Book excerpt: An Organic Chemistry Fundamentals Reference Guide would be a useful tool for chemistry students, medical, allied health, pharmacy, and nursing majors. The useful guide has the periodic table of elements, varied approaches, safety guidelines, definitions of terms, and common chemical reactions. It includes types of organic compounds, formulas and isomers, nomenclature, kinetics and spectroscopy. It describes and break downs the basic concepts and applications of organic chemistry in easy-to-understand language. This branch of chemistry deals with the molecular components that make up life on our planet.