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My biochem prof (an o-chemist at heart) taught his class largely off of the concepts of organic chemistry (in addition to memorizing stuff like glycolysis, we had to look at the active sites of the enzymes and use orgo mechanisms to predict reactions, etc). Notorious for giving the final exam to the prerequisite courses on the first day of class, our first day of class was spent on an organic chemistry test. Those who didn't do so well...were no longer with us. For those who did alright but not-so-hot he recommended this book called "The Nuts and Bolts of Organic Chemistry," by Joel Karty. Though I did pretty well on the test, alot of my classmates were saying that this book he recommended was pretty good, so I picked up a copy (i think its around 12 dollars - not expensive) to see what they were talking about.
While this book is not DAT or any other test specific, it does an awesome job explaining the fundamentals of organic chemistry. Instead of presenting lists of things to memorize (like the solvent/substrate/etc for Sn1 vs. Sn2...), the book presents how to reason your way through things like this without memorization.
I haven't combed the entire spectrum of orgo help books that are out there to know if this is the only book like this, but anybook that stresses concepts over memorization seems worth looking at.
While this book is not DAT or any other test specific, it does an awesome job explaining the fundamentals of organic chemistry. Instead of presenting lists of things to memorize (like the solvent/substrate/etc for Sn1 vs. Sn2...), the book presents how to reason your way through things like this without memorization.
I haven't combed the entire spectrum of orgo help books that are out there to know if this is the only book like this, but anybook that stresses concepts over memorization seems worth looking at.
