General, Organic, and Biological Chemistry: Structures of Life engages students by helping them see the connections between chemistry, the world around them, and future health-related careers.

Known for its friendly writing style, student focus, robust problem-solving pedagogy, and engaging health-related applications, the text prepares students for their careers.

Their goal is to help students become critical thinkers by understanding scientific concepts that will form a basis for making important decisions about issues concerning health and the environment and their intended careers.

ISBN-13 978-0134762982

Hard yes! I never got around to including this text on my review, but I have used it in the past, and it is a great tool! The explanations on the mechanisms are quite clear and concise, and the large problem sets are great for learning. But as you say, it is definitely a complementary text, not a book to learn organic chem from scratch.

Hey Gabriele. I heard good things about it, but never had a chance to review a copy myself, so I cannot say in this case!

As always, it depends on what is your purpose for the book. If it’s for undergraduate organic chemistry studies, very little will fall out of the coverage of Clayden.

Some of the new materials that you can find in the newest edition are an extension of previous topics, but most of the new chapters cover different, newer topics. The idea by the authors was to update the book with organic chemistry topics which grew on relevance within the years. So the newest edition is definitely worth it if you can afford it.

hey could u tell what fraction of information does clayden have of organic chemistry compared to carey and sundberg.