Hey future doctors!
Does anyone know if certain sections from Chad's Prep (Organic chemistry section) can be skipped/eliminated from studying?
Looking at the OAT 2020 guide, I see 2 chapters covered in Chad's Prep that aren't explicitly listed in the OAT guide to be tested on:
Chapter 16: Conjugated Pi Systems and Pericyclic Reactions
Chapter 22: Amines
Anyone else using Chad's for Ochem review skip these or other chapters that I am missing as well?
Thank you for any help!
This is Chad's Ochem Contents:
Chapter 1: Electrons, Bonding, and Molecular Properties
Chapter 2: Molecular Representations and Resonance
Chapter 3: Acids and Bases
Chapter 4: Alkanes
Chapter 5: Isomers and Stereochemistry
Chapter 6: Introduction to Reaction Mechanisms
Chapter 7: Substitution and Elimination Reactions of Alkyl Halides
Chapter 8: Alkenes
Chapter 9: Alkynes
Chapter 10: Radical Reactions
Chapter 11: Synthesis
Chapter 12: Alcohols
Chapter 13: Ethers and Epoxides; Thiols and Sulfides
Chapter 14: IR Spectroscopy and Mass Spectrometry
Chapter 15: NMR Spectroscopy
Chapter 16: Conjugated Pi Systems and Pericyclic Reactions
Chapter 17: Aromatic Compounds
Chapter 18: Reactions of Aromatic Compounds
Chapter 19: Ketones and Aldehydes
Chapter 20: Carboxylic Acids and Carboxylic Acid Derivatives
Chapter 21: Substitution Reactions at the Alpha Carbon
Chapter 22: Amines
This is from the OAT 2020 guide:
Organic Chemistry (30 items)
• Mechanisms: Energetics and Structure - elimination, addition, free radical, substitution mechanisms, and other mechanisms and reactions
• Chemical and Physical Properties of Molecules: Spectroscopy (1H NMR, 13C NMR, infrared, and multi-spectra), structure (polarity, intermolecular forces (solubility, melting/ boiling point, etc.), and laboratory theory and techniques (TLC, separations, etc.) • Stereochemistry (structure evaluation): Chirality, isomer relationships, and conformations
• Nomenclature: IUPAC rules and functional groups in molecules
• Individual Reactions of the Major Functional Groups and Combinations of Reactions to Synthesize Compounds: Alkene/alkyne, aromatic, substitution/elimination, aldehyde/ketone, carboxylic acids and derivatives, and other. For each area listed above, the following sub-areas apply: general, one-step, and multi-step
• Acid Base Chemistry: Ranking acidity/basicity (structure analysis and pH/pKa data analysis), and prediction of products and equilibria
• Aromatics and Bonding: Concept of aromaticity, resonance, atomic/molecular orbitals, hybridization, and bond angles/lengths
Does anyone know if certain sections from Chad's Prep (Organic chemistry section) can be skipped/eliminated from studying?
Looking at the OAT 2020 guide, I see 2 chapters covered in Chad's Prep that aren't explicitly listed in the OAT guide to be tested on:
Chapter 16: Conjugated Pi Systems and Pericyclic Reactions
Chapter 22: Amines
Anyone else using Chad's for Ochem review skip these or other chapters that I am missing as well?
Thank you for any help!
This is Chad's Ochem Contents:
Chapter 1: Electrons, Bonding, and Molecular Properties
Chapter 2: Molecular Representations and Resonance
Chapter 3: Acids and Bases
Chapter 4: Alkanes
Chapter 5: Isomers and Stereochemistry
Chapter 6: Introduction to Reaction Mechanisms
Chapter 7: Substitution and Elimination Reactions of Alkyl Halides
Chapter 8: Alkenes
Chapter 9: Alkynes
Chapter 10: Radical Reactions
Chapter 11: Synthesis
Chapter 12: Alcohols
Chapter 13: Ethers and Epoxides; Thiols and Sulfides
Chapter 14: IR Spectroscopy and Mass Spectrometry
Chapter 15: NMR Spectroscopy
Chapter 16: Conjugated Pi Systems and Pericyclic Reactions
Chapter 17: Aromatic Compounds
Chapter 18: Reactions of Aromatic Compounds
Chapter 19: Ketones and Aldehydes
Chapter 20: Carboxylic Acids and Carboxylic Acid Derivatives
Chapter 21: Substitution Reactions at the Alpha Carbon
Chapter 22: Amines
This is from the OAT 2020 guide:
Organic Chemistry (30 items)
• Mechanisms: Energetics and Structure - elimination, addition, free radical, substitution mechanisms, and other mechanisms and reactions
• Chemical and Physical Properties of Molecules: Spectroscopy (1H NMR, 13C NMR, infrared, and multi-spectra), structure (polarity, intermolecular forces (solubility, melting/ boiling point, etc.), and laboratory theory and techniques (TLC, separations, etc.) • Stereochemistry (structure evaluation): Chirality, isomer relationships, and conformations
• Nomenclature: IUPAC rules and functional groups in molecules
• Individual Reactions of the Major Functional Groups and Combinations of Reactions to Synthesize Compounds: Alkene/alkyne, aromatic, substitution/elimination, aldehyde/ketone, carboxylic acids and derivatives, and other. For each area listed above, the following sub-areas apply: general, one-step, and multi-step
• Acid Base Chemistry: Ranking acidity/basicity (structure analysis and pH/pKa data analysis), and prediction of products and equilibria
• Aromatics and Bonding: Concept of aromaticity, resonance, atomic/molecular orbitals, hybridization, and bond angles/lengths
How was the ochem section compared to chads quizzes? I’m really nervous about general chemistry. Would you say the ADA sample exam is similar to the actual exam?
