Organic Reactions

[deleted508066]

Please feel free to move this thread if it is in the inappropriate sub-forum. Basically I'm looking for some general advice for tackling ochem reaction mechanisms. I'm taking ochem 1 right now, and learning reactions is pretty. I'm about average in the class - not the worst, not the best - and I just want to understand the material better. I was wondering if anyone had any general tips for handling reaction mechanisms, good web sites to study, what worked for you, or anything that could help. I think my ochem professor is still kind of new to teaching (he's a young guy, and this is his second year at my school). His teaching style is all over the place, and a little hard to follow.

I don't know if it makes a difference, but in class we've already covered the basic alkene/alkyne reactions and are just now getting to substitution reactions. We haven't gotten to elimination reactions yet.

Thank you for any help or advice!

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[Boolean]

http://www.chemhelper.com/mechanisms.html and the Khanacademy series of videos on the topic will probably be of use to you.

 

[Eaglefan]

understand why they happen and then practice doing them. easy to get down, doing them a bunch of times will help you get quick with them

 

[ciestar]

understand why they happen and then practice doing them. easy to get down, doing them a bunch of times will help you get quick with them

+1.
This. I found reactions were much easier this way, practice!