General organic and biological chemistry 2nd edition pdf download

The content of a chemistry text at this level is unlikely to see drastic changes over time, with the exception of newer techniques and technologies seen in biochemistry. As such, I feel this book would not need updates very often. Perhaps the periodic table given at the end of the text could be updated to be current. The text is written very well. Topics are presented in a clear fashion. The text is written at a level appropriate for the intended audience.

Flowcharts, photos, and figures are well-designed in general. Some tables e. Chapters are written and organized in a very consistent manner. Terminology is up to date and used consistently throughout the text. Each chapter is broken up into sections, followed by a series of practice exercises.

Some readers may find this distracting and choppy, but it is a matter of preference. The chapters are organized in the order typically found in GOB type textbooks, which is just fine. In-text exercises and end-of-chapter questions have the answers given immediately afterwards. I suggest moving the answers to another portion of the book perhaps an appendix.

This would improve student learning, in my opinion. The pdf version of this book does not include a table of contents, nor does it include an index. This makes navigation to a particular topic more difficult unless you happen to know which chapter contains the desired material beforehand. When the book was converted from online to pdf format, the embedded links within the text remain blue in color, suggesting that the links are still active.

However, those links are all inactive. This could be remedied in a number of ways. Other links are embedded in the text such as those on page , and they are active. However, the links might need to be updated, as the material on those webpages does not fit with the context of where they are in the book itself. Figures and tables, in general, seem to have retained their proper formatting during the conversion to pdf.

They seem to be well thought out and convey their information well. Mathematical formulas such as those showing conversion factors are not always consistently formatted…they appear as though they have been copied from one place to another, and appear blurry as a result.

This may be an artifact of the conversion to pdf format. Please note that this review is of the PDF version of this textbook. The online version of this text may not have as many formatting issues. Even though this text is listed as being intended for a one-semester GOB course, I feel it could also be modified for use in a two-semester GOB sequence. The first semester could cover the general chemistry topics, followed by the second semester being half organic chemistry and half biochemistry.

This book should serve the intended audience well. This textbook addresses all the major topics that I would expect to see in a General, Organic, and biological Chemistry textbook. It could benefit from added material in the following areas: chemical reaction rates, organic molecule chirality, It could benefit from added material in the following areas: chemical reaction rates, organic molecule chirality, and nutrition.

The topic coverage compares favorably to other common textbooks used for these courses. The content is very accurate, with very few errors in its treatment of the subject.

More specifically, the content review exercises included with each section are salient and accurate, sometimes giving important context to the material that preceded them.

Many chemical concepts are timeless, but particularly in biochemistry, the pace of advancement is very high. Some of the material related to biochemistry is already dated and should be updated with more modern techniques and examples. This textbook does an excellent job of using short, direct language to express important concepts, avoiding jargon and speaking at the appropriate level for its audience.

This is one of the great strengths of this textbook. It is clear that this textbook originally had one author; it is very consistent and clear in its terminology and tone throughout. This textbook is extremely modular and self-contained; each section stands on its own with internal introductions, concept reviews, exercises, and summaries. You could take any chapter and use it independently or interweave it with other resources.

This textbook follows a very common organizational pattern for General, Organic, and Biological Chemistry textbooks, making it easy to adapt for instructors used to other resources. Within each chapter, topics are presented in a logical manner and build appropriately in complexity. The web interface of the book is clear, well-organized, and accessible. The PDF version has topics span pages without clear breaks for different topics at times, and could use effort at better interactive hyperlinking.

The text has some noticeable typos and formatting errors, but very few hinder comprehension. Core concepts are clearly presented, and the English style and tone is appropriate. I did not observe any topics or discussions in the book that would be considered culturally offensive. For instance, its discussion of genetic diseases was very respectful. This textbook is comprehensive and correct, but barebones. A concerted effort to add 3 to 5 additional exercises and challenge problems to each section of the book would be worthwhile and dramatically increase its impact.

This GOB book is well-written for non-majors who required to learn basic chemistry in a semester. The topics in the book are adequately described without going into much details. The text provides good numbers of exercises relating to real-world The text provides good numbers of exercises relating to real-world problems which I think is beneficial to the students to understand the relevance of the topics.

The introduction of opening essays in the beginning of chapters is a great way to connect the relevance of the information in the chapters with real problems.

There is no index or glossary. The content and the information provided in the book are accurate. However, I find quite a few space errors in the text, especially on page chapter summary section of Chapter Besides answers of the exercise on the page problems- 5, 7, 9, 11 does not match with questions.

