ORGANIC CHEMISTRY FOR MAJORS . CHEM 130A
INTRODUCTION TO ORGANIC CHEMISTRY. TOPICS INCLUDE ACID/BASE CHEMISTRY, CONFORMATIONAL ANALYSIS, STEREOISOMERS, THERMODYNAMICS AND KINETICS, AROMATICITY AND RESONANCE, AND MULTISTEP SYNTHESIS AS WELL AS THE NOMENCLATURE, STRUCTURE, REACTIVITY, AND MECHANISMS OF ALKENES, ALKYNES, AND ALKYL HALIDES. REACTION MECHANISMS INCLUDE ELECTROPHILIC ADDITION, SUBSTITUTION, AND ELIMINATION REACTIONS. THIS COURSE IS INTENDED FOR CHEMISTRY MAJORS AND OTHERS REQUIRING A STRONG BASIS IN ORGANIC CHEMISTRY.
Prerequisites: Chemistry 1C or 2C with a minimum grade of C-.
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His lectures are ridiculously fast and impossible to take notes because he scrolls through prewritten notes. However, homework is extremely effective at helping you learn the content well, if you take the time to do it properly. He is very direct and no-nonsense which I appreciate, however it may come off harshly and crude to some. Disorganized af.
He records his lectures, is enthusiastic about chemistry and gave a fat curve (My 50ish percent got curved to a 70ish percent). That's about all the good things I could say. His lectures go at a breakneck pace and homework is filled with trick questions and is incredibly difficult. The fact that noone got about a B on the midterm says a lot.
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I don't know why his rates are so low. As long as you watch all the lecture video, you should be ok. He doesn't really use textbook.
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