The Survival Guide to Organic Chemistry: Bridging the Gap from General Chemistry enables organic chemistry students to bridge the gap between general chemistry and organic chemistry. It makes sense of the myriad of in-depth concepts of organic chemistry, without overwhelming them in the necessary detail often given in a complete organic chemistry text.

Chapter 1: General Concepts for Covalent Bonding and Constructing Lewis Structures for Organic Molecules. Chapter 2: Guideline for Writing Organic Molecule Isomers and Determining Number of Rings Plus Pi-Bonds. Chapter 3: Guideline for Complete Analysis for Central Atoms and Molecules: Bonding/Hybridization/Geometry/Polarity. Chapter 4: Notation in Organic Chemistry: Guide to Writing and Using Condensed Formulas and Line Drawings. Chapter 5: Summary Guidelines for Organic Nomenclature. Chapter 6: Guidelines for Analysis of Intermolecular Forces for Organic Molecules. Chapter 7: Alkane and Cycloalkane Conformations. Chapter 8: Summary Guide to Thermodynamic Concepts for Organic Chemistry. Chapter 9: Guide to Kinetics and Reaction Mechanisms. Chapter 10: Review of Acid/Base Concepts for Organic Chemistry. Chapter 11: Electrophiles and Nucleophiles in Organic Reaction Mechanisms. Chapter 12: Conceptual Guide to Mechanisms in Organic Chemistry. Chapter 13: Guide to Stereochemistry Concepts and Analysis of Reaction Stereochemistry as Applied to Electrophilic Addition. Chapter 14: A Process for Calculation of Product Distribution Through Relative Rate Analysis: Examples for Free Radical Halogenation. Chapter 15: Process to Identify and Solve the Reactions for Organic I. Chapter 16: Electrophilic Addition and Addition/Elimination to Conjugated Double Bond and Aromatic Systems. Chapter 17: Oxidation/Reduction Relationships for Carbonyl Carbon. Chapter 18: A Complete System for Organizing, Identifying, and Solving Carbonyl Reactions: Nucleophilic Addition and Addition/Elimination. Chapter 19: A Brief Guideline for Applying Fundamental Concepts in NMR Spectroscopy. Organic I Practice Exams. Organic II Practice Exams. Multiple Choice Exams.