To be an effective cosmetic chemist, the cosmetic formulator must understand the basic components involved in the creation of products and raw materials used to make them. To be successful, the language of chemistry must be understood.
Organic Chemistry for Cosmetic Chemists focuses on refreshing the chemist with fundamentals of chemistry used to make raw materials used in our industry. Both theory and practice are presented. Many chapters contain problems at the end that allow the chemist to practice what they have learned. Topics include:
- Structure of organic compounds
- Raw materials
- Synthesis approach
- Nucleophilic substitution
- Sulfation/sulfonation
- Oxidation
- Reduction
- Polymers
- Aldol condensation
- Diels alder reactions
- Ring ppening and closing
Packed with exercises, examples and patent references, this book is a must-have for the cosmetic chemist interested in staying on top of their game!
Anthony J. O'Lenick, Jr., has more than 30 years of experience in innovative personal care ingredients. He is president of Siltech LLC, a company he founded in 1989, specializing in functional silicones and specialty surfactants. O'Lenick has five published books, more than 40 technical articles and is the inventor of more than 260 patents.
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Thomas O'Lenick earned his BS in chemistry from Georgia Southern University in 2005, and is now a doctoral candidate in polymer and organic chemistry at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville. O'Lenick is the inventor of four patents and author of six publications.
"We find Organic Chemistry for Cosmetic Chemists and Understanding Fragrance Chemistry great reference books for anyone involved in the cosmetic and personal care industries. They provide a review, as well as insight into areas that many of us may have forgotten. We recommend the books as secondary books for chemistry, as well as for perfume courses and as library reference books."
—Larry Smith, Professor
—Virginia Bonofiglio, Chairperson
Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT)
"This is a useful organic chemistry book targeted at the cosmetic chemist. There are many organic chemistry books that cover this content—but none I am aware of that are targeted at the cosmetic chemist or condensed to the precise chemistries that the cosmetic chemist needs. This is an essential text for the cosmetic chemist and it should also be useful to those who wish to create intellectual property within this subject area."
—Robert Y. Lochhead, PhD
The School of Polymer & High Performance Materials
The University of Southern Mississippi