The chemistry content in this book should remain relevant for long period of time. It includes up to date information.

The book is written in an accessible way by keeping non-majors chemistry students in the mind. All terms are well-defined and explained in simple yet scientific language.

Each chapter in the book does follow a consistent pattern including Learning objectives, examples, skill-building exercises, concept review exercises and key takeaways. The text, font and language used throughout the book is uniform. The sections and information provided in the book can easily be divided into subsections or reading assignment depending on course requirement. The chapters in the book are written in well-organized and consistent manner. The flow of chapters in the book is logical.

The PDF version of the book offers poor interface. The lack of clickable links for tables and figures is the biggest negative. The resolution of formulas in the text as well as in the problems can be better. This GOB text delivers in providing just what the title denotes.

In this era of having to cram two semesters of material into a one semester course, the text adequately provides basic level content. The text lacks an index and glossary. In the last 13 years, I have had to utilize several GOB texts, as well as textbook written for non-science majors. I would definitely attest to its relevance. Some instructors might like to see more information provided in key areas, but overall, it follows the norm in up to date content.

The text is presented clearly and concise in "bite-size chunks". Students are often intimidated by the subject name as well as the content. These compartmentalized smaller reading sections help students to master concepts before moving on to others too fast.

There were no distortion of images or confusing displays during the review of this text. The navigation capabilities are limited to scrolling only. There were no cultural sensitivity issues detected during my review of this text, based on the lack of cultural material provided. The textbook provides adequate coverage of the topics that would be discussed in a one or two-semester introductory chemistry course for health science or other non-science majors. It presents topics with an appropriate level of discussion and It presents topics with an appropriate level of discussion and provides real-world links to the topics discussed to make the material relevant to students.

There is no glossary or index; however, there are bold-face terms throughout the text, which show definitions as screen tips. The textbook contains up to date information and provides examples and additional information that cover scientific advances from the last decade.

The text is written in plain language, with content specific language as necessary. New technical or scientific terms are defined within the text as presented. The content is divided into sections within each chapter, which facilitates reading and comprehending the material.

Students can be assigned individual sections or groups of sections to read rather than the entire chapter at once. There are pre- and post-checks for each section and the sections reference appropriate material in other sections and chapters.

However, the material easily can be reorganized if necessary. The topics in the textbook are arranged in a logical manner, albeit slightly deviated from the common presentation of general chemistry topics, but pleasantly so. I believe the chosen organization groups all of the related materials and orders them in such a way as to allow the students to get a full understanding of the basic concepts and how they apply across the various types of matter.

There is an unusually high occurrence of broken or missing links to figures and other sections or chapters. There are missing figures and incorrectly placed figure labels. Additionally, the screen tips for the bold-face terms throughout the text show up at the top of the screen beginning of chapter , instead of within the bounds of the paragraph where the term is located, and are usually out of screen view if you are anywhere beyond the first screen worth of text and graphics.

These issues do not, however, take away from the presentation of the material as far as student understanding. The textbook provides a good overview of general, organic and biological chemistry. It is not in-depth, but it provides enough information for an introduction to each of these areas of chemistry.

I think the arrangement of the topics is beneficial and would be interested to know if students respond better to this presentation of material. The chapters could use a larger selection of problems in the End of Chapter Additional Exercises section and there are some interface issues; however, overall, I think this is a good book for general, organic and biochemistry courses.

Has more depth than necessary for my survey course when it comes to general chemistry and adequately covers organic and biochemistry topics. While the understanding of the minute details of biochemistry are often changing, this book does a good job of keeping more of an overview on these topics to maintain relevance. Topics are broken into logical chapters, which in turn have numbered sections. Some of these chapter sections can run long, so having a method to break them up further could be useful.

Distortion on images for chemical equations and molecular structures. Its not book breaking, but some of these are quite fuzzy. Overall the book presents the topics I need for my course, but the presentation is somewhat bare bones as there could be more of an emphasis on applications and maybe some historical context for topics like atomic structure.

Also, visually some improvements could be made as the figures are often blurry and there's a periodic table at the end that is oddly formatted across two pages. This textbook is a great one-semester overview of general, organic, and biochemistry for students needing an introduction to chemistry, such as pre-nursing or exercise science students.

There is enough information for students to get a good, basic There is enough information for students to get a good, basic foundation to chemistry in a short period of time without getting bogged down in too many details.

