Organic Chemistry, 5th Edition
By David Klein and Laurie Starkey
In the 5th Edition of Organic Chemistry, David Klein continues to set the standard for how students learn by building on his innovative SkillBuilder approach – enabling learners to effectively grasp the complex language of organic chemistry through structured, guided practice.
Joining David Klein for this edition as an author is longtime collaborator Laurie Starkey (Cal Poly Pomona), whose classroom creativity, digital expertise, and positive teaching style bring a fresh perspective to Organic Chemistry and make the material even more accessible and engaging for students.
WileyPLUS for the new edition brings a host of exciting enhancements designed to elevate the learning experience. This includes improved assessment tools, an expanded SkillBuilder video library featuring advanced lightboard technology, and a groundbreaking partnership with Alchemie to develop a cutting-edge suite of drawing tools designed specifically for chemistry education, replacing Marvin Sketch. With these innovations, David Klein and Laurie Starkey have created a comprehensive, learning experience that seamlessly blends proven techniques with fresh insights, ensuring students receive the most effective and engaging chemistry education possible.
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NEW Alchemie Visualization Tools
Hands-on exploratory learning is critical for chemistry students. Alchemie molecular visualization tools, integrated within WileyPLUS, deliver immediate feedback to students as they explore content, gaining the deeper connections needed for long-lasting learning. These fully accessible interactives include a cutting-edge suite of drawing tools designed specifically for chemistry education, replacing Marvin Sketch and Reaction Explorer.
David Klein’s Skillbuilders
SkillBuilders are the hallmark of Organic Chemistry’s pedagogy and are assignable in WileyPLUS! New co-author Laurie Starkey brings her best classroom principles to the tried and tested SkillBuilder approach, including new pedagogically relevant photo examples that will bring the Skillbuilders to life to help address the disconnect in organic chemistry between theory and practice.
Expanded SkillBuilder “Learn the Skill” Lightboard Videos
Building on the success of the SkillBuilder videos for the “Apply the Skill” segment of his framework, David Klein has created many new SkillBuilder “Learn the Skill” Videos designed to complement the first part of every SkillBuilder in the course. Klein walks students through the steps of a worked example, so they learn this important skill before they move on to solving a problem. .
Instructional Mechanism Light board videos
WileyPLUS includes a video for each numbered mechanism in the text (over 100), created by Author David Klein using lightboard technology. Students will see the mechanism unfold, step-by-step, with the author showing how to draw the resulting intermediate, and how to decide what happens next. The reason for each step will be justified and explained, and regiochemical/stereochemical considerations will be explored, providing students with the skills needed to master mechanisms.
What’s New
- New co-Author Laurie Starkey! Joining David Klein for this edition as an author is longtime collaborator Laurie Starkey (Cal Poly Pomona), whose classroom creativity, digital expertise, and positive teaching style bring a fresh perspective to Organic Chemistry and make the material even more accessible and engaging for students.
- Substantial updates to the Organic Chemistry I chapters in content, SkillBuilders, visuals, and examples based on customer feedback. Emphasis on bringing diverse examples, creative illustrations, and practical applications for both Organic Chemistry I and II chapters to this edition.
- A groundbreaking partnership with Alchemie to develop a cutting-edge suite of drawing tools designed specifically for chemistry education, replacing Marvin Sketch.
- Updates to the Student Study Guide and Solutions Manual, assessments, and adaptive content based on text updates with expanded answer explanations.
- Expansion of instructional videos using lightboard technology created by David Klein will be available in WileyPLUS. These videos will focus on Skillbuilders, providing students new opportunities to learn and understand the problem-solving process.
David Klein is currently a Fellow-by-Courtesy in the Department of Chemistry at the Johns Hopkins University, where he taught organic chemistry as a Senior Lecturer over three decades. He also more recently taught organic chemistry at Santa Monica Community College in Los Angeles. Having worked with thousands of students from a variety of backgrounds, he has intense first-hand knowledge of how they learn and the difficulties they encounter. He received his bachelor’s degree in chemistry from Johns Hopkins University and his Ph.D. from the University of California at Los Angeles under the supervision of Professor Orville Chapman. Motivated by his experiences teaching organic chemistry at UCLA, Dr. Klein wrote Organic Chemistry as a Second Language (John Wiley & Sons, 2004, updated 6th edition published in 2024), which has become a highly valued student study resource. Dr. Klein received numerous teaching awards at both UCLA and Johns Hopkins for his unique, skill-building approach to organic chemistry instruction. Dr. Klein is married with five children and two grandchildren, and he enjoys skiing and scuba diving.
Dr. Laurie Starkey is a Professor of Organic Chemistry at Cal Poly Pomona, where she has been teaching since 1996. Her professional interests focus on the use of teaching with technology, including creating online tutorials, videos and animations, and developing multiple-choice questions for classroom “clickers” and the flipped classroom. She also authored a textbook, “Introduction to Strategies for Organic Synthesis” (from Wiley) and served for ten years on the GRE-Chemistry Committee of Examiners. She has a collection of resources for teaching and learning Organic Chemistry on her website chemistryconnected.com. Laurie will be the co-author on the 5th edition of David Klein’s Organic Chemistry.
Chapter 1: A Review of General Chemistry: Electrons, Bonds, and Molecular Properties Chapter 2: Molecular Representations Chapter 3: Acids and Bases Chapter 4: Alkanes and Cycloalkanes Chapter 5: Stereoisomerism Chapter 6: Chemical Reactivity and Mechanisms Chapter 7: Alkyl Halides: Nucleophilic Substitution and Elimination Reactions Chapter 8: Addition Reactions of Alkenes Chapter 9: Alkynes Chapter 10: Radical Reactions Chapter 11: Synthesis Chapter 12: Alcohols and Phenols Chapter 13: Ethers and Epoxides; Thiols and Sulfides Chapter 14: Infrared Spectroscopy and Mass Spectrometry Chapter 15: Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy Chapter 16: Conjugated Pi Systems and Pericyclic Reactions Chapter 17: Aromatic Compounds Chapter 18: Aromatic Substitution Reactions Chapter 19: Aldehydes and Ketones Chapter 20: Carboxylic Acids and Their Derivatives Chapter 21: Alpha Carbon Chemistry: Enols and Enolates Chapter 22: Amines Chapter 23: Introduction to Organometallic Compounds Chapter 24: Carbohydrates Chapter 25: Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins Chapter 26: Lipids Chapter 27: Synthetic Polymers Appendix A: Nomenclature of Polyfunctional Compounds Glossary Index