AAMC Outline vs. TPR book - question about OChem reactions

[C5b6789]

These reactions are in the TPR book, but not explicitly stated in the AAMC outline (from what I can tell).

Are they assumed to be included in the AAMC outline, just hidden within more general topics?

• Diels-Alder Cycloaddition
• DCC Coupling
• Hydride Reduction (nucleophilic addition)
  
• Michael Reaction (nucleophilic addition)

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[DrknoSDN]

DCC seems less likely but the rest are very testable.

The AAMC specifically says it can test material not covered in the outline with non-graded experimental questions. Also if reaction specifics were described or given in the passage they could test on whatever is described. So if your broader question is, "what can appear on the MCAT?", the answer is anything.

 

[t5Nitro]

DCC seems less likely but the rest are very testable.

The AAMC specifically says it can test material not covered in the outline with non-graded experimental questions. Also if reaction specifics were described or given in the passage they could test on whatever is described. So if your broader question is, "what can appear on the MCAT?", the answer is anything.

This is the best advice. Be prepared to take information from a passage and apply it.

 

[justadream]

@C5b6789

If you don't mind me asking, on what page do you see DCC coupling discussed?

 

[C5b6789]

@justadream It's listed in the back in the "Summary of Reactions" (pg. 310 #16 in my book)

 

[C5b6789]

@DrknoSDN @t5Nitro Thanks for the advice. I guess I thought of the AAMC syllabus as "things you must know because we aren't going to give the equations/reactions to you on the exam", and then we could be tested on other random subjects that somehow relate back to concepts on the syllabus. But I see now how any type of reaction is possible.