How to Memorize Organic Chemistry Reactions and Reagents [Workshop Recording]
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- Leah4sci.com/guide presents: How To 'Memorize' Organic Chemistry Reactions and Reagents! Video recording of Leah4sci live workshop.
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While understanding rather than memorization is KEY to orgo success, with so many reactions and reagents to learn you can't help but memorize.
And while there's no 'right' or 'wrong' way to go about it, there are tips and tricks you can use to be more efficient in your approach and long term retention.
Most of the Leah4sci workshops are only available in the Organic Chemistry Study Hall leah4sci.com/join I felt this one was so important I'm making it available to everyone.
This is a Replay of a LIVE Workshop! You'll see how to maximize your study efforts and retention, memorization tricks beyond the next quiz/exam, and how to find reagent structure/details quickly and efficiently!
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For more in-depth review on Organic Chemistry Reagents including practice problems and explanations, come join my online membership site the organic chemistry study hall: leah4sci.com/join
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@@GreatSoul2583I'm SHOCKED, like what's the point of replying?😭😭😭
@@iidentifyasjeffbezos They're working on their masters by now LMAO
I know this is old content, but it’s still SO helpful. Sometimes I want to cry when I leave my lecture. We’re always asked “any questions?” At the end but I think we’re all just in such shock that we’re silent…I hope I look back on this comment one and laugh. Thank you for all the help, Leah!
You're so welcome! Next lecture, you should be the one person who DOES ask a question. Come prepared with a list, if that's what you need!
For further help with topics like this and for answers to all your questions, I recommend joining my organic chemistry study hall. Details: leah4sci.com/join or contact me through my website leah4sci.com/contact/
I believe in you C Berryman. You’ll soon be past all of this and come out with a smile instead of still shocked to do anything👍
"Alcohol tends to throw some students off." Now that I won't need to memorize
Glad to help! :)
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Normally I hate when videos don't go straight to the point but I really appreciate Leah's tips and encouragement about how we can do better on exam and avoid freaking out! It's really encouraging and motivating to help me continue to try to understand even when it seems too difficult! It feels like she is a personal tutor one on one through her videos!
I'm so glad you like it!
of course i find this video 15 mins before my final...
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Found it 2 days after....
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I gotta memorize all this in 2 days for my final 😭😭😭😭
I’m super scared, I can’t fail this class. I just need a C
You got this! Focus! :)
And dont just settle for C
Lol I need an A+, had 31/40 in assessment
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My test is tomorrow but this video might just save me!
I need a teacher who teaches organic Chemistry like this
I'm the same way ...what kind of chemistry have you done ? An how far have you study?
when you find it let me know ....
@@StarProduction369 did you ever get to know LOL
Girl, same. I'm taking O Chem I in the summer rn for the first time and I just...
EVERYONE needs an Orgo teacher that teaches like this.👍
I'm so glad I found this in the first week of class, you're a lifesaver!!!
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This video was so helpful, I have my exam tomorrow at 2 and explaining the reagents and how oxidizing have oxygen.. I know it's simple but just that helped so much more than a few videos I watched. Thank you SO SO much!
You're so welcome! How did your exam turn out for you?
This Video is a lifesaver, I have an exam on the fundamentals of Carbonyl Company and Amines and I wouldn't have stumbled on this gem at a better time. Thanks for the Good work.
You're very welcome; hope your exam turned out great!
You made my day with your light switch example! Amazing !
Glad to hear that!
Your videos are great. An analogy for organic chemistry is a lot like playing a musical instrument. Playing a musical instrument relies on muscle memory after understanding the mechanics of the music. Same for organic chemistry- there is the understanding part of the mechanics of how it works and then the muscle memory of getting these reactions to do what you need. So what has helped me is to keep writing these reactions our until it becomes second nature.
That's so beautiful, thanks so much for sharing that with me!
Longest video I ever watched without skipping. Thank u so much!
Wow, that's such a compliment, thank you!!!!
These videos build very good foundation and is even great refresh for me in graduate school taking organic mechanisms
Glad you like them!
I wish I found this earlier 😭 My exam is in 2 days and I’m screwed. But I still have orgo II next semester, and I’m definitely going to use this!!!
sameeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee my organic exam is after tomorrow.
tell me did you do well in exam?
I hope you guys did well on your exam. Please subscribe to the channel to see updates too! :)
@@Leah4sci Yeah I did well in exam I got B and now I have organic 2 and my midterm is in next sunday wish me luck and I'll watch your channel TYSM
Thanks
Thank you for sharing your knowledge! :)
You're welcome
is there any way you can do a long video going over the most frequently seen/used patterns in ochem? Like how you laid out the oxidation and reduction patterns? It would be unbelievably helpful
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Thanks for the recommendation. I post free videos as I have time and am always looking for suggestions.
incredibly useful. Thank you so much!
