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2926097 No.2926097 [Reply] [Original]

>provide all the steps required for the following synthesis. your steps should include reagents, solvents and intermediates.
>i'm truly fucked

Taking College level organic chemistry class.
Hard time remembering all the different reactions.
What do?

>> No.2926107
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2926107

You're pretty fucked, you should've been studying them as they came throughout the entire class.

>> No.2926112

Care about them. You're gonna need to know them if you want to understand the conversation.

>> No.2926142

Although difficult, if i really try I can remember the reactions, even things like they're syn/anti, E1/SN1 or E2/.

I can never do the propose the steps for the synthesis. Is there a trick or shortcut? Do you look at the product and work your way back? For some people its really easy but it takes me forever.

>> No.2926149

>>2926142
Office hours, brah. All of them.

Fuck how everyone else does, figure out how YOU do it.

>> No.2926170

I had the same problem last year OP. It is pretty hard to remember all that but I found it helps to look at diagrams of the reaction so you can see where the bonds are changing.

>> No.2926175

How good is that book in OPs pic anyways?

>> No.2926218
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2926218

>>2926175
This one is a better book.

>> No.2926232

>>2926218

I see, I am looking for some material to review over the summer, just took Organic 1 and loved it. I'll take a look at that, thanks.

>> No.2926256

lol, have memories of feeling overwhelmed by all the alkene reactions he suddenly required us to know. how do you memorize them? by memorizing them. use flash cards.

organic 2 was 75% synthesis problems and reaction memorization for us.

>> No.2926266

>organic chemistry
>difficult

choose one

>> No.2926489

>>2926097
I know that feel, OP, I have an Organic exam coming up too.

>> No.2926512
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2926512

>>2926218

Do you have a torrent for that, please?

>> No.2927356

fuck chemistry

all memorization and no fun allowed

back to neuroscience and math

>> No.2927372

>>2927356
Isn't neuroscience just a bunch of memorization like chemistry?

>> No.2927375

>>2927356
>>2927356

Obviously you don't know much of advanced chemistry

>> No.2927402

>>2926512

fucking lol

>> No.2927706

>>2926512
aww man i know that experiment!! love the see the fuuuuuuuuuuuu faces people made as they couldn't get it right. i lol'd

>> No.2927724

Memorization in organic chemistry?

Looks like you guys never learned how to push electrons.

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