Contents: Introduction * Purification of Organic * Compounds Composition of Organic Compounds * Empirical and Molecular Formulae * Structure of Organic Molecules * Organic Reactions and their mechanisms * Isomerism * Nomenclature of Organic Compounds * Spectroscopy * Alkanes Alkenes * Alkynes * Alkyl Halides * Organometallic Compounds * Alcohals * Polyhydric Alcohals * Ethers and Epoxides * Thiols and Thioethers * Aldehydes and Ketones * Carboxyl Acids * Dicarboxylic Acids * Hydroxy and Halo Acids * Acid Derivatives * Esters of Organic and Inorganic Acids * Acetoacetic Ester and Malonic Ester * Fats and Oils; Soaps and Detergents * Amines * Amino Acids and Proteins * Cycloalkanes * Ureides and its Homologues * Effect of Substituents on Further Substitution * Aromatic Halogen Compounds * Aromatic Sulphonic Acids * Aromatic Nitro Compounds * Aromatic Amines *Aryldiazonium Salts * Phenois * Aromatic Aldehydes and Ketones * Aromatic Carboxylic Acids * Dyes: Colour and Constitution * Napthalene Anthracene * Heterocyclic Compounds Alkaloids * Terpenes * Synthetic Polymers * Predicling Trends * Road Map Problems * Multistep Synthesis * Appendix : Name Reactions Index ISBN 8121926149