Dr. Joshua Osbourn
159 Chemistry Research Laboratory
West Virginia Univeristy
joshua.osbourn@mail.wvu.edu
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Recommended Books

Here is a list of some of the organic chemistry textbooks that I most relied on as references in graduate school.

1. Modern Physical Organic Chemistry (our official course textbook)

2. Advanced Organic Chemistry Part A (our supplemental textbook)

3. March's Advanced Organic Chemistry

4. Strategic Applications of Named Reactions in Organic Synthesis (named reactions)

5. Molecular Orbitals and Organic Chemical Reactions (FMO Theory)

6. The Art of Writing Reasonable Organic Reaction Mechanisms

7. Structure Determination of Organic Molecules (spectroscopy data tables)

8. Clayden Organic Chemistry (an advanced undergrad text)

8. Loudon Organic Chemistry (an undergrad text)