You're very welcome!
Thanks for your advices I didn’t do well as I wanted in o chem 1 but planning to fix my studying habits n do well in o chem 2. This gave guidance on how to go forward.
I'm so glad! For more focused study help as you prepare for Orgo 2, I recommend joining the organic chemistry study hall. Details: leah4sci.com/join or contact me through my website leah4sci.com/contact/
This just showed up in my recommendations I bet this comes in handy when I take Orgo this fall
I wish you the best my dude!
Don't forget to subscribe @Joe ! All the best! :)
Hey Leah, thank you so much for offering your knowledge in an approachable way. The problem I have had with the university, at least here in Germany, was the impersonal relationship between teacher and student. I am pretty scared to ask my teachers questions. Also, I think you have a very soothing, yet motivating voice. I will be a teacher in Chemistry for high school soon. We have a very compromised school model here in my city where the whole range of very restricted to very able pupils go to and mostly, Chemistry class will only cater to 2 % of pupils. It discouraged me to study for OC I and II whereas my pupils will not even get their heads around a structural understanding of chemical compounds. Pushing through will be a lot more encouraging with the help of your resources.
You're so welcome. I'm glad you've liked the videos! Best of luck in your teaching profession. :)
Best tool to use that helped me get As in all my classes. I would sit up front in class and press record on my phone and turn it over so the professors wouldn't know. I would take those recordings and listen to them every night, in the car, before exams and it helped me retain information better than taking notes or better than any other technique. It got to the point where I didn't even have to take notes anymore. I listened to the recordings one last time before exam day and I remembered every single detail the professor mentioned in those classes. I would be the first one done on the exams with the best grades lmao. And students were getting pisses bc they would take all these notes but I would just listen to my recordings haha.
Wow, glad to hear you found something that worked for you! Were you able to apply what you memorized?
Leah with your video makes my chem lesson very simple and seems I have my tutor everywhere I go keep up the great work people like you are really scares
Love to hear that! I'm so glad to know that my resources have helped make your lessons easier to understand.
Thanks keep up the good work may god bless you with long life the world need you most
Leah you are an excellent teacher !!!
Awweee! Thank you :)
Thank you so much for this video. Originally, I got a C in both Orgo 1 and Orgo 2 and now I am having to study orgo for the DAT. This is helping me so much because I didn't know how to memorize reactions efficiently
Glad to be a part of your journey!
Same! Studying for the DAT and i hate orgo! how did it go!
Indeed am offering BCM/ICT but chemistry has been giving me hard time whenever it comes to organic chemistry especially chemical mechanism but from today onwards am gonna start memorizing the content everytime
Glad to help!
I love your teaching as well as your voice!! God bless you
Thanks so much
Brilliant teacher thankyou, I think you memorazation techniques and method of studying is spot on!
I am so glad you mentioned the bath markers, I used to use them when I was an undergrad student and my mother thought I was nuts so thank you for spreading the word :D
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Excellent,awesome ,fantastic ,fabulous
Thank you
I had to listen to this twice literally because your voice is so damn soothing, AND because after I heard you say the word "understand" I literally became addicted to hearing it. I can't tell you how badly I wish you were my chem teacher when I was at RIT!!! Thank GOD my love of BIO carried the day, every single day, all four years!
Aww thanks, I really appreciate it!
Oh how I wish the same were true for inorganic chemistry. Specifically, the periodic table of elements and metallurgy.
Sorry, but this channel is focused on organic chemistry
Speaking of the interacting part. My last exam I couldn't quite remember if something would be o/p or m, but I could remember where on the page things were written and like imagined my note page and used general location to figure out where I wrote the o/p and the m activating things and where the specific one from a question was to see if it was written near m or o/p label. And it worked.
I'm so glad!
was feeling so confused but your videos are such a great help
So glad my videos are helping
This is my biggest issue with Org Chem…not knowing what reagents do what…hopefully this video helps out with some of that!!
Hope this cleared it up. If you still have questions, feel free to contact me at leah4sci.com/contact
Good lecture i enjoy learning chemistry with you
Glad to hear that! I enjoy teaching it :)
U have a calm and patient voice 4 a ADHD
Thank you!
The usefulness of this presentation is way beyond preparation for test😊
Glad you think so! I appreciate you watching.
