Organic Chemistry 10th edition

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John McMurry
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  • Chapter I: Introduction
    • I: Getting Set Up
    • I: Question Types
    • I: Submitting Answers
    • I: Chemical Drawings
    • 1.5: Describing Chemical Bonds: Valence Bond Theory
    • 1.6: sp3 Hybrid Orbitals and the Structure of Methane
    • 1.7: sp3 Hybrid Orbitals and the Structure of Ethane
    • 1.8: sp2 Hybrid Orbitals and the Structure of Ethylene
    • 1.9: sp Hybrid Orbitals and the Structure of Acetylene
    • 1.10: Hybridization of Nitrogen, Oxygen, Phosphorus, and Sulfur
    • 1.11: Describing Chemical Bonds: Molecular Orbital Theory
    • 1.12: Drawing Chemical Structures
    • 1: End-of-Chapter Problems
    • 1: Additional Questions
    • 1: Multimedia

  • Chapter 1: Structure and Bonding
    • 1.1: Atomic Structure: The Nucleus
    • 1.2: Atomic Structure: Orbitals
    • 1.3: Atomic Structure: Electron Configurations
    • 1.4: Development of Chemical Bonding Theory
    • 1.5: Describing Chemical Bonds: Valence Bond Theory
    • 1.6: sp3 Hybrid Orbitals and the Structure of Methane
    • 1.7: sp3 Hybrid Orbitals and the Structure of Ethane
    • 1.8: sp2 Hybrid Orbitals and the Structure of Ethylene
    • 1.9: sp Hybrid Orbitals and the Structure of Acetylene
    • 1.10: Hybridization of Nitrogen, Oxygen, Phosphorus, and Sulfur
    • 1.11: Describing Chemical Bonds: Molecular Orbital Theory
    • 1.12: Drawing Chemical Structures
    • 1: End-of-Chapter Problems
    • 1: Additional Questions
    • 1: Drawing Questions

  • Chapter 2: Polar Covalent Bonds; Acids and Bases
    • 2.1: Polar Covalent Bonds and Electronegativity
    • 2.2: Polar Covalent Bonds and Dipole Moments
    • 2.3: Formal Charges
    • 2.4: Resonance
    • 2.5: Rules for Resonance Forms
    • 2.6: Drawing Resonance Forms
    • 2.7: Acids and Bases: The Brønsted–Lowry Definition
    • 2.8: Acid and Base Strength
    • 2.9: Predicting Acid–Base Reactions from pKa Values
    • 2.10: Organic Acids and Organic Bases
    • 2.11: Acids and Bases: The Lewis Definition
    • 2.12: Noncovalent Interactions between Molecules
    • 2: End-of-Chapter Problems
    • 2: Additional Questions
    • 2: Drawing Questions

  • Chapter 3: Organic Compounds: Alkanes and Their Stereochemistry
    • 3.1: Functional Groups
    • 3.2: Alkanes and Alkane Isomers
    • 3.3: Alkyl Groups
    • 3.4: Naming Alkanes
    • 3.5: Properties of Alkanes
    • 3.6: Conformations of Ethane
    • 3.7: Conformations of Other Alkanes
    • 3: End-of-Chapter Problems
    • 3: Additional Questions
    • 3: Drawing Questions
    • 4: Additional Questions
    • 4: Multimedia

  • Chapter 4: Organic Compounds: Cycloalkanes and Their Stereochemistry
    • 4.1: Naming Cycloalkanes
    • 4.2: Cis–Trans Isomerism in Cycloalkanes
    • 4.3: Stability of Cycloalkanes: Ring Strain
    • 4.4: Conformations of Cycloalkanes
    • 4.5: Conformations of Cyclohexane
    • 4.6: Axial and Equatorial Bonds in Cyclohexane
    • 4.7: Conformations of Monosubstituted Cyclohexanes
    • 4.8: Conformations of Disubstituted Cyclohexanes
    • 4.9: Conformations of Polycyclic Molecules
    • 4: End-of-Chapter Problems
    • 4: Additional Questions
    • 4: Drawing Questions
    • 5: End-of-Chapter Problems
    • 5: Additional Questions
    • 5: Multimedia

