About This Textbook
John McMurry's Organic Chemistry is renowned as the most clearly written book available for organic chemistry. Organic Chemistry: A Tenth Edition upholds this reputation while also updating scientific discoveries, highlighting new applications, scrutinizing every piece of art, and providing example problems to assist students. This book continues to meet the scope and sequence of a two-semester organic chemistry course that follows a functional group approach. A highlighted list of changes along with a detailed table of contents and ancillary descriptions can be found on the Instructor and Student resources sections of this page.
John McMurry decided to publish Organic Chemistry: A Tenth Edition under an open licence as a tribute to his son, Peter McMurry, who passed away from cystic fibrosis in December 2019. Learn more about Peter McMurry's legacy and support the fight against cystic fibrosis.
OpenStax provides restricted resources — including an editable .docx version of the textbook — to verified instructors.
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John McMurry
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September 20, 2023
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A Tenth Edition
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English
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Undergraduate
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