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Part A Basic Understanding of Chemistry
Unit 1 Overview of Chemistry
1.1 What is Chemistry
1.2 History of Chemistry
1.3 Chemistry in the Twenty-first Century
1.4 Chemists and Chemical Engineers
1.5 Branches of Chemistry
1.6 Chemical Reactions
1.7 Types of Chemical Reactions
1.8 The Study of Chemistry
1.9 Scientific Method
New Words and Expressions
Notes
Trivial—Last but not the Least
Unit 2 Working in the Lab
2.1 Safety in the Lab
2.2 Disposal of Chemical Waste
2.3 How to Deal with Bad Lab Partners？
2.4 The Most Common Injuries in a Chemistry Lab
2.5 The Lab Notebook for Chemistry Lab Report
2.6 Basic Laboratory Apparatus and Manipulation
2.6.1 Apparatus
2.6.2 Manipulation
New Words and Expressions
Notes
Trivial—Last but not the Least
Part B Introduction to Fundamentals of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
Unit 3 Basic Information of Inorganic Chemistry
3.1 Overview
3.2 Four Types of Inorganic Chemical Reactions
3.3 The Important Inorganic Elements—Actinide
New Words and Expressions
Notes
Trivial—Last but not the Least
Unit 4 Rules of Inorganic Nomenclature
4.1 Oxidation Number
4.2 Coordination Number
4.3 Use of Multiplicative Prefixes, Enclosing Marks, Numbers, and Letters
4.3.1 Multiplicative Prefixes
4.3.2 Enclosing Marks
4.3.3 Numbers
4.3.4 Italic Letters
4.4 Elements
4.5 Formulae and Names of Compounds in General
4.6 Names for Ions and Radicals
4.7 Inorganic Acids
4.7.1 Oxoacid
4.7.2 Acid Anions
4.7.3 Binary Hydrogen Compounds (Binary Acid)
4.8 Salts
4.8.1 Simple Salts
4.8.2 Salts Containing Acid Hydrogen
4.8.3 Hydrated Salts
4.9 Coordination Compounds
4.9.1 Indication of Oxidation Number and Proportion of Constituents
4.9.2 The Names of Anionic Ligands, whether Inorganic or Organic, End in
4.9.3 Alternative Modes of Linkage of Some Ligands
4.9.4 Complexes with Unsaturated Molecules or Groups
4.9.5 Compounds with Bridging Atoms or Groups
4.9.6 Di- and Polynuclear Compounds without Bridging Groups; Direct Linkage between Coordination Centers
4.9.7 Homoatomic Aggregates
4.10 Addition Compounds
4.11 Prefixes or Affixes Used in Inorganic Nomenclature
New Words and Expressions
Notes
Trivial—Last but not the Least
Unit 5 A Short Introduction to Organic Chemistry
5.1 Overview
5.2 Types of Organic Chemical Reactions
5.3 Name Reactions in Organic Chemistry
5.3.1 Acetoacetic-Ester Condensation Reaction
5.3.2 Acetoacetic Ester Synthesis
5.3.3 Acyloin Condensation
5.3.4 Alder-Ene Reaction or Ene Reaction
5.3.5 Aldol Reaction or Aldol Addition
5.3.6 Aldol Condensation Reaction
5.3.7 Appel Reaction
5.3.8 Arbuzov Reaction or Michaelis-Arbuzov Reaction
5.3.9 Arndt-Eistert Synthesis Reaction
5.3.10 Azo Coupling Reaction
5.3.11 Baeyer-Villiger Oxidation Reactions
5.3.12 Baker-Venkataraman Rearrangement
5.3.13 Balz-Schiemann Reaction
5.3.14 Bamford-Stevens Reaction
5.3.15 Barton Decarboxylation
5.3.16 Barton Deoxygenation Reaction: Barton-McCombie Reaction
5.3.17 Baylis-Hillman Reaction
5.3.18 Beckmann Rearrangement Reaction
5.3.19 Benzilic Acid Rearrangement
5.3.20 Benzoin Condensation Reaction
5.3.21 Bergman Cycloaromatization—Bergman Cyclization
5.3.22 Bestmann-Ohira Reagent Reaction
5.3.23 Biginelli Reaction
5.3.24 Birch Reduction Reaction
5.3.25 Bicschler-Napieralski Reaction—Bicschler-Napieralski Cyclization
5.3.26 Blaise Reaction
5.3.27 Blanc Reaction
5.3.28 Bohlmann-Rahtz Pyridine Syn