  • Chapter 5: Stereochemistry at Tetrahedral Centers
    • 5.1: Enantiomers and the Tetrahedral Carbon
    • 5.2: The Reason for Handedness in Molecules: Chirality
    • 5.3: Optical Activity
    • 5.4: Pasteur's Discovery of Enantiomers
    • 5.5: Sequence Rules for Specifying Configuration
    • 5.6: Diastereomers
    • 5.7: Meso Compounds
    • 5.8: Racemic Mixtures and the Resolution of Enantiomers
    • 5.9: A Review of Isomerism
    • 5.10: Chirality at Nitrogen, Phosphorus, and Sulfur
    • 5.11: Prochirality
    • 5.12: Chirality in Nature and Chiral Environments
    • 5: End-of-Chapter Problems
    • 5: Additional Questions
    • 5: Drawing Questions

  • Chapter 6: An Overview of Organic Reactions
    • 6.1: Kinds of Organic Reactions
    • 6.2: How Organic Reactions Occur: Mechanisms
    • 6.3: Polar Reactions
    • 6.4: An Example of a Polar Reaction: Addition of HBr to Ethylene
    • 6.5: Using Curved Arrows in Polar Reaction Mechanisms
    • 6.6: Radical Reactions
    • 6.7: Describing a Reaction: Equilibria, Rates, and Energy Changes
    • 6.8: Describing a Reaction: Bond Dissociation Energies
    • 6.9: Describing a Reaction: Energy Diagrams and Transition States
    • 6.10: Describing a Reaction: Intermediates
    • 6.11: A Comparison Between Biological Reactions and Laboratory Reactions
    • 6: End-of-Chapter Problems
    • 6: Additional Questions
    • 6: Drawing Questions

  • Chapter 7: Alkenes: Structure and Reactivity
    • 7.1: Industrial Preparation and Use of Alkenes
    • 7.2: Calculating the Degree of Unsaturation
    • 7.3: Naming Alkenes
    • 7.4: Cis–Trans Isomerism in Alkenes
    • 7.5: Alkene Stereochemistry and the E,Z Designation
    • 7.6: Stability of Alkenes
    • 7.7: Electrophilic Addition Reactions of Alkenes
    • 7.8: Orientation of Electrophilic Additions: Markovnikov's Rule
    • 7.9: Carbocation Structure and Stability
    • 7.10: The Hammond Postulate
    • 7.11: Evidence for the Mechanism of Electrophilic Additions: Carbocation Rearrangements
    • 7: End-of-Chapter Problems
    • 7: Additional Questions
    • 7: Drawing Questions
    • 8: Additional Questions
    • 8: Multimedia

  • Chapter 8: Alkenes: Reactions and Synthesis
    • 8.1: Preparing Alkenes: A Preview of Elimination Reactions
    • 8.2: Halogenation of Alkenes: Addition of X2
    • 8.3: Halohydrins from Alkenes: Addition of HO-X
    • 8.4: Hydration of Alkenes: Addition of H2O by Oxymercuration
    • 8.5: Hydration of Alkenes: Addition of H2O by Hydroboration
    • 8.6: Reduction of Alkenes: Hydrogenation
    • 8.7: Oxidation of Alkenes: Epoxidation and Hydroxylation
    • 8.8: Oxidation of Alkenes: Cleavage to Carbonyl Compounds
    • 8.9: Addition of Carbenes to Alkenes: Cyclopropane Synthesis
    • 8.10: Radical Additions to Alkenes: Chain-Growth Polymers
    • 8.11: Biological Additions of Radicals to Alkenes
    • 8.12: Reaction Stereochemistry: Addition of H2O to an Achiral Alkene
    • 8.13: Reaction Stereochemistry: Addition of H2O to a Chiral Alkene
    • 8: End-of-Chapter Problems
    • 8: Additional Questions
    • 8: Drawing Questions

  • Chapter 9: Alkynes: An Introduction to Organic Synthesis
    • 9.1: Naming Alkynes
    • 9.2: Preparation of Alkynes: Elimination Reactions of Dihalides
    • 9.3: Reactions of Alkynes: Addition of HX and X2
    • 9.4: Hydration of Alkynes
    • 9.5: Reduction of Alkynes
    • 9.6: Oxidative Cleavage of Alkynes
    • 9.7: Alkyne Acidity: Formation of Acetylide Anions
    • 9.8: Alkylation of Acetylide Anions
    • 9.9: An Introduction to Organic Synthesis
    • 9: End-of-Chapter Problems
    • 9: Additional Questions
    • 9: Drawing Questions

