organic chemistry

Hey guys! I'm selling my "Organic Chemistry Odyssey" book by Dr. Jim Romano. I used it when I took the DAT last year and it really helped me on the organic chemistry section. The book is part of DAT Destroyer (which I also used) and it can really help you crush the Orgo section. The book's...

Hey guys! I'm selling my "Organic Chemistry Odyssey" book by Dr. Jim Romano. I used it when I took the DAT last year and it really helped me on the organic chemistry section. The book is part of DAT Destroyer (which I also used) and it can really help you crush the Orgo section. The book's...

I know there are quite a few posts about the online courses for UNE. I am going to be taking Organic chemistry 1 with the lab soon and I am trying to determine a) which textbooks/materials I actually need? b) where exactly do you buy the materials for the virtual labs? c) anyone who has taken...

Hello SDN this is my very first post. I couldn't find an answer anywhere on on the site, but I remember looking up pre-reqs for for medical schools on the school websites and reading that one school did have an exception of some sort for this. I'm currently taking Gen Chem 2 and it includes...

I have attached photos of the passage, problem, and answer explanation in question. I was thinking it would be C, the unsubstituted alkene. I was okay with the explanation until it said that a lower heat of hydrogenation is found for choice D. Delta H for D is -26.4, while Delta H for option...

I am contemplating applying this year or waiting until another session. Currently enrolled in self-paced organic chemistry (1 and 2) this summer. Hope to finish it by mid July and take DAT late July. Would I be better off taking more time to study for the DAT and have a later application or...

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I was going through the EK Chemistry lesson, and they explained that Guanidine HNC(NH2)2 is a stronger base than methylamine, CH3NH2. I am confused by this because I assumed that the least stable compound would be the most basic. Guanidine is resonance-stabilized, which means it should be less...

This is my first time posting here so not sure if this is how I'm supposed to do it but... I just retook the first part of my three-series organic chemistry class (I ended up with a C in the class but it was curved/scaled HEAVILY.), and am currently taking the second part. I'm worried that I...

Hey Everyone, I am writing my OAT in July and I want to be really prepared for this test. It's basically do or die for me. I was hoping if anyone has the OAT destroyer books and they are willing to sell it I would really appreciate it. I was on the OAT destroyer website and was gonna buy the...

The TL;DR version is in bold. Thanks! ISSUE 1: According to the TBR Biology part 2 book (section 7 - Metabolic Pathways; p. 195 in the newest edition - copyrighted 2016), oxalosuccinate is a beta-keto acid. In fact, the TBR book doesn't even call it oxalosuccinate (or oxalosuccinic acid); they...

Hey guys, I'm currently a sophomore in college. I've found the transition from high school to college quite difficult, especially relating to science classes and as such my gpa has suffered quite a bit (3C's, 4B's, 1A). A big part of why my GPA suffered so much was related to ineffective...

Hey everyone! I hope you all are doing well. I'm a little new to this website so bare with me :P Quick question about summer courses :-) So I heard Med Schools don't mind if you do a summer course. even if its a prereq because its so much info in such a short amount of time. Well, the college...

So I transferred from a CC with one quarter of O-Chem which counted as 30AL, 30A, and 30BL (20A/20B/20L completed). I am taking 30B right now but wanted to know if 30C/30CL are necessary for most dental schools that require one year of O-Chem and lab. I talked to my departmental counselor and...

(UVA = University of Virginia, Probably regarded as the best public state school in VA) UVA allows visiting students in the summer sessions only. Obviously I did not have the High School grades to get into UVA as a 1st year (freshman.) *BIO I/II in the summer is already a done deal. Would it...

I am hoping to gain some input on people's opinions of the difficulty, necessity, and content of Organic II. (Keeping in mind that the school I'm taking prereqs at does not require second semester organic for biochemistry). If you only took OChem I, any regrets? Did you feel prepared for...

Background: I completed my first semester of undergraduate school and just started the second semester. I took Gen Chem 1, Calc, Physics, and some gen ed, but I found myself going crazy because it seemed like I had nothing to do. I finished all my work well before deadlines and it got to the...

I'm studying from TPR, and according to the orgo book, we should just assume the n + 1 rule to be true even in situations where we typically need to use complex splitting. This seems a bit hand-wavey to me, but I'd be glad to not have to review my complex splitting notes. Is this true?

Need some clarification for a neurotic pre med. I graduated in May 2015 and have just completed one semester of organic lab (paid 600$ out of pocket), which most schools have as an admission requirement/recommendation. However, the school which I took the lab at splits up Orgo lab into a year...

Hey everyone! I'm a little confused about the answer for question #122 in the organic chem section for the 2015 version. The answer says 1,3- dimethylcyclohexane has 3 stereoisomers. However, I can only think of two since the cis stereoisomers would be meso. The answer shows that the cis-wedge...

