TY - BOOK AU - Leffler, John E. TI - A short course in modern organic chemistry AV - QD 25.2 .L44 1973 PY - 1973/// CY - New York PB - The Macmillan Company KW - CHEMISTRY -- ORGANIC N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction -- 1. Ionic and covalent compounds -- 2. Acids and bases -- 3. Isomers and the structure of molecules -- 4. Alkanes and cycloalkanes -- 5. Small rings, alkenes and alkynes -- 6. Aromatic hydrocarbons -- 7. Alcohols, ethers, and phenols -- 8. Aldehydes, ketones and quinones -- 9. optical isomerism -- 10. Carboxylic acids, esters, and related compounds -- 11. Nitrogen compounds -- 12. Introduction to large molecules -- 13. Carbohydrates -- 14. Polyamides, polypeptides, and proteins -- 15. Nucleic Acids -- Index N2 - Organic chemistry is the chemistry of the element carbon and its compounds. The other elements most frequently found in carbon compounds are hydrogen ER -