectrometry as it is also tricky
All before the semester begins
It’s almost like a physics problem as you really have to know what each part means to keep doing the rest

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