  • Chapter 10: Organohalides
    • 10.1: Names and Structures of Alkyl Halides
    • 10.2: Preparing Alkyl Halides from Alkanes: Radical Halogenation
    • 10.3: Preparing Alkyl Halides from Alkenes: Allylic Bromination
    • 10.4: Stability of the Allyl Radical: Resonance Revisited
    • 10.5: Preparing Alkyl Halides from Alcohols
    • 10.6: Reactions of Alkyl Halides: Grignard Reagents
    • 10.7: Organometallic Coupling Reactions
    • 10.8: Oxidation and Reduction in Organic Chemistry
    • 10: End-of-Chapter Problems
    • 10: Additional Questions
    • 10: Drawing Questions
    • 11.12: A Summary of Reactivity: SN1, SN2, E1, E1cB, and E2
    • 11: End-of-Chapter Problems
    • 11: Additional Questions
    • 11: Multimedia

  • Chapter 11: Reactions of Alkyl Halides: Nucleophilic Substitutions and Eliminations
    • 11.1: The Discovery of Nucleophilic Substitution Reactions
    • 11.2: The SN2 Reaction
    • 11.3: Characteristics of the SN2 Reaction
    • 11.4: The SN1 Reaction
    • 11.5: Characteristics of the SN1 Reaction
    • 11.6: Biological Substitution Reactions
    • 11.7: Elimination Reactions: Zaitsev's Rule
    • 11.8: The E2 Reaction and the Deuterium Isotope Effect
    • 11.9: The E2 Reaction and Cyclohexane Conformation
    • 11.10: The E1 and E1cB Reactions
    • 11.11: Biological Elimination Reactions
    • 11.12: A Summary of Reactivity: SN1, SN2, E1, E1cB, and E2
    • 11: End-of-Chapter Problems
    • 11: Additional Questions
    • 11: Drawing Questions

  • Chapter 12: Structure Determination: Mass Spectrometry and Infrared Spectroscopy
    • 12.1: Mass Spectrometry of Small Molecules: Magnetic-Sector Instruments
    • 12.2: Interpreting Mass Spectra
    • 12.3: Mass Spectrometry of Some Common Functional Groups
    • 12.4: Mass Spectrometry in Biological Chemistry: Time-of-Flight (TOF) Instruments
    • 12.5: Spectroscopy and the Electromagnetic Spectrum
    • 12.6: Infrared Spectroscopy
    • 12.7: Interpreting Infrared Spectra
    • 12.8: Infrared Spectra of Some Common Functional Groups
    • 12: End-of-Chapter Problems
    • 12: Additional Questions
    • 12: Drawing Questions

  • Chapter 13: Structure Determination: Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
    • 13.1: Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
    • 13.2: The Nature of NMR Absorptions
    • 13.3: Chemical Shifts
    • 13.4: Chemical Shifts in 1H NMR Spectroscopy
    • 13.5: Integration of 1H NMR Absorptions: Proton Counting
    • 13.6: Spin–Spin Splitting in 1H NMR Spectra
    • 13.7: 1H NMR Spectroscopy and Proton Equivalence
    • 13.8: More Complex Spin–Spin Splitting Patterns
    • 13.9: Uses of 1H NMR Spectroscopy
    • 13.10: 13C NMR Spectroscopy: Signal Averaging and FT–NMR
    • 13.11: Characteristics of 13C NMR Spectroscopy
    • 13.12: DEPT 13C NMR Spectroscopy
    • 13.13: Uses of 13C NMR Spectroscopy
    • 13: End-of-Chapter Problems
    • 13: Additional Questions
    • 13: Drawing Questions

  • Chapter 14: Conjugated Compounds and Ultraviolet Spectroscopy
    • 14.1: Stability of Conjugated Dienes: Molecular Orbital Theory
    • 14.2: Electrophilic Additions to Conjugated Dienes: Allylic Carbocations
    • 14.3: Kinetic versus Thermodynamic Control of Reactions
    • 14.4: The Diels–Alder Cycloaddition Reaction
    • 14.5: Characteristics of the Diels–Alder Reaction
    • 14.6: Diene Polymers: Natural and Synthetic Rubbers
    • 14.7: Ultraviolet Spectroscopy
    • 14.8: Interpreting Ultraviolet Spectra: The Effect of Conjugation
    • 14.9: Conjugation, Color, and the Chemistry of Vision
    • 14: End-of-Chapter Problems
    • 14: Additional Questions
    • 14: Drawing Questions

