NOTHING to know about alkenes?

[batista_123]

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the list of mcat topics in confusing me. it says in paranthesis (no alkenes)
so if in a reaction one of the reactants is an alkene, you dont need to know that reaction?

 

[weiden]

the list of mcat topics in confusing me. it says in paranthesis (no alkenes)
so if in a reaction one of the reactants is an alkene, you dont need to know that reaction?

trust me, you need to know about alkenes - I thought the same thing (based on the same list as you looked at) and blew off reviewing them. Low and behold, an entire passage on the MCAT I just took involved alkenes. I'm praying it was an "experimental" passage b/c I think it got me good....I know for a fact I missed a few questions from it that I probably would not have missed had I reviewed. With all the prep material for the MCAT, I decided if the list said "no alkenes" it meant "no alkenes" - I was wrong!

that being said, alkenes aren't too terribly hard and you should be able to knock out a thorough review fairly quickly. Also make sure you're schooled up on alcohols, grignard reagents, oxidation and reduction. Like genetics, those seem to be the "hot" topics at the moment.

 

[AliDeLaLouisa]

Thanks so much for the clarity, I also had the same question that I disregared in a earlier posts than this one.

 

[wrathofgod64]

r u ****ing kidding me? an entire passage on alkenes? sheeeeeit

 

[229141]

r u ****ing kidding me? an entire passage on alkenes? sheeeeeit

That'd be so easy...alkenes are pretty chill. I'm hoping for a little carbonyl chem or some lab techniques. Would be so sick to get some westerns or IR etc.

PLEASE HAVE BIOCHEM!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[sportsfreak]

where is this list of mcat topics that people keep mentioning?

 

[rockaction]

I'd take alkenes any day over a tough passage on aldol condensations. What do you do with alkenes? Not much more than simply add stuff across the double bond. Zeitsef's rule and you're done.

 

[sportsfreak]

wasn't there an alkene passage on AAMC 10? so I would say its fair game