Organic Chemistry

As a student, this book is really easy to read. I feel like it lacks a lot of details that may help eliminate confusion about drawing Fischer or Newman projections, chair conformations, etc, but it is user friendly.I enjoyed that I could rent this book for a fraction of the cost, but Amazon seems to have a bit of a mess up on their hands with the extension pricing. If I want to extend this rental to May I have to pay 87$, but if I just rented the book right now again it's 43$....where is the logic in that? Also, to purchase the rental would be almost 400$, but I could buy a brand new book off of this page for 280$.

I like very much that the authors stress the need to understand reaction mechanisms rather than memorization, and that they "follow the electrons". It has been 47 years since I took introductory organic chemistry, and this book is an excellent re-introduction to the subject.My only problem with the book is that none of the answers to the exercises are given in the book. They are, however, answered in considerable detail in the separate, but costly, study guide/solutions manual.

The textbook was brand new and completely helps understand every concept

Definitely needed to pass organic chemistry with this textbook. I advise people to buy the book early so you can get a head start before the course begins. Organic chemistry 1 focuses on chapters 1-16. Organic chemistry 2 focuses on the rest of the book. *** Can vary depending on the instructor for the course.

Book came tattered, but still usable. There were some notes left in it from the person who rented it before me, but overall it was a usable book and a necessary evil for class. Also, much cheaper than my school's bookstore! So overall, I'd say worth it.

Everything pretty much explained to satisfaction. Great mechanism diagrams. This is the only Orgo textbook that I've used but I don't feel the need to acquire another one.

This book is the crap of the earth. I had to purchase it for class because my professor wrote it. The content was way too extensive for the average undergraduate student. The text was difficult to read and the concepts hard to digest. Save your self the time and the money, and purchase the organic chemistry text by John McMurray. This book saved me for both ochem 1 & 2.

Thank you for such reasonable pricing with this rental. Even better, there are no marks in the book. I've had worse rentals. Appreciate it.