  • Chapter 15: Benzene and Aromaticity
    • 15.1: Naming Aromatic Compounds
    • 15.2: Structure and Stability of Benzene
    • 15.3: Aromaticity and the Hückel 4n + 2 Rule
    • 15.4: Aromatic Ions
    • 15.5: Aromatic Heterocycles: Pyridine and Pyrrole
    • 15.6: Polycyclic Aromatic Compounds
    • 15.7: Spectroscopy of Aromatic Compounds
    • 15: End-of-Chapter Problems
    • 15: Additional Questions
    • 15: Drawing Questions

  • Chapter 16: Chemistry of Benzene: Electrophilic Aromatic Substitution
    • 16.1: Electrophilic Aromatic Substitution Reactions: Bromination
    • 16.2: Other Aromatic Substitutions
    • 16.3: Alkylation and Acylation of Aromatic Rings: The Friedel–Crafts Reaction
    • 16.4: Substituent Effects in Electrophilic Substitutions
    • 16.5: Trisubstituted Benzenes: Additivity of Effects
    • 16.6: Nucleophilic Aromatic Substitution
    • 16.7: Benzyne
    • 16.8: Oxidation of Aromatic Compounds
    • 16.9: Reduction of Aromatic Compounds
    • 16.10: Synthesis of Polysubstituted Benzenes
    • 16: End-of-Chapter Problems
    • 16: Additional Questions
    • 16: Drawing Questions

  • Chapter 17: Alcohols and Phenols
    • 17.1: Naming Alcohols and Phenols
    • 17.2: Properties of Alcohols and Phenols
    • 17.3: Preparation of Alcohols: A Review
    • 17.4: Alcohols from Carbonyl Compounds: Reduction
    • 17.5: Alcohols from Carbonyl Compounds: Grignard Reaction
    • 17.6: Reactions of Alcohols
    • 17.7: Oxidation of Alcohols
    • 17.8: Protection of Alcohols
    • 17.9: Phenols and Their Uses
    • 17.10: Reactions of Phenols
    • 17.11: Spectroscopy of Alcohols and Phenols
    • 17: End-of-Chapter Problems
    • 17: Additional Questions
    • 17: Drawing Questions

  • Chapter 18: Ethers and Epoxides; Thiols and Sulfides
    • 18.1: Names and Properties of Ethers
    • 18.2: Preparing Ethers
    • 18.3: Reactions of Ethers: Acidic Cleavage
    • 18.4: Cyclic Ethers: Epoxides
    • 18.5: Reactions of Epoxides: Ring-Opening
    • 18.6: Crown Ethers
    • 18.7: Thiols and Sulfides
    • 18.8: Spectroscopy of Ethers
    • 18: End-of-Chapter Problems
    • 18: Additional Questions
    • 18: Drawing Questions

  • Chapter 19: Aldehydes and Ketones: Nucleophilic Addition Reactions
    • 19.1: Naming Aldehydes and Ketones
    • 19.2: Preparing Aldehydes and Ketones
    • 19.3: Oxidation of Aldehydes and Ketones
    • 19.4: Nucleophilic Addition Reactions of Aldehydes and Ketones
    • 19.5: Nucleophilic Addition of H2O: Hydration
    • 19.6: Nucleophilic Addition of HCN: Cyanohydrin Formation
    • 19.7: Nucleophilic Addition of Hydride and Grignard Reagents: Alcohol Formation
    • 19.8: Nucleophilic Addition of Amines: Imine and Enamine Formation
    • 19.9: Nucleophilic Addition of Hydrazine: The Wolff–Kishner Reaction
    • 19.10: Nucleophilic Addition of Alcohols: Acetal Formation
    • 19.11: Nucleophilic Addition of Phosphorus Ylides: The Wittig Reaction
    • 19.12: Biological Reductions
    • 19.13: Conjugate Nucleophilic Addition to α,β-Unsaturated Aldehydes and Ketones
    • 19.14: Spectroscopy of Aldehydes and Ketones
    • 19: End-of-Chapter Problems
    • 19: Additional Questions
    • 19: Drawing Questions

