Class exercise: Come up with a synthesis for this illegal drug
A while ago I got the following letter from a concerned parent (lightly edited for length). I was shocked when my daughter came home from
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Where Memorization Helps in O-Chem
Although in my last post I basically poo-poohed memorization as a study strategy, I don’t mean to imply that it does not have its place.
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Feb 18, 2010: Wasn’t sure what I was going to do with my career. I wanted to teach, but after two years of failed academic
Read moreWelcome to “Orgo Hacks”
Cal Newport’s excellent blog, “Study Hacks”, inspired me to think about the problem of how to learn things in the most efficient manner possible. To
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