Klein's Organic Chemistry

David Klein is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Chemistry at Johns Hopkins University where he has taught organic chemistry since 1999. Having worked with thousands of students, he has intense first-hand knowledge of how they learn and the difficulties they encounter. He received his bachelor's degree in chemistry from Johns Hopkins University and his PhD from the University of California at Los Angeles under the supervision of Professor Orville Chapman. Motivated by his experiences teaching organic chemistry as a graduate student at UCLA, David wrote Organic Chemistry as a Second Language(John Wiley & Sons, 2004, updated 2nd edition published in 2008), which has become a highly valued student study resource. David has received numerous teaching awards at both UCLA and Johns Hopkins for his unique, skill-building approach to organic chemistry instruction. David is married with five children, and he enjoys skiing, scuba diving, and Tae Kwon Do.

1) A Review of General Chemistry: Electrons, Bonds, and Molecular Properties 2) Molecular Representations 3) Acids and Bases 4) Alkanes and Cycloalkanes 5) Stereoisomerism 6) Chemical Reactivity and Mechanisms 7) Substitution Reactions 8) Alkenes: Structure and Preparation via Elimination Reactions 9) Addition Reactions of Alkenes 10) Alkynes 11) Radical Reactions 12) Synthesis 13) Alcohols and Phenols 14) Ethers and Epoxides; Thiols and Sulfides 15) Infrared Spectroscopy and Mass Spectrometry 16) Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy 17) Conjufated Pi Systems and Pericyclic Reactions 18) Aromatic Compounds 19) Aromatic Substitution Reactions 20) Aldehydes and Ketones 21) Carboxylic Acids and Their Derivatives 22) Alpha Carbon Chemistry: Enols and Enolates 23) Amines 24) Carbohydrates 25) Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins 26) Lipids 27) Synthetic Polymers (online only) 28) Introduction to Organometallic Compounds (online only)