  • Chapter 20: Carboxylic Acids and Nitriles
    • 20.1: Naming Carboxylic Acids and Nitriles
    • 20.2: Structure and Properties of Carboxylic Acids
    • 20.3: Biological Acids and the Henderson–Hasselbalch Equation
    • 20.4: Substituent Effects on Acidity
    • 20.5: Preparing Carboxylic Acids
    • 20.6: Reactions of Carboxylic Acids: An Overview
    • 20.7: Chemistry of Nitriles
    • 20.8: Spectroscopy of Carboxylic Acids and Nitriles
    • 20: End-of-Chapter Problems
    • 20: Additional Questions
    • 20: Drawing Questions

  • Chapter 21: Carboxylic Acid Derivatives: Nucleophilic Acyl Substitution Reactions
    • 21.1: Naming Carboxylic Acid Derivatives
    • 21.2: Nucleophilic Acyl Substitution Reactions
    • 21.3: Reactions of Carboxylic Acids
    • 21.4: Chemistry of Acid Halides
    • 21.5: Chemistry of Acid Anhydrides
    • 21.6: Chemistry of Esters
    • 21.7: Chemistry of Amides
    • 21.8: Chemistry of Thioesters and Acyl Phosphates: Biological Carboxylic Acid Derivatives
    • 21.9: Polyamides and Polyesters: Step-Growth Polymers
    • 21.10: Spectroscopy of Carboxylic Acid Derivatives
    • 21: End-of-Chapter Problems
    • 21: Additional Questions
    • 21: Drawing Questions

  • Chapter 22: Carbonyl Alpha-Substitution Reactions
    • 22.1: Keto–Enol Tautomerism
    • 22.2: Reactivity of Enols: α-Substitution Reactions
    • 22.3: Alpha Halogenation of Aldehydes and Ketones
    • 22.4: Alpha Bromination of Carboxylic Acids
    • 22.5: Acidity of Alpha Hydrogen Atoms: Enolate Ion Formation
    • 22.6: Reactivity of Enolate Ions
    • 22.7: Alkylation of Enolate Ions
    • 22: End-of-Chapter Problems
    • 22: Additional Questions
    • 22: Drawing Questions

  • Chapter 23: Carbonyl Condensation Reactions
    • 23.1: Carbonyl Condensations: The Aldol Reaction
    • 23.2: Carbonyl Condensations versus Alpha Substitutions
    • 23.3: Dehydration of Aldol Products: Synthesis of Enones
    • 23.4: Using Aldol Reactions in Synthesis
    • 23.5: Mixed Aldol Reactions
    • 23.6: Intramolecular Aldol Reactions
    • 23.7: The Claisen Condensation Reaction
    • 23.8: Mixed Claisen Condensations
    • 23.9: Intramolecular Claisen Condensations: The Dieckmann Cyclization
    • 23.10: Conjugate Carbonyl Additions: The Michael Reaction
    • 23.11: Carbonyl Condensations with Enamines: The Stork Enamine Reaction
    • 23.12: The Robinson Annulation Reaction
    • 23.13: Some Biological Carbonyl Condensation Reactions
    • 23: End-of-Chapter Problems
    • 23: Additional Questions
    • 23: Drawing Questions

  • Chapter 24: Amines and Heterocycles
    • 24.1: Naming Amines
    • 24.2: Structure and Properties of Amines
    • 24.3: Basicity of Amines
    • 24.4: Basicity of Arylamines
    • 24.5: Biological Amines and the Henderson–Hasselbalch Equation
    • 24.6: Synthesis of Amines
    • 24.7: Reactions of Amines
    • 24.8: Reactions of Arylamines
    • 24.9: Heterocyclic Amines
    • 24.10: Spectroscopy of Amines
    • 24: End-of-Chapter Problems
    • 24: Additional Questions
    • 24: Drawing Questions

