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- Full version of EASE — click here
- AceOrganicChem Elite—Learn more here.
- How to Crush Organic Chemistry – more information on it.
- Our blog posts — helpful info for organic chemistry
- Our test banks – lotsa free practice exams
Ace Organic Chemistry with EASE.
This is not organic chemistry for dummies, but organic chemistry for everyone. Ace Organic Chemistry with EASE (also called the E.A.S.E. method) is a step-wise and logical approach to solving almost any organic chemistry problem and/or mechanism. Using the fundamental rules of organic chemistry, the method prompts students to think about the basic principles of organic chemistry each and every time it is used. By doing this, it becomes obvious that any organic chemistry student can solve a diverse range of organic chemistry problems, including ones that you have never seen before. In this book, we show you how to recognize how organic reagents act and react, discuss why organic reactions proceed as they do, and show you how to determine the mechanism and product of that reaction. Organic chemistry is not as hard as you think it is, you just need a logical method for figuring out the problems. Designed for students of all levels and abilities, with this method you can ace organic chemistry mechanisms in no time. You really will learn organic chemistry as a second language.
Let me state the obvious first: This is a video designed to help you learn how to do organic chemistry mechanisms and synthesis problems.
Now let me state the less obvious: This is not supposed to be a comprehensive organic chemistry course. It is a supplement to your lecture and practice questions, but is not meant to replace them. In fact, your textbook and lecture notes are an essential prerequisite to understanding this book and using it properly.
This video is the introduction to the method and shows a methodical approach to teaching mechanisms and synthesis problems. First, we will review the new language (called organic chemistry) that you must learn, although you will have seen most of this through your textbook and lecture class. We will then teach you about all of the reactants, and finally show you how it all fits together and why reactions occur. You really can ace organic chemistry with EASE.
By the end of the full video course (which you can sign up for above) it is our goal to not only teach you how to write organic chemistry mechanisms, but also teach you how to think through problems you may have never seen before. You will be able to do this because the rules of organic chemistry will never change; you just need to know how each player is going to react in a given situation. Knowing this will allow you to think through any synthesis/mechanism problem which might get thrown at you.
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