Contents - PART 1 - The Unique Position of the Carbon Atom in Chemistry - 1. The Nature of Organic Chemistry - 2. The Organic Chemist Looks at a Molecule - 3. Valence - 4. New Ideas on Valence - 5. The Unique Position of Carbon among the Elements - 6. The O C T E T in Chemistry - 7. The D U E T in Chemistry - 8. North and South Poles - PART 2 - The Architecture of Carbon Compounds - 9. Methane and the Structure Theory - 10. Carbon Chains - 11. Carbon Rings - 12. Morphology of Chain and Ring Compounds - 13. Double and Triple Bonds - 14. Energy and Molecular Structure - 15. PI Electrons - 16. Bond Energies and Resonance - 17. How Molecules React - 18. Why Molecules React - 19. The Benzene Ring - 20. Nuclear Reactions - 21. The Geography of the Benzene Ring - 22. Stereochemistry and Isomerism - PART 3 - The Classification of Carbon Compounds - 23. The Common Methods of Classification in Organic Chemistry - 24. Halogen Compounds and Free Radicals - 25. Alcohols, Phenols, and Ethers - 26. Aldehydes and Ketones - 27. Carboxylic Acids - 28. Mixed Oxygen Compounds - 29. Nitrogen Compounds - 30. Compounds with Sulphur, Phosphorus, and Other Elements - PART 4 - Special Topics in Organic Chemistry - 31. Structures of Complex Compounds - 32. Aromatic Character in Heterocycles and Condensed Cycles - 33. Proteins - 34. Carbohydrates - 35. Chemistry in Plant and Animal Life - 36. Dyes - 37. Isotopic Chemistry - 38. Giant Molecules - Supplementary Reading - Index -