Is it true that we only need to know a few rxns for OG?

[RT0223]

http://ada.org/prof/ed/testing/dat/scope.asp

The ADA said, "Individual Reactions of the Major Functional Groups and Combinations of Reactions to Synthesize Compounds—carbon-to-carbon bond formation, functional groups conversions, multistep synthesis, redox reactions, name reactions, Grignard, Witting, Diels-Adler, Aldol reaction."

Do they ONLY ask about those types of reactions? Or is there more rxns that we need to know? For those who had taken the DAT, have you seen any other types of rxns on the real DAT?

I'm so confused, please help!

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[Dr. juju]

http://ada.org/prof/ed/testing/dat/scope.asp

The ADA said, "Individual Reactions of the Major Functional Groups and Combinations of Reactions to Synthesize Compounds—carbon-to-carbon bond formation, functional groups conversions, multistep synthesis, redox reactions, name reactions, Grignard, Witting, Diels-Adler, Aldol reaction."

Do they ONLY ask about those types of reactions? Or is there more rxns that we need to know? For those who had taken the DAT, have you seen any other types of rxns on the real DAT?

I'm so confused, please help!

isn't this list all of the reactions anyway? I mean what is "synthsize compounds"? I think you should know everything that you see in practice tests and kaplan book. This list is not very detailed....

 

[djeffreyt]

yeah...you do only need to know those...but that's well over a hundred different specific reactions when you think about it. Sure they can't test you on all 100+, but leaving out certain ones can be a killer.