Hello, I am a 19 year old honors student and just finished my first semester of sophomore year. I graduated high school with over a 4.0 GPA. Depression, however, has had a big impact on me over the past few years. I have always wanted to be in the medical field, either as an MD or PA. I am now...

I'm a sophomore pre-med (just decided on the pre-med track.) My GPA's at a 3.6 right now bc I was pretty bad with time management last year, so I've been hoping to bump it up this semester. But I'm really worried about my O Chem lab grade. My TA is a really harsh grader. At first, I didn't...

Hi everyone! Im planning on taking the DAT this coming summer but i will be studying all summer and taking it at the end. I was curious as to what material i should be using? Based on previous standardized exams i'm not the best at english/reading comp. Im currently taking bio 1 now and will be...

I have to take Physics I & II over the summer or Orgo I & II to stay on track, so just in general which do yo guys think is worse to take over the summer. In summer I'll have to take physics labs so it's 5 credits in 5 weeks and another 5 for the second summer session. Organic chem lab is 2...

I am currently taking organic chemistry II, our prof said any book should be fine. I'm looking for a book that explains concepts well and has good built in problems. What do you think is good? Klein (2nd edition) Brown (7th edition) Janice Smith (2nd edition) Solomon Wade or any other...

Hey all, I am very hesitant to drop my organic chem 2 lecture however I feel like I need to because I am doing poorly in it. The whole class is actually not doing well partly due to a new professor who has a different style of teaching. Long story, short: his exams are extremely tough. I go to a...

I'm a sophomore at Tufts and I'm trying to figure out when to take orgo. I took gen chem last year and struggled with it. I ended up with a B in chem 1 and a C+ in chem 2 (although part of the reason was because I somehow idiotically skipped two pages on the final). I'm currently registered for...

From my (perhaps flawed) understanding... It seems like the same general factors govern nucleophilicity (kinetic term related to reaction rate) and basicity (thermodynamic term related to acid/base equilibrium position). Of course, the same molecule can act as either a nucleophile (nucleophilic...

Finished studying for my DAT! Selling my online subscriptions for cheap. Message me! DAT Genius: Expiring October 25, 2016. Asking $65 DAT Bootcamp: Expiring August 31st, 2016. Asking $40 DAT QVault Biology expiring October 16th, 2016. Asking $30 If you want to bundle up and purchase all...

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The question asks which reagents would be best to make isobutanol into isobutyl chloride. "SOCl2, Pyridine" was the correct answer. I chose an answer that included that along with HCl, but apparently HCl is wrong. The solution says that a shift would occur with HCl to give 2-chloro-2-methyl...

So I take my OAT in one week and I am absolutely FREAKING out about the orgo section...the way that Kaplan words their questions confuses me so much. For those of you that have taken it recently, was it mainly reactions? Is it imperative to know the mechanisms? I've also never done NMR or IR...

Why are two alpha protons needed for a successful claisen reaction? After the initial enolate nucliopophile attacks an ester and does a addition elimination reaction what is the purpose of the second alpha proton?

Hey guys! Of you all who have taken the DAT, how often do IR/NMR spectroscopy problems show up? IR is pretty straight forward but NMR is kind of confusing and I don't really understand it. Any tips or links to helpful material would be appreciated!

My DAT is in a week and I'm freaking out especially for biology and chemistry. If I do all the bootcamp bio exams and read all the explanations and understand them, would I be in good shape for the actual bio on the dat? I got a 17 on my first and second bio exam on bootcamp, will this translate...

Would adding a deactivating or activating group speed up this reaction!? I know its not an EAS reaction and cant think "oh a donating group would cause it to react faster." I've also read a paper that said esters react similarly like amides and go quicker with electron withdrawing groups. Does...

I am selling these books as a bundle, but if you need one or two books, make me an offer. Used by my sister in law, but she ended up going to graduate school instead. They are all clean 1. 16 mini MCAT book - no marking in the book 2. 101 passages MCAT verbal reasoning - Very good condition...

For sale are a bunch of older MCAT books I am selling: The Official Guide to the MCAT, 1st edition Kaplan MCAT Practice Tests, 8th edition EK 1001 Questions in MCAT Biology EK 1001 Questions in MCAT Chemistry EK 1001 Questions in MCAT Organic Chemistry EK 1001 Questions in MCAT Physics EK MCAT...

Hey! :) First Question-- I'm aware that Chad is in some sort of dispute with course saver, but his videos are still on the course saver website. I wanted to purchase a 30 day subscription for his videos on course saver-- and tried multiple times to make a purchase-- but the website wouldn't let...

I'm finishing organic chemistry this quarter and will be taking biochemistry in the fall. Looking back, I know general principles of reactions (E2, E1, Sn1, Sn2, tetrahedral intermediates, etc.), but I don't remember certain reaction mechanisms. On top of that, for other reactions where we never...