ACS Standardized Chemistry Test?

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Anybody ever taken that test? What did you make? Was it easy or hard?

I''m about to take this exam on monday...and I'm very scared. I'm very bad at Chemistry...it's the only subject bringing my GPA down as of now. I really hate it!!!.

I need help on how you studied and what were the most things that appeared

Answer 1

Study the chapter summaries from the lecture textbook and your instructor's old sample exams - especially if they contain multiple-choice questions. Review your notes - both PowerPoint notes and the ones you took in class. Work as many of the end-of-chapter problems as you can. If you have taken laboratory courses (Chemistry 354-355), reviewing the material pertaining to specific reactions you did as part of that class may be helpful also. The topics listed below are generally covered in the one-year organic chemistry lecture series. My recommendation is that you use the topic list in conjunction with the textbook and your old exams and notes.

Structure and Bonding

Lewis structures, molecular orbitals, hybridization

Nomenclature of organic compounds (mostly IUPAC)

Conformations of organic molecules

Stereoisomerism and Chirality

Fischer projections, cis-trans isomers, E/Z isomers, enantiomers, meso compounds,

Diastereomers, absolute configuration (R/S), relative configuration (D/L)

Resonance and Electron Delocalization

Acids and Bases

Strength of acids/bases (pKa), inductive vs. size vs. resonance effects

Addition reactions

Addition of HX, Markovnikov's rule, halogenation, hydrogenation, oxymercuration and

Hydroboration of alkenes/alkynes, Diels-Alder reaction

Elimination reactions

E1 vs. E2, Saytzeff's rule, E1cb elimination, Hofmann elimination

Substitution reactions

Sn1/Sn2, leaving group ability, nucleophilicity, solvent effects,

Conversion of alcohols to leaving groups

Carbocation rearrangements

Infrared Spectroscopy (IR)

Modes of vibration, vibration frequency of common functional groups

Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy (NMR)

Chemical shift and equivalence, spin-spin splitting

Oxidation and Reduction reactions and reagents

Organometallic reagents

Alkyllithiums, Grignard reagents, cuprates

Carbonyl chemistry

Aldehydes and Ketones (preparation, nucleophilic addition to C=O), carboxylic acids

Acid derivatives and their inter conversions, substitution next to C=O, enolates

Condensation reactions

Aromatic Substitution Reactions

Electrophilic aromatic substitution (EAS), activating/deactivating substituents

Direction effects

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ACS Standardized Chemistry Test?

Anybody ever taken that test? What did you make? Was it easy or hard?



I''m about to take this exam on monday...and I'm very scared. I'm very bad at Chemistry...it's the only subject bringing my GPA down as of now. I really hate it!!!.



I need help on how you studied and what were the most...

Answer 4

Topics Covered Nomenclature Structure, Hybridization, Resonance, Aromaticity Acids and Bases Stereoisomerism Nucleophilic Substitutions and Eliminations Electrophilic Additions Nucleophilic Additions at Carbonyls Nucleophilic Substitution at Carbonyls Enols and Enolate Ion Reactions Electrophilic and Nucleophilic Aromatic Substitution Free Radical Substitutions and Additions Oxidations and Reductions Spectroscopy Synthesis and Analysis The exam features: Description of important ideas included in each topic Questions that emphasize the concepts most frequently studied Analysis of how to think through each study question Worked-out solution for each study question Insight into how wrong responses are constructed Practice questions for you to try on your own Answers for all questions

Answer 5

Chemistry hmm thats hard. Well gd luck I hope you do well bye!!!