There is no stand alone index or glossary but within the text there are definitions of bolded and underlined words if you hover over them with the mouse.

There are no errors other than occasional missed spaces throughout the pdf version. A minor annoyance is that the colors of the nucleus and electrons switch between chapter 2 and 4, which could be confusing to students that pay attention to details.

For the most part, this book is relevant and up-to-date. This chemistry content in this textbook is straightforward and presented in a very practical order that can be adapted added to easily when updates become necessary. However, some of the connections to health and chapter introductions will need updates over time to keep up with changes in the health professions.

The organic naming section still uses the older nomenclature however, this is common among all equivalent print GOB textbooks. One out-of-date item is the food pyramid in the last section of chapter 4. This link should be changed to the new guidelines. The text is very practical, clear, and concise, and definitely written with the specific audience in mind.

Difficult concepts and topics are broken down in a way that makes sense without losing the relevant connections for understanding chemistry. Terminology and is consistent throughout.

Each chapter begins with an introduction to the content and ends with a summary of material to review. Each section begins with clear learning objectives and ends with examples, key takeaways, and practice questions with some answers. Within this textbook the chapter content is divided nicely into sections that are the appropriate length and easy to read.

Within each section, there are links to other content in the book. This allows for sections to stand alone, making reorganization into any order easy. The organization of content is appropriate and fitting for a one-semester GOB textbook. The flow of content works well and there are no unnecessary figures interrupting the text. Nuclear chemistry felt a little out of place but it is a chapter that doesn't quite fit in anywhere logically although it fits a little better within the introduction to the structure of atoms.

It would be nice to see more connections to VSEPR and lewis structures in the organic chemistry chapter. It is a good place to review content learned earlier. In addition, there should be a periodic table presented much earlier on and not just in the appendix. It would be really easy to link to any website that has an updated table that students can interact with and learn from. The pdf version had a lot of spacing issues and distorted figures but this did not seem to be an issue in the online version.

Additionally, the format for superscripts on ion symbols was odd in some places, which is a little distracting but should not be confusing. It would be nice to be able to click on figures and zoom in to them separately from the text.

This textbook is definitely designed with the audience in mind, which is much appreciated. Many of the notes and brief descriptions perfectly and clearly break down concepts in a way that is easy for beginning chemistry students to figure out and learn from. In addition, the summary sections at the end of each chapter is very useful and gives students a place to summarize chapter content but also somewhere to start reviewing for exams.

The material is feasible for students without and prerequisite knowledge of the subject but students who are already familiar with the The material is feasible for students without and prerequisite knowledge of the subject but students who are already familiar with the basic parts of GOB Chemistry can also benefit from this textbook.

The authors added multiple high quality activities such as audio-video resources, checklists, MCQs that make the material more interesting and reinforce the learning, comprehension and understanding via critical thinking.

The text also provides many examples with step-by-step solutions in order to answer 'HOW? The book is divided into inorganic, organic and biochemistry parts with some aspects of analytical and physical chemistry as well. The text is accurate. However, some of the hotlinks to additional material do not work and need to be updated. The material is written in a long-lasting way, i. Some links need to be updated but it should be relatively easy with the online textbook format.

Relevance of the material with biomedical research and human health is a nice addition to the text. The textbook is well written, the material is clear and well explained. Applications of multiple graphs and diagrams add to clarify the concepts. The great advantage of this material is the writing style using the basic vocabulary and informal style.

The textbook is very consistent in uniform writing style, presentation of the material and interface as well. Each chapter is presented in the same order i. Also, all important vocabulary is presented in bolded style. The textbook layout is modular with each chapter divided into smaller but complete sub-chapters, clearly separated by topics and activities.

All subtitles are uniform through the text and clearly labeled. The length and depth of each subsection is consistent, creating a relative easy online reading, however the navigation to each section might be more difficult for some students to move around in the text. The textbook is organized in a typical format with initial more general topics, followed by organic and then biochemistry relevant topics. The final chapter provides the connections between previous parts as the book overview.

The layout and a PDF text format is accessible via multiple browsers and operating systems. But based on the font size some of the references posted on the bottom of the page are located differently since some parts are divided by page-beaks. There are virtually no grammatical errors in the text. I found only a few typos that could be easily corrected. The text is not culturally insensitive or offensive at all. I highly recommend it.

