Essential Organic Chemistry Paula Yurkanis Bruice To The Student ... This book has been written with students like you in mind – those who are encountering the subject for the first time. The book's central goal is to make your journey both stimulating and enjoyable by helping you understand the guiding principles of the subject and applying these principles to your field of study. You should start by familiarizing yourself with the book. The material on the inside of the front and back covers contains information that you may want to refer to many times during the course. Chapter summaries and summaries of the reactions at the end of the chapters are useful tools to remind yourself of what you should have learned; they also provide a good mental checklist of what you should understand as you get to the end of the chapter. The glossary at the end of the book can be a very useful study aid. […] Appendices are written to consolidate useful categories of information, so be sure to see what kind of information is provided there. The molecular models and electrostatic potential maps that you will find throughout the book are there to give you an appreciation of what molecules look like in three dimensions and how charge is distributed within a molecule. […] Work all the problems within each chapter. These are drill problems that allow you to check whether you have mastered the material. Some of them are solved for you in the text. Others - those marked with a diamond - have short answers provided at the end of the book. […] If you cannot figure out the answer in a reasonable amount of time, turn to Study Guide and Solution Manual to learn how you should have approached the problem. Later on, go back and try to work the problem again, this time on your own. Be sure to visit the Companion Website (http://www.prenhall.com/bruice) to try out the tutorials, study the 3-D molecules, and take the tests. […]