Oh, thank God you didn't actually stress memorization rotely. Indeed, I found that organic chemistry was more easy to "rationalize". The only "memorization" aspect I used was to know the or be able to derive Lewis structures as well as some first principles (understanding electrophilic and nucleophilic centers, Frontier MO theory, and positive and negative). However, the organic course I took and the one I tutored had very complex scenarios and molecules and exams had many problems pitched at something between an upper division organic and a graduate level course.
You're very welcome! The key is to understand and be able to reason your way through it. The more you practice the more familiar you become with the reagents and conditions, the more you'll be able to answer these questions without (or with minimal) rote memorization
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Thankyou for reminding me what studying is.
Lol. Hope you liked the video!
Excellent explanation! Thank you for saving my butt before my exam tomorrow!
Thanks! All the best on your exam! :)
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Idk much but I've been trying to learn I need guidance to learn the basics or how can I start organic chemistry ..and I need to know the type of equipment i need to use for chemical extractions, basification .what are the main chemical that are always use for extractions of other chemicals ..how to extract compounds from plants.....ect.ect.ect.
And Thank you once again for your great teachings.
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Happy to hear this helped you so much!
My exam is in a week... Glad I found this video :)
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I love way she teaches my school sir doesn’t teaches that well i love it thank you
So happy to help, especially since you're teacher isn't helping you understand.
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Thanks lea helpful!!
You're so welcome!
I wish I found this earlier this semester
2singmyheart same here, I just did my final exam today and I think I'm going to have to do organic chemistry again...
I'm sorry to hear that, when are you retaking it? Are you set with a plan on how to ace it this time around?
Same here... I did well on my first exam, but as soon as we started with mechanisms I died. Totally bombed the second exam, now desperately trying to study enough to do well on my next exam in 3 days. These videos are fantastic though.
samee I have my third exam today and this whole time I was trying to memorize all the solvents lol but yeah I'm in a similar situation ur in... well at least im not alone
Third exam did not go well 😞 I swear I heard someone crying in the middle of it and only a couple people even finished on time, out of a class of like 70 people. I studied my ass off, and none of the reagents on the exam were ones we had previously used. Idk what to do, I knew the material but everything was different 😥
Thankyou i am preparing for IIT adv. and it was very helpful.
So happy to help!
Hii... Thanku for organic chemistry videos really its a big help to all studants thanku so much
You are very much welcome. Glad to help!
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3 easy steps to memorize:
1) Understand.
2) *Memorize*
3) Repeat.
GG 10/10 would memorize again
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well hope this will help me big time
I hope so, too!
Thank you so much
You're most welcome!
I think need to read more organic chemical books.
Definitely! Watch more videos too :)
U r right.. practice makes a man parfect... It is really need to more practice and practice.......
or a woman
Thanks your teaching is fabulous
I understand all reactions I am class 12th student from India
I'm so glad the videos have helped!
Hello Mam!! Can you make video tutorials about Named Organic Reactions? Cannizzaro reaction, Perkin reaction, Michael reaction, Claisen-Schmidt reaction, Darzens Glycidic Ester reaction, Stobbe reaction, Mannich reaction, Wittig reaction, Ene reaction and Reformatsky reaction, Diels-Alder reaction.
I'm still working on adding to this channel, but I do already cover some of these. Be sure to search here: leah4sci.com/organic-chemistry-syllabus-companion-topics-list/ For even more help with named reactions and more, I recommend joining the orgo study hall. Full details: leah4sci.com/join
I don’t have a professor. I just don’t like school but I love chemistry. No tests no marks that says I am a chemist or not. I want my freedom.
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Javier C Your greatest achievement in life will be your uncanny ability to comment. 🥇
Chemistry is a wonderful subject to fall in love with! You only need the formal education if you're hoping to work in a field that requires a degree, otherwise I believe you can learn even more from TH-cam than the average classroom (with an average / boring professor)
Very useful
thanks
6:02 actually putting bromine there is correct too. It is referred as the minor product while the most stable one is the major product
Most reactions have minor products, to some degree. But I expect that professors will want you to draw the major product for full points on a quiz or exam question.
@@Leah4sci makes sense but i just wanted to let you know that it is not completely wrong
I found your explanation extremely easy to understand, and you have a lot of videos which is fascinating and frightening at the same time for me..lol
I'm studying the aldehyde and ketone reaction right now and I feel like I haven't fully understood the basic so I decided to start all over again from the principle (before the lecture gone further than this). So, if I may ask, which one of your videos/playlists should I start from?
I'm so glad it helped you understand!
