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INTRODUCTION xxv of molecules will become second nature to you. You will immediately recognize when a molecule is tetrahedral, trigonal planar, or linear in one region or another. You will see the potential for interaction between a given section of a molecule and that of another molecule based on their shape and polarity, and you will understand why many reactions take place. Ultimately, you will find that there is much less to memorize in organic chemistry than you first thought. You will learn how to put the pieces of the organic puzzle together, and see that structure is indeed almost everything, just applied in different situations!