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BR Organic, Prioritizing

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Background:
I have a limited amount of time before the MCAT, and 4 sections of BR orgo that I don't have time to work through (my MCAT was delayed by 2 weeks due to an expired license), so I've actually done all the questions already, but I am revisiting the problems. So, I will definitely do the 5th section (Carbonyl chemistry) since that seemed incredibly high yield for the MCAT (from practice tests I've done) and I have time in my schedule for one more section of the 2nd book. However, the last indepthness of the last three sections didn't appear particularly helpful when I went thru AAMC tests the first time around (most of the answers could be found for me through careful analysis of the passage).

Key Question:
In last 3 chapters of BR orgo, which is the most important chapter that I should redo actual problems in? And would I be fine if I am confident in only the concepts discussed from mcat-review.org (isoelectrics, the few nitrogen reactions they mention, and very basic carbohydrate topics)?

EDIT: This may actually be supposed to go into the MCAT Discussions forums and not this subforum...not sure how to move? Sorry!
 
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