Orgo Books

>>7718353

I've found McMurry pretty good, it's a common standard text for many O-chem courses for a reason.

I've never used Vollhardt. If you're looking for a supplementary text for your course, Klein is great for self-study/simple explanations (but, Wade is more comprehensive, and Clayden is advanced with anything you need for a first semester course and more.

>>7718353
Wade master race reporting in

>>7718353

Clayden and Greaves.

>>7718435
I'm getting Klein as an addition.

>>7718446
>>7718457

My school has 2 orgo courses, one which uses McMurry, the other uses Vollhardt, so thanks, but it's not really useful for me

>orgo
You dont need a textbook, you need to memorize the answers to last years exam

>>7718503

Depends on if you're doing premed, chemistry, or chem-eng.

>>7718645
chemistry

>>7718503
Vollhardt's text is pleb tier - he openly admits he's teaching to the lowest intellect/ability in the organic sequence for non-majors.

Whatever text you choose, supplementing it with the following is a great idea:
a) The Art of Writing Reasonable Organic Reaction Mechanisms - Grossman
b) The Disconnection Approach - Warren

>>7719148
Really? The "honors" class at my school uses that one. It's a class mostly for majors

>>7719163
Even Cal (where Vollhardt has been a professor since the '70s) doesn't use it for the course for chem majors. For several years they've been using Karty.

It's moot if you've already decided to look at multiple sources.

>>7718353
>/sci/ is for discussing topics pertaining to science and mathematics, not for helping you with your homework. See the rules page for details.

>>7719177

Comparing textbooks != homework.

No different from recommending Rudin for 1st-year Real Analysis over other texts.

>>7719170
Yeah, I guess there's nothing I can really do about it now, thanks though

>>7719135

Neither are texts intended for chem majors, Volhardt is considered more challenging.

>>7719211
OK it looks like my school just does this poorly then, I'm not really sure