The course content has been completely revised and updated in such a manner so as to be in consonance with syllabus proposed by the U.G.C. Curriculum Development Committee for chemistry.

The course material of B.Sc. Part I is reflected in eleven chapters of the present volume. A few salient features of this volume are: review of the important points is presented after every chapter, mechanisms of all the reactions described in the text are illustrated and finally the subject matter on chemical bonding, stereochemistry and principles of reaction mechanism has been reoriented.

About the Author
S.M. Mukherji, Ex-Professor Emeritus, Department of Chemistry, M.D. University, Rohtak, was awarded the D.Sc., degree by Calcutta University in 1944. He was the co-discoverer of the Colonge Mukherji Cyclialkylation Reaction. He had served as Head of the Department of Organic Chemistry at the Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Calcutta and University Professor and Head of the Department of Chemistry, Punjab and Kurukshetra Universities. He was the President of the Indian Chemical Society and had about 100 research papers to his credit.

S.P. Singh, Professor Emeritus, Kurukshetra University obtained his Ph.D. degree from the University of Lucknow in 1964. He has been teaching in Kurukshetra University since 1965 and has served as Chairman of the Department of Chemistry from 1989-1992. He has published more than 150 research papers in different areas of Organic Chemistry. Prof. Singh was also associated with the University of Illinois at Chicago as post-doctor fellow (1968-70), Senior Fullbright Scholar (1979-1980) and visiting Research Professor (1989). During his several trips to Universities in Europe, he has established professional collaboration with many leading scientists. Prof. Singh was elected as the General Secretary (outstn) of the Indian Science Congress Association (2004-2007). Among many awards received by Prof. Singh are Acharya P.C. Ray Memorial Medal (1994) and Lifetime Achievement Award of the Indian Chemical Society (2003).

As Nodal person of the U.G.C. Curriculum Development Committee in chemistry, Prof. Singh has led a team of eminent chemists to draft the model syllabus for the undergraduate and postgraduate courses in 2001. Before that he was the Convener of the U.G.C. Panel in Chemistry (1997-2000).

R.P. Kapoor, Professor Emeritus and Coordinator, Guru Gobind Singh College of Pharmacy, Yamuna Nagar got his Ph.D. degree from Agra University, Agra in 1963. After a brief stint of teaching at Agra College, Agra (1963-1964) he joined the faculty as Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra in 1964 where he worked till 1997. He was Chairman of the Department of Chemistry from 1993-1996. In 1997 he joined Guru Nanak Khalsa Postgraduate College, Yamuna Nagar as Visiting Professor to establish a new centre of M.Sc. Industrial Chemistry (Pharmaceuticals), where he worked till 2005. He has published more than 70 research papers covering various aspects of Organic Chemistry, i.e., reaction mechanism, medicinal chemistry, and synthetic organic chemistry in national and international journals.

Rameshwar Dass, Lecturer Selection Grade, Guru Nanak Khalsa College, Yamuna Nagar obtained his Ph.D. degree from Kurukshetra University in 2005. He is teaching P.G. classes since 1997. He has published more than 35 research papers in international journals. He has supervised one Ph.D. and six M.Phil. students. His current research interests include analytical chemistry and pharmaceutical chemistry.

Table of Contents

• Structure and Bonding
• General Principles of Organic Reaction Mechanism
• Stereochemistry of Organic Compounds
• Alkanes and Cycloalkanes-1(Alkanes)
• Cycloalkanes
• Alkenes
• Cycloalkenes, Dienes and Alkynes
• Arenes-I, Benzene and Aromaticity
• Arenes-II
• Alkyl and Aryl Halides
• Organometallic Compounds