With its Student Workbook CD-ROM and new case studies, the Fifth Edition of this acclaimed self-paced review enables students to master the principles and applications of organic functional groups. Moreover, it prepares students for the required pharmacy courses in medicinal chemistry by thoroughly covering nomenclature, physical properties, chemical properties, and metabolism. As students progress through the text, they will develop such important skills as drawing chemical structures and predicting the solubility, instabilities, and metabolism of each organic functional group.