OChem II

[Deepa100]

Hi All,
I completed OChem I fall 2006 and will be taking OChem II this spring. I had to work real hard to get an A- in Ochem I. I expeect OChem II to be similar to OChem I. Anyone has any tips on how to do well in II?
Thanks!

 

[MJB]

Keep doing what you've been doing, it seems to be effective! I just finished OChem II in December.

I read every chapter, went to nearly every lecture, and did tons of problems...

The worst part for me was the 6 hours of lab and all the BS lab reports and formal lab reports we had to do.

 

[guptaso2]

Reading the book really helped me. There's so much to remember, I found that reading up on the mechanisms is the best way to remember the reactions, trying to memorize them all is not practical, especially for OChem II

 

[awk]

Take the same teacher at the same institution! This is the best thing you can do.

 

[Deepa100]

Thank you all!
I did switch professors because I did not like the one I had for Ochem I. He went way too fast and was kinda' arrogant when I asked him questions. I hope I will have better luck with Ochem II.

 

[spicedmanna]

Understand mechanisms; practice as many problems as you can; get good at reading and interpreting spectra. Keep ahead of the class.

Good luck! 🙂

 

[Quix]

O. Chem is voodoo witchcraft. Sacrifice a chicken.






It basically builds on the basic mechanisms you got in O.Chem 1, but the memorization quotient goes up. I would have been dead had we not taken the ACS exam as our final.

 

[awk]

Thank you all!
I did switch professors because I did not like the one I had for Ochem I. He went way too fast and was kinda' arrogant when I asked him questions. I hope I will have better luck with Ochem II.

You are screwed

 

[MJB]

Yep, ours was VERY heavy on reading unknowns and ID'ing them...and knowing reactions...not just memorizing them...

I took the same guy I had Org. I with, and it helped a lot.

 

[Beau Geste]

Hi All,
I completed OChem I fall 2006 and will be taking OChem II this spring. I had to work real hard to get an A- in Ochem I. I expeect OChem II to be similar to OChem I. Anyone has any tips on how to do well in II?
Thanks!

You'll be fine. You got an A in Orgo I so that's a good predictor you'll do well in Orgo II.

You'll know what you have to do when class-time rolls around.

 

[mshheaddoc]

Ochem II is all mechism memorization.

I'll be using this book to help ...