alkenes, alkynes and aromatics

[lynnier79]

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i saw that the above topics have been discarded from the AAMC topic list as of april 2003 -- is this for real? no anti-aromatic vs aromatic? no worries about branching alkynes? can someone confirm or deny this?

thanks.

 

[elias514]

It is true that no outside knowledge of alkenes and aromatic compounds is necessary for the MCAT. However, these concept areas are still fair game on the MCAT; it just means that information regarding these classes of compounds must be given in the passage.

I would still study alkenes and aromatic compounds, simply because the MCAT passages are not exactly "reader-friendly". They should be a low priority subject in your preparation, though--certainly not as important as nucleophilic substitution reactions.