The text is appropriate comprehensive, covering all the important concepts for the students enrolled in a GOB course. In addition, the text includes topics of biomedical relevance in an attempt to keep the students interested in the topics In addition, the text includes topics of biomedical relevance in an attempt to keep the students interested in the topics covered in a GOB course. Accuracy is fine. No glaring errors were detected - not uncommon for a GOB textbook since GOB courses cover basic topics in general chemistry, organic chemistry, and biochemistry that have been around for long time.

Relevance and longevity for a GOB textbook are hard to gauge since much of the textbook covers very basic concepts that are not likely to change or "modernize". In this text, chapters and are going to be largely the same in 20 years and were largely the same 20 years ago. Now, chapters 11 and chapters could be updated upon occasion resulting from new discoveries in biomedical science. This reviewer would guess that the chapters covering carbohydrates chapter 16 , nucleic acids chapter 19 , and energy metabolism chapter 20 might emphasize might see important changes in the next 20 years.

Having said that, the basic concepts in these chapters will not change much over a 5-ish year period and any changes would be significant. Longevity for a GOB textbook is more related to issues like the long term survival of GOB courses some universities are phasing out a GOB courses and expectations of the students and faculty from textbooks. In particular, students seem to expect textbooks to be increasing "user friendly" as defined by the students and this expectation will change more rapidly than the materials covered in the chapters.

This text could become "unpopular" for stylistic reasons far more quickly than anything related to the scientific concepts covered in the individual chapters.

Well written and quite clear. The authors have tried very hard to keep in mind the student audience for a GOB course. Consistency is quite good. Again, the authors have kept the student audience in mind and kept terminology consistent.

As anyone who has taught a GOB course knows, it is very easy to confuse this cohort of students with terminology. The authors of this text have done an excellent job, as well as possible, to eliminate this source of confusion with consistent terminology. Outstanding for this text. The authors have done a very nice job of dividing the chapters into smaller modules to ease the students through this material.

One challenge for a GOB course is the breadth of material covered and one way to handle this problem is modules. The authors have done a good job dividing the chapters into appropriate modules.

Organization is fine, except for the chapter on nuclear chemistry chapter To be honest, this is a difficult chapter to place "right" in a GOB course and making chapter 11 the nuclear chemistry chapter is fine. If I were an author, I probably would have placed the chapter right before the carbohydrate chapter, after the students have finished their "path" through organic chemistry.

I would try to use the nuclear chemistry chapter to remind the students of some key concepts out of the earlier general chemistry chapters and used the nuclear chemistry chapter to try and get the students excited about the biochemical chapters - the use of 14C and maybe 3H and 32P in metabolic studies and the use of various isotopes for biomedical imaging.

Also, biochemists use deuterium and 13c a lot in modern biomedical research. Many GOB students assume that all isotopes are radioactive and an instructor can remind the students that all isotopes are not radioactive by discussing 2H, 13C, or 18O in some biochemical context.

Table I detected no grammatical errors in the text, but, to be honest, I did not read every single page with sufficient care to guarantee that the book is completely free of grammatical errors. Cultural relevance is about as good as can be expected for a GOB text. The earlier chapters covering the basics of general and organic chemistry are the same throughout the world and, thus, are hard to place in "cultural" context.

If I taught a GOB course, I would give this text serious consideration for use - especially given the fact that my students would be able to use this text without cost or a minimal cost, if they chose to have a printed copy. This textbook includes all of the essential content needed for a one-semester General, Organic, and Biological Chemistry course. Each of the twenty chapters is divided into concept sections containing learning objectives, examples, skill-building Each of the twenty chapters is divided into concept sections containing learning objectives, examples, skill-building exercises, concept review exercises, and answers.

In addition, each chapter includes appealing features such as the Opening Essay, To Your Health, and Looking Closer that help students make connections with the chemical concepts presented. Although the subject matter is well presented, items such as a table of contents, glossary, and index are absent in this textbook.

The material in the text is accurate, however, some typos exist. Periodically, throughout the text, a reference is made to a figure, but a non-working hyperlink is provided instead. The chemistry content within the textbook should remain appropriate for a long period of time. The information in the chapter Opening Essays help the students see the relevance of the chemical concepts.

Just a few items may need updating. For example, the Opening Essay for chapter 16 contains diabetes statistics that are outdated and the MyPyramid food guidance system in chapter 4 has been replaced by the MyPlate food guidance system.

