This is what is on my mind. I was going back over the chapters and writing notes for changes, new reactions, errors, and notes that might be made.

One, in order to keep the changes orderly for owners of the book, I am going to create an update that contain only the changes. This will involve new reactions, changes to reactions, and errors corrected.

Two, I need to decide how many notes I am going to include. The book was supposed to be a workbook. It was never supposed to be an organic chemistry textbook. Students should know that tertiary carbocations are the most stable from their textbook. However, what is missing from the learning process is the kind of discussion that ought to occur in the class. Students aren't going to ask a question about why a reaction takes place in a certain way if they are unfamiliar with the reaction. Typically, most class time is devoted to introducing reactions. (If my book were more widely adopted, the book can take care of introduction and class time can be devoted to discussion.) If I add that discussion, it can rob students of the self-discovery necessary for learning. If I do not, will students recognize how I chose which mechanisms to use. How far should I go in presenting other mechanisms? How valuable will the Notes of A Guide to Organic Chemistry Mechanisms be?

Three, for anyone purchasing the pdf version of A Guide to Organic Chemistry Mechanisms, I need to re-write this taking advantage of the features of Adobe Acrobat. I can put the notes directly into the chapters by creating buttons that link the notes to the content.

When I began writing A Guide to Organic Chemistry Mechanisms, it was my objective to create worksheets that students could use to master different mechanisms or topics. I thought I could adopt different content to supplement a topic within each part. However, the reality was Part D was the natural to hold most of that material. That forced Part D to have supplemental pages, different graphics, text, etc. It was very unwieldy. That led to the Notes of the current book. I hadn't thought about how Adobe Acrobat provided a completely different format than the book. Instead of Parts A, B, C, and D, the electronic versions are Chapter 1, 2, 3, etc. Within each chapter are the different parts. I think this works okay. What became completely lost from this chapter approach were the notes. I didn't even put them up for download until someone asked. So, this really needs to change.