O-chem

[UCLABruin]

Hi... I was just wondering if anyone else found organic chem to be a lot easier than other chem. I have taken general chem, kinetics/thermodynamics, and this quarter I am taking organic. I like organic so much more than the other chem that I have taken. Is anyone else like this?

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[Sweet Tea]

oh yeah, orgo is much better. no math, and that makes me very very happy

 

[Doctor Octopus]

O-chem starts out easy, but gets more challenging in the second half of the course. Nevertheless, I found it easier and more fun then Gen Chem.

 

[Angel_Eyes]

ARE YOU ALL OUT OF YOUR MINDS??? <img border="0" alt="[Wowie]" title="" src="graemlins/wowie.gif" /> :wink:

 

[Forensic Chick]

Annie, I must second that!! I had a professor that liked to give 3 midterms per quarter (yes, quarter - which is TEN WEEKS) and 4 quizzes... I understand every science BUT chemistry - so my 30 weeks of o-chem were pure hell. I did enjoy the labs though.

 

[Street Philosopher]

depends on the professor. if you had ochem with Orville Chapman you would not be saying it's easier than gchem. Maybe if you had Luceigh or someone else.

 

[Jedi In Training]

Organic Chemistry definitely more interesting and therefore easier to study for than General Chemistry. All I remember from General Chemistry is wasting my Thursday afternoons in lab washing tubes and drawing charts for an experiment that took 30 minutes and that I already did in high school.

 

[candybits]

I started out really enjoying org chem, but then the reactions kicked in, and I was all confused! I started hating it ever since then!

 

[Booza]

Organic chemistry was the easiest course... I don't know why, but the reactions were a lot easier than I expected, the mechanisms too. Now, ADVANCED Organic is something to write home about! I took that course and it was a killer!

I hate inorganic chem... I think most bio majors lappreciate Organic a lot more.

 

[UCLABruin]

•••quote:•••Originally posted by Street Philosopher:
•Maybe if you had Luceigh or someone else.•••••Yeah, I have Luceigh this quarter (and I will have her next quarter). Does this mean that she is easier than most?

 

[boo_yah]

I must concur, O-chem is fun! I found it to be pretty easy too. It's not hard to memorize a few reactions. And the mechanisms that you study make everything intelligible. Have fun in Biochem too.

 

[JulianCrane]

Orgo 1 is absolutely horrible. There is NO fun whatsoever in that course. Orgo 2 is no picnic either, but there are so pretty neat reactions involved. I liked Orgo 2 because the material was more concentrated and focused. But, to each his own. . .

 

[Femtochemistry]

Post your favorite Org Chem reaction(s):

The Grignard:
R-X + Mg ----EtO2----&gt; RMgX

A "deadly" way of making benzene
3(C2H2) ----Fe/500C---&gt; C6H6

 

[Street Philosopher]

•••quote:•••Originally posted by UCLABruin:
• •••quote:•••Originally posted by Street Philosopher:
•Maybe if you had Luceigh or someone else.•••••Yeah, I have Luceigh this quarter (and I will have her next quarter). Does this mean that she is easier than most?•••••Not exactly. I think it has to do with the fact that she actually knows how to teach Ochem. She's a great teacher from what I've heard.

 

[The Philosopher]

OH MY GOD....

We have gotten as far as to posting our favorite orgo-chem reactions????

WHAT IS THE WORLD COMING TOO?? <img border="0" title="" alt="[Eek!]" src="eek.gif" />

 

[Femtochemistry]

I am a chem fool. <img border="0" alt="[Laughy]" title="" src="graemlins/laughy.gif" />

I dont think O chem was that bad; if studied just 1-2 hours a day for O chem, it would be somewhat "less difficult" you could say.

And heres to you The Philosopher:



hehhe j/k man...it's all good