Distillation, crystallization, extraction, determination of physical properties, organic synthesis, instrumental methods in organic chemistry.

Prerequisites: Chemistry 6AL and 109A or 109AH or 130A with a minimum grade of C-; and Chemistry 109B or 109BH or 130B.

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Letters and science

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GAINER M J
Morgan Gainer
3.4
137 reviews

Lecture

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17:30 PM - 21:20 PM
18 / 18 Full
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Spring 2024 . Gainer M J
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17:30 PM - 21:20 PM
Summer 2024 . Gainer M J
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08:00 AM - 11:50 AM
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CHEM 6BL Gainer M J Spring 2024 Total: 166
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CHEM6BL . Gainer M J 4 Months Ago

Chem 6BL workload is too much but Gainer is extremely helpful in office hours. Just ask him questions, and he'll tell you the answer for lab reports. Quizzes are TA dependent, but office hours really help for the final. (Nice professor but I'd never want to take 6BL ever again, make sure you have the time)

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CHEM6BL . Gainer M J 5 Months Ago

Gainer Challenge: Try not to assign an insane amount of monotonous work every week Impossible

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CHEM6BL . Gainer M J 8 Months Ago

When I started my degree at UCSB, I was told by everyone that Gainer was the worst and 6BL was the hardest class ever. Obviously, the class is not easy and requires a lot of time and work, but Dr. Gainer's expectations are reasonable and he makes himself available outside of class. Work hard and you will get an A.

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6AL6BL . Gainer M J 9 Months Ago

He is one of the professors that does not care about his students (which was hard coming from Lewis who goes above and beyond). Slides are mostly blank. Recorded lectures missing chucks of material. He lectures in the barest bones of chemistry and expects you to teach yourself. Highly elitist.

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CHEM6BL . Gainer M J 9 Months Ago

Morgan Gainer is my favorite organic chemistry professor among all that I met at UCSB. He may not be as knowledgeable as Dr. Lipshutz, but his teaching is way better. He is the best evidence that UC treats the employees so awfully. He deserves to be tenured more than many of his colleagues in the department.

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CHEM6BL . Gainer M J 2 Years Ago

Gainer does his best to make this class as bearable as possible. He's a decent teacher who definitely has a passion for teaching. CHEM 6BL is seriously the most difficult and time consuming class I've taken. I highly recommend taking a light course load with this class, cause it's seriously a time-sink. Go to TA office hours and ask for help.

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CHEM 6BL
18 / 18 Full
Laboratory Methods of Organic Chemistry
Morgan Gainer 3.4
M W
13:00 PM - 16:50 PM
28.1% A
CHEM 6BL
18 / 18 Full
Laboratory Methods of Organic Chemistry
Morgan Gainer 3.4
M W
13:00 PM - 16:50 PM
28.1% A
CHEM 6BL
0 / 18 Closed
Laboratory Methods of Organic Chemistry
Morgan Gainer 3.4
M W
13:00 PM - 16:50 PM
28.1% A
CHEM 2AL
20 / 20 Full
General Chemistry Lab (Part A)
Pazos S
M
17:30 PM - 21:20 PM
CHEM 3B
100 / 105 Enrolled
General Chemistry (Majors)
Carlini A S
M W F
08:00 AM - 08:50 AM
48.4% A
CHEM 3B
106 / 106 Full
General Chemistry (Majors)
Leonard N
M W F
15:00 PM - 15:50 PM
48.4% A
CHEM 6CH
0 / 10 Enrolled
Organic Chemistry Labs
Liming Zhang 2.0
100.0% A
CHEM 6AL
324 / 324 Full
Laboratory Methods of Organic Chemistry
Morgan Gainer 3.4
M W
09:00 AM - 09:50 AM
27.1% A
CHEM 6BH
0 / 10 Enrolled
Laboratory Methods of Organic Chemistry (Independent Research)
Liming Zhang 2.0
100.0% A