The framework of the sections within each chapter remains consistent throughout the textbook. Each section contains learning objective s , skill building exercises, concept reviews, end of section exercises, and answers. In addition, each chapter consistently contains features such as the Opening Essay, To Your Health, and Looking Closer, which makes the chapter more appealing for students.

The modularity of the textbook is excellent. The chapters can be easily rearranged to enable a different presentation order of the material if necessary. Every chapter is divided into concept sections with every section containing learning objective s , exercises, and answers. Having the answers attached to each section is more convenient than consistently referring to the end of the chapter or the end of the textbook.

The overall organization of the chapters and the sections within the textbook is very good. There is a logical flow from the foundational material through to the more complex material. Due to the PDF format, the biggest interface issue is the poor maneuverability around the textbook. The need to scroll and the lack of table contents makes it difficult to navigate within the textbook.

A linked access to the table of contents would be helpful. I found the inclusion of non-working hyperlinks as references to be a bit disruptive to the flow of material within a sentence. In addition, a few images are too small and many images are blurry although readable. I did not find the text to be culturally insensitive or offensive in any way. However, the text lacked photos which could serve as a means to include a variety of races, ethnicities, backgrounds, and different genders.

In general, I found the textbook to be an enjoyable read and I feel that it is written at a very appropriate level for GOB students. I liked that the learning objectives are boldly presented at the beginning of each section. Each section is well written and interesting due to the inclusion of health and consumer information.

My suggestions for improvement are: to use more diagrams and figures; to include photos to make the text more visually appealing; and to use more bold subheadings to highlight and draw attention to concepts. With the growing popularity of a one-semester GOB courses in a lot of academic institutions, this introductory book meets all the necessary requirements intended for that course.

The information is presented and organized very well. However, this However, this book has some room for improved navigation within the text. The chapters and the way it was organized and presented should be very accessible to future updates if necessary. The book is written with significant consideration for its potential readers. As an introductory book the topics are clearly presented at a level that is easy to follow throughout the chapter.

The learning outcomes are presented early on with a good end of chapter follow-ups. The text and terminologies are consistent throughout the book. Each chapter follows the same format that should help the reader learn the content as the authors intended.

This book has 20 chapters designed as a one-semester GOB; that is a lot of topics to discuss with good depth. However, this book has a very good flow chapters that you can easily select and tailor topics you wish to highlight or skip. The well-organized sub-chapters with their specific learning outcomes make reorganization even easier. The topics are presented well and the content is comparable to most GOB books currently available.

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With this in mind, they have anticipated where students might stumble, and have paced and organized this text to help them through. Their goal is to make the material interesting and relevant, so students understand the basic chemical principles related to their career.

The authors emphasize problem solving and provide a range of practice exercises. As in previous editions, the text first presents the basic concepts of general chemistry and then moves into organic and biochemistry.

In this edition, the first two sections have been revised primarily to improve explanations, and include new pedagogical features. The biochemistry portion has been thoroughly updated to include coverage of many recent developments and emerging technologies in the field.

When orbitals have the same energy, place electrons one at a time in the orbitals until they are half-filled. To convert the electronic configuration to noble gas notation, replace the electronic configuration corresponding to the noble gas in the preceding row by the element symbol for the noble gas in brackets.

To obtain the total number of electrons, add up the superscripts. This gives the atomic number and identifies the element. To determine the number of valence electrons, add up the number of electrons in the shell with the highest number. Use the general electronic configurations in Table 2. Write the symbol for each element and use the group number to determine the number of valence electrons for a main group element. Represent each valence electron with a dot.

The size of atoms increases down a column of the periodic table because the valence electrons are farther from the nucleus. The size of atoms decreases across a row of the periodic table because the number of protons in the nucleus increases.

Ionization energies decrease down a column of the periodic table because the valence electrons move farther from the positively charged nucleus. Ionization energies generally increase across a row of the periodic table because the number of protons in the nucleus increases. Cl2 b. CH3Br c.

Use the periodic table to find the element corresponding to each symbol. An element is a pure substance that cannot be broken down into simpler substances by a chemical reaction. A compound is a pure substance formed by combining two or more elements together. Rb is an alkali metal and main group element. Sr is an alkaline earth metal and main group element. Mass Symbol a. Antimony Mass due to Sb Mass due to Sb No, the neutral atoms of two different elements cannot have the same number of electrons.

Two different elements must have a different number of protons, so in the neutral atoms, they must have a different number of electrons. Yes, the neutral atoms of two different elements can have the same number of neutrons.