Reddit reviews Organic Chemistry
We found 5 Reddit comments about Organic Chemistry. Here are the top ones, ranked by their Reddit score.
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Reddit reviews Organic ChemistryWe found 5 Reddit comments about Organic Chemistry. Here are the top ones, ranked by their Reddit score.
These two books helped me through Ochem: Organic Chemistry as a Second Language Vol. 1 and Vol 2. The guy also has a very good text book that comes with an absolutely ENORMOUS answer book that has every single problem in the textbook mapped out. I don't recommend the Wiley Plus/Orion online homework system thing, but these are great resources.
David Klein also has a full textbook out this year. My prof uses it and I find it even better than organic chemistry as a second language. Obviously since it's a full textbook + answer manuel it will run you a fair bit more.
I know I'm not who you asked but I'm in ochem 2 right now. My class seems to be a bit of a joke though. Here is a picture of the first exam we have (2 exams + final, weekly quizzes). I really do like the book we use though
First semester I got an A- for lecture with same professor and A for lab.
This semester, if I keep up the trend I'll pretty much get the same grades.
Behold, the greatest textbook I read in college. David Klein's Organic Chemistry was the single most important factor in me getting an A+ in organic chem 1 and 2.
I took the Chem 236 equivalent at my community college where this textbook was recommended. When I took 436 at UIUC, they recommend the Loudon textbook. It's shit. Don't read it. Klein literally holds your hand and walks you through each chapter with plenty of problem sets that force you to master one topic before you move onto the next one. The organization, the prose, the explanations, the problems sets, the figures...they're all just so beautiful. The reviews on this book are phenomenal. Compare the reviews to Loudon and you'll see how much of a different there is.
Buy this textbook with the accompanying solutions book (absolutely necessary no questions asked), and read through every page and do at least 80% of the questions. Draw out those mechanisms until your hand is bleeding. You'll be better off than most of your classmates. I guarantee it.
At my college, this was actually offered to us when our chemistry professors decided to choose a new book. The publishers were nice enough to give us this luxury and it was a great book (Klein's Organic Chemistry).