As for the playlist, it depends on which basics you are looking to review. I go into great detail for this topic in the orgo study hall leah4sci.com/join
You can also contact me through my website: leah4sci.com/contact
@@Leah4sci thank you for the reply.. i'll have my final exam this Friday.. so i don't have a lot of time to think..
just gonna watch a lot of your vids 🤣
Thanks
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you are amazing, you could be better as Professor in my science college and I not only learn these things besides I could see you every day..
Thanks for your kind words, but I think I'll stick to teaching online where I can help more students than in a single university
@@Leah4sci hmm that's good. I will not be selfish fan of you. You are not just for me. You are doing excellent job. I am impresed of you'r methodology and everything you have.
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Hi! Your videos have been super helpful. I have an exam tomorrow and I was wondering if you had any last minute study tips. I've been doing a bunch of practice problems and know of the mechanisms for the most part but am having some difficulty finding the patterns
Just seeing this, how did your exam turn out?
Nice..
Can u tell the name of book ( Organic chemistry..... Guide) that u show in this video ??
Details on this page: leah4sci.com/guide
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Happy to help!
@@Leah4sci truely enjoyed will have to watch more just gotta keep grounded lol great job tho frfr 100
dear, upload more, nice work
Thanks, Will sure do. Make sure you subscribe to the channel to see updates.
My god this teacher is so amazing. Which country mam?
Thank you
Wowwww ,,, never knew chemistry was this easy
:) Great to know you found Chemistry easy! Keep on studying and all the best!
@@Leah4sci If chemistry is easy, what's hard?
My exam is in a few hours and I don't know SHIIIII to save my life. Great
Oh no, I hope it went better than expected
How did it go? I have one in two days
Many2 tnq mam
You're welcome
Great
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i am gonna be able to ace my exam because of this and will be able to become a doctor thank you so much
Yes! I love to hear that!
l will love if u will use the structural formula
In most of Orgo, you'll see professors use line structures. If you need some practice with this, make sure to visit leah4sci.com/drawing-skeletal-structures-of-organic-compounds/
I am appearing my end semester after 4 days and I am in panic cause I don't have any basics hope this helps me.
I'm sorry you were panicked. How did it turn out?
I love you.
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Trank you, have an exam tomorrow 🥰
You're welcome! How did your exam turn out?
I love your voice
Thank you
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Please dont delete this vid leah,Let me take my exam i gotta go..will watch later
It stays here, no worries! Good luck on your exams! :)
Hi
i am watching this before 2 hour of my organic chemistry test
How'd it turn out?
38:50 Sure, but how do you know you're right without a problem/answer set? You could just keep studying the same mistake.
That's a great question! The key is to create problems that are exactly the same, for a reaction you already CLEARLY know. Adding a substituent should change it for example 2-methyl-2-butene vs 2-methyl-2-pentene = same overall concept but an added carbon. The idea is to change it enough where it looks almost different but not.
And when in doubt, use a problem set that includes a solution such as the free quizzes on my website so that you DO have the answers to double check your work.
See the different topic quizzes here leah4sci.com/syllabus
this video is mostly helpful before or at least a week into the semester. This will not help you out if you are in the middle of the semester trying to catch up, or especially for final exams haha
As long as it's helpful along the way, that's what matters!
it is a great video! just wish i had discovered it earlier in the semester ❤️
At 52:40 you stated NaBH4 was another oxidizing reagent. I was taught it was a reduction reagent, so we should use a Jones Reagent to get to the last reaction. Is that incorrect? I’m only asking because it seems like the last part of the problem went unfinished. Thank you so much - test in 4 days.
Oh wow! Thanks for catching this. You are correct that it is a reduction reagent.
How did your test turn out?
Really freaking out in orgo 2… does the study hall also focus on orgo 2? If so will join
Yes, it does! Full details here: leah4sci.com/join
Hello Leah, as an organic chemistry student who has watched and benefited from almost all of your videos, I am currently doing my master's degree in this field. I live in Turkey and frankly the economy is not very good here. According to the current exchange rate, 1 dollar is worth 30 Turkish liras and the scholarship I am currently receiving is around 120 dollars per month. The pdf guide you mentioned in the video seems to be very useful for the exams I am preparing for. Is there a chance I can buy this guide at a more affordable price? Whether you answer or not, thank you, you inspire me to be a good organic chemist. Love from Turkey 😊
I don't own the guide, I simply recommend it because I think it's amazing
Hello ❤. Do you have something for the Heterocyclic Chemistry course?
I'm sorry, but I don't offer tutoring over social media. For help with questions like this and more, I recommend joining the organic chemistry study hall. Details: leah4sci.com/join or contact me through my website leah4sci.com/contact/
nice girl you are doing very good work. I am an Indian , me and my friends love your videos.
I'm glad my resources are helping you and your friends!