Organic Chemistry

livro muito bom e em optimo estado. W.G.Solomons é o Pai da quimica e este um clássico sem dúvida. para estudar não há melhor, ilustrações muito boas que nos ajudam a visualizar muito bem as cenas. recomendo vivamente.

I've read Wade, Hornback, the book authored by the UC Berkeley profs, and this one. This is the best of the lot. Excellent explanations Good balance of concepts, examples, problems, applications to real world chem issues, etc. Hornback was too simplistic, and won't get you to where you need to be for the ACS exam. It's a good 2nd book and has lots of practice questions. Wade and the UC Berkeley books were poorly written. Some of the reviews noted the lack of something. Remember, this is an undergrad text, and most of the students will get into med school and never use this stuff again. If 1300 pages is your idea of a lap read, fine. You only have so much space and time in a 2 semester class, and this makes the best use of your time and effort. The solutions manual could be beefed up some.

I used this book in my udergrad. It is a fairly easy to read book. The graphics and diagrams are good, but it wouldn't hurt to improve them a bit. It is filled with lots of examples and practice problems. The bibliographical references are excellent for those who are interested in finding out in more detail about a certain topic.

After using this book for two quarters of organic chemistry at UCLA I am confident in entering my third quarter using this same book. Not only is it vital in order to understand the basics of organic chemistry it is also a great study tool for the MCAT. Solomons presents the material in a matter fact way that is easy to understand. If you are going to study organics this is the book to have!