STUDY GUIDES: Spark Notes Chemistry Study Guides: Typical Sparknote section: Summary, Terms, Topic Narratives, Problem Set. Useful to get key ideas and terms, read the Topic Narrative, and then, test yourself with the sample problems OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY: ELECTRONIC FLASH CARDS University of Illinois -Chicago - Organic Chemistry On-Line More OCHEM University Lecture Notes: University of Akron General, Organic, and Biochem University of Maine Study Aids Portland State University

OCHEM University Lecture Notes: MIT U of Illinois - Chicago UCLA Course Notes Archive and Organic Chemistry Tutorials HOW TO STUDY O CHEM: * avoid solving problems in your head - write and draw * think, don't cram * spend two to three hours a day for each class contact hour THE PATHGUY has great notes on Preventing F's [teaching techers how to teach and students how to learn] .. Here's what he says of OCHEM "Anecdote 20: ... The organic chemistry course is the traditional ordeal that determines whether a college student is medical school material. It is a good choice. Organic chemistry is easy to learn if the student understands its essential principles, and almost impossible to learn if approached as a rote memory task. A few students do pass "organic" using their fantastic memories, only to have their powers finally exceeded by the demands of the introductory course in anatomy, physiology, or pathology." Here's what he has to say "When students come to you with learning problems, ask to see their textbook and notebooks. If the student takes no notes during a lecture, or "relies on the class notes", he or she needs immediate instruction on the importance of learning actively. If a large percentage of a weak student's notes, handouts, or textbook is highlighted (often in many colors -- the "rainbow notes" syndrome), he or she is trying to memorize facts before understanding the big picture. (Look at how emphasis is used. Some very effective students use different colors to distinguish different kinds of information -- gross, microscopic, clinical, current research.) If there are few or no sketches among notes, the student is relying on verbal associations. Some students transcribe whole lecture tapes, or copy text or notes verbatim in an attempt to burn the words into their memories. This is the worst approach to learning, and will end in disaster sooner or later. Next, ask the student to show you how he or she studies new material. A student who attacks a textbook chapter without previewing the pictures and captions has never really learned the importance of identifying major ideas quickly. A student who reads without taking notes or without making any marks in the textbook is reading passively and will learn very little. Ask whether the student uses a forced recall-paraphrase technique in learning. Effective students stop after each paragraph of text or notes and repeat what they can remember in their own words. If a high-risk student claims to be doing this, ask for a demonstration. You will simply hear word associations. Ask the student how much time he or she spends reviewing each subject daily. This is when relationships among ideas become clearer, and it should be a regular practice. However many high-risk students spend excessive time reviewing material they already know, because it makes them feel better. Finally, ask whether the student studies with music playing. Everyone knows that music is a potent distraction, and studying to music is at best a bad habit. I always suspect that a student who studies next to a radio is either not serious about school in the first place, or is using music to ease the agony of doing an impossible memory task." UCLA Chemistry Study Hints Take copious notes. Do not focus solely on what is written on the board. Listen and copy down key verbal points as well. Make flash cards for new reactions as encountered. Do all of the problems. Go through the stack of flash cards. Make copious use of office hours and discussion section. Do all the appropriate practice problems on the web. HOW TO STUDY ORGANIC CHEMISTRY - from the University of MAINE: you will need a well-organized approach and the commitment to stick to a fairly rigorous and time-demanding study schedule. ... Allocate your time and set study goals in advance. You will require no less than 10 hours of study time each week, beginning in the first week of the semester. you will need a well-organized approach and the commitment to stick to a fairly rigorous and time-demanding study schedule. Here are some suggestions about how to approach doing well in the course.

Key Texts: Organic Chemistry -5th Edition, L. D. Wade Named Reactions in Organic Chemistry from UCONN Organic Chemistry Guide at BioChemHub Virtual Textbook of Organic Chemistry Frostburg State University Organic Chemistry Help Topic to Cover 13C NMR 1H NMR Acids and Bases Acyl Derivatives Alcohol Dehydrations Alcohols Aldehydes Aliphatic Amines Alkane nomenclature Alkanes Alkenes Alkyl Halides Alkynes Amines Arenes Aromatic Amines Aromatic Compounds Aromaticity Atomic Structure Bimolecular Substitution: Sn2 Bonding Buffers Carbocycles Carbohydrates Carbonyl a-Substitution Carbonyl Condensation Reactions Carboxylic Acid Derivatives Carboxylic Acids Chemical Bonds Chemical Solutions Chemistry Circular Dichroism Colligative Properties of Solutions Composition of Solutions Conformations of Alkanes Conjugated Dienes Conjugated Systems Covalent Bonds Cyclohexane conformation Diastereomers Diels-Alder reaction. Electrochemistry Electrolytic Cells Electrophilic Addition to Alkenes Electrophilic Aromatic Substitution Electrosynthesis Enantiomers Enantiomers and Diastereomers Ethers First Order Elimination: E1 Fischer Esterfication Free Radical Halogenation Friedel-Crafts Alkylation Functional groups Galvanic Cells Gas Pressure Heterogeneous Catalysts Hydroboration of Alkenes Ideal Gases Infrared Spectroscopy Integrated Spectroscopy Introduction to Organic Chemistry IV Ionic Bonds Ionic Liquids Isotopes Ketones Kinetic Molecular Theory Mass Spectrometry Melting Point Meso compounds Microwave Synthesis Molecular Orbital Theory Molecular Orbitals Nitriles NMR Nucleophilic Addition to Carbonyl Groups Organic Atomic Structure Organic Covalent Bonding Organic Molecular Orbitals Peptides Periodic Table pH Calculations Phase-Transfer Catalysts Phenols Properties of Reagentia Proton & Carbon NMR R/S and D/L configuration Reaction Kinetics Reaction Mechanisms Reaction Rate Laws Real Gases Second Order Elimination: E2 Sn1E1 Reactions Sn2E2 Reactions Solubility Solvents Sonochemistry Spectroscopy Stereochemistry Stereoisomers Stoichiometric Calculations Stoichiometric Reactions Stoichiometry Structural Analysis Structure of Alkanes Supercritical Fluids Thermodynamics Titrations Ultraviolet Spectroscopy Unimolecular Substitution: Sn1 Williamson Ether Synthesis