2. Start working on any recommended problems within the first week of class!
Step 1: Do NOT Fall Behind
3. Step 2: Keep track of the reactions
Every lecture you will learn at least 3 new reactions.
Copy them down twice! Once in your notes and then again after lecture. Make sure you
get the mechanisms down too!
Color coding may be helpful.
5. Rules and Regiochemistry to Remember
Two Names to Consider in Almost Every Reaction:
Markovnikov Zaitsev
Master
these
concepts
ASAP.
6. Zaitsev’s Rule
In an elimination reaction, the most
substituted product will be the most
stable, and therefore the most favored
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