  • Chapter 25: Biomolecules: Carbohydrates
    • 25.1: Classification of Carbohydrates
    • 25.2: Representing Carbohydrate Stereochemistry: Fischer Projections
    • 25.3: D,L Sugars
    • 25.4: Configurations of the Aldoses
    • 25.5: Cyclic Structures of Monosaccharides: Anomers
    • 25.6: Reactions of Monosaccharides
    • 25.7: The Eight Essential Monosaccharides
    • 25.8: Disaccharides
    • 25.9: Polysaccharides and Their Synthesis
    • 25.10: Some Other Important Carbohydrates
    • 25: End-of-Chapter Problems
    • 25: Additional Questions
    • 25: Drawing Questions

  • Chapter 26: Biomolecules: Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins
    • 26.1: Structures of Amino Acids
    • 26.2: Amino Acids and the Henderson–Hasselbalch Equation: Isoelectric Points
    • 26.3: Synthesis of Amino Acids
    • 26.4: Peptides and Proteins
    • 26.5: Amino Acid Analysis of Peptides
    • 26.6: Peptide Sequencing: The Edman Degradation
    • 26.7: Peptide Synthesis
    • 26.8: Automated Peptide Synthesis: The Merrifield Solid-Phase Method
    • 26.9: Protein Structure
    • 26.10: Enzymes and Coenzymes
    • 26.11: How Do Enzymes Work? Citrate Synthase
    • 26: End-of-Chapter Problems
    • 26: Additional Questions
    • 26: Drawing Questions

  • Chapter 27: Biomolecules: Lipids
    • 27.1: Waxes, Fats, and Oils
    • 27.2: Soap
    • 27.3: Phospholipids
    • 27.4: Prostaglandins and Other Eicosanoids
    • 27.5: Terpenoids
    • 27.6: Steroids
    • 27.7: Biosynthesis of Steroids
    • 27: End-of-Chapter Problems
    • 27: Additional Questions
    • 27: Drawing Questions

  • Chapter 28: Biomolecules: Nucleic Acids
    • 28.1: Nucleotides and Nucleic Acids
    • 28.2: Base Pairing in DNA
    • 28.3: Replication of DNA
    • 28.4: Transcription of DNA
    • 28.5: Translation of RNA: Protein Biosynthesis
    • 28.6: DNA Sequencing
    • 28.7: DNA Synthesis
    • 28.8: The Polymerase Chain Reaction
    • 28: End-of-Chapter Problems
    • 28: Additional Questions
    • 28: Drawing Questions

  • Chapter 29: The Organic Chemistry of Metabolic Pathways
    • 29.1: An Overview of Metabolism and Biochemical Energy
    • 29.2: Catabolism of Triacylglycerols: The Fate of Glycerol
    • 29.3: Catabolism of Triacylglycerols: β-Oxidation
    • 29.4: Biosynthesis of Fatty Acids
    • 29.5: Catabolism of Carbohydrates: Glycolysis
    • 29.6: Conversion of Pyruvate to Acetyl CoA
    • 29.7: The Citric Acid Cycle
    • 29.8: Carbohydrate Biosynthesis: Gluconeogenesis
    • 29.9: Catabolism of Proteins: Deamination
    • 29.10: Some Conclusions about Biological Chemistry
    • 29: End-of-Chapter Problems
    • 29: Additional Questions

  • Chapter 30: Orbitals and Organic Chemistry: Pericyclic Reactions
    • 30.1: Molecular Orbitals of Conjugated Pi Systems
    • 30.2: Electrocyclic Reactions
    • 30.3: Stereochemistry of Thermal Electrocyclic Reactions
    • 30.4: Photochemical Electrocyclic Reactions
    • 30.5: Cycloaddition Reactions
    • 30.6: Stereochemistry of Cycloadditions
    • 30.7: Sigmatropic Rearrangements
    • 30.8: Some Examples of Sigmatropic Rearrangements
    • 30.9: A Summary of Rules for Pericyclic Reactions
    • 30: End-of-Chapter Problems
    • 30: Additional Questions
    • 30: Drawing Questions

  • Chapter 31: Synthetic Polymers
    • 31.1: Chain-Growth Polymers
    • 31.2: Stereochemistry of Polymerization: Ziegler–Natta Catalysts
    • 31.3: Copolymers
    • 31.4: Step-Growth Polymers
    • 31.5: Olefin Metathesis Polymerization
    • 31.6: Intramolecular Olefin Metathesis
    • 31.7: Polymer Structure and Physical Properties
    • 31: End-of-Chapter Problems
    • 31: Additional Questions
    • 31: Drawing Questions

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