Organic Chemistry Exam Helper

Organic Chemistry.The mere phrase strikes fear in the heart of many students. Featured as the class that crushes dreams and dashes hopes, thousands of students take the course every year. At first the class starts out easy: a review of general chemistry. Nomenclature is introduced next, which, while tricky, many manage it well.It is the section on reactions and analytical tools/data interpretation that end up dashing the hopes of many pre-meds. This book here provides new help for...
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Organic Chemistry.The mere phrase strikes fear in the heart of many students. Featured as the class that crushes dreams and dashes hopes, thousands of students take the course every year. At first the class starts out easy: a review of general chemistry. Nomenclature is introduced next, which, while tricky, many manage it well.It is the section on reactions and analytical tools/data interpretation that end up dashing the hopes of many pre-meds. This book here provides new help for students struggling through the first major examination of reactions: the chemistry of alkenes (hydrocarbons with double bonds). Reactions covered here include addition of HCl, HBr, H2O, halohydrin formation, oxymercuration and reduction, Br2 and Cl2 addition, oxidation by OsO4, ozone, and permanganate, hydroboration and oxidation, reduction of alkenes, and addition of carbenes. These are the majority of reactions covered (and tested on) in the typical organic chemistry class. Covering such issues as the Markovnikov principle, carbocations, rearrangement, and stereochemistry, a summary of each subject and reaction is provided at the beginning of each section.Then the fun begins.The only way to learn and master organic chemistry is to practice it. Each reaction section is followed by 5 practice questions. At the end of the book are two 20 question-long exams that you might see in an organic chemistry class. The total number of pages here is over 100. Making it through this book will be a feat, but will help ensure a good grade on the Organic Chemistry exam (typically exam #2 or #3). Get this now to avoid the hassle of retaking the class!This is the first book of this series. Future books will be based on this format, and will probably be much easier to get out for me, the author.I am a Ph.D. geochemist who has tutored students extensively in organic chemistry. As I learned quickly in tutoring, the only way to successful learn (and teach) the subject is to do it over and over. This book should not be used as a guide for organic synthesis, but can do quite well in helping pass (or even ace!) Organic Chemistry. The price is right, too!Answers for all questions are provided at the end of the book. Good luck!