Organic Chemistry I as a Second Language: Translating the Basic Concepts | 
| Author: David R. Klein
Publisher: Wiley
Category: Book
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Sales Rank: 1978
Media: Paperback
Edition: 2
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 336
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.8
Dimensions (in): 9.2 x 5.9 x 0.7
ISBN: 0470129298
Dewey Decimal Number: 547
EAN: 9780470129296
ASIN: 0470129298
Publication Date: June 22, 2007
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Product Description
Get a Better Grade in Organic Chemistry
Organic Chemistry may be challenging, but that doesn't mean you can't get the grade you want. With David Klein's Organic Chemistry as a Second Language: Translating the Basic Concepts, you'll be able to better understand fundamental principles, solve problems, and focus on what you need to know to succeed.
Here's how you can get a better grade in Organic Chemistry:
Understand the Big Picture.
Organic Chemistry as a Second Language points out the major principles in Organic Chemistry and explains why they are relevant to the rest of the course. By putting these principles together, you'll have a coherent framework that will help you better understand your textbook.
Study More Efficiently and Effectively
Organic Chemistry as a Second Language provides time-saving study tips and a clear roadmap for your studies that will help you to focus your efforts.
Improve Your Problem-Solving Skills
Organic Chemistry as a Second Language will help you develop the skills you need to solve a variety of problem types-even unfamiliar ones!
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| Customer Reviews: Read 58 more reviews...
 Get A Head Start September 9, 2008
Honestly, when I first starting looking at Orgo study aids, i looked at 'orgo for dummies..." upon reading the reviews for it, I saw someone wrote to check this book out...anyways the bottom line is that Organic Chemistry is hard...I started to read this book a few days before class as started...it really helped so far. It gives a basic understanding of things the professor expects you to figure out on your own. Some may say well why not read the text...the text did not help! A simply thing as being able to read or build a structure (first chapter) helps more than the text and the professor.
If you're serious about getting a good grade and understanding Orgo for the MCAT's or DAT or VCAT..anything of that sort this will help.
Great Book for Organic Chemistry September 7, 2008
The book gives great concise information for orgo. Great practice problems - tells you what you need to know to solve and not much extraneous info. Wish I had bought it sooner.
Organic Chemistry I August 16, 2008
This is a great book. We have an organic course for high school juniors and seniors at Columbus High, Columbus, GA, one of two such classes in the state of Georgia.
This is our book along with Organic Chemistry for Dummies. Together, they may an acceptionable pair.
Fenomenal July 30, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I read this book after taking a year of basic high school chemistry. Klein does a fantastic job in the first 228 or so pages of explaining resonance, geometry, nomenclature, conformations, configurations, and introducing mechanisms. From these pages alone, I learned a lot more than I have ever learned about chemistry. Klein does a terrific job of explaining why, with plenty of analogies that doesn't involve chemistry. Plenty of problems are included for each topic, as well as answer keys. Seemingly, the answer key appears correct for maybe 99% of the problems, with tiny explanations for tougher problems. So, for most of the book, I'm cruising thanks to Klein's detailed explanations. After the chapter on substitution reactions chapter, the book is basically downhill. "There is one big difference between the last chapter and this chapter. In the last chapter, most of the information was given to you, and there was very little to look up in other sources...But now...YOU are going to provide the key information, by filling it in the appropriate places." From that point on, the information is either really skimpy or rushed (as in too much information without giving time for the reader to absorb it efficiently), with the assumption that you have a textbook or notes to rely on. Unfortunately, Klein's decision to let the reader think for themselves in the harder sections (mechanisms) is disappointing. If you're a student taking Organic Chemistry, you might have better luck with mechanisms, such as elimination, addition, and synthesis, than I did. If you're a student looking for clear-cut explanations on mechanisms, then this book may not be for you. Overall, this book helps you build a basic understanding of Organic Chemistry, using simple language. The list price is something the buyer has to consider for a black and white paperback book. Fortunately, I was able to borrow this from my local library.
Textbook/Workbook combo July 18, 2008
This book is amazing because it is a textbook-workbook combo.
Most of the time in Orgo, homework is too difficult and tricky (that is, it is too far removed from the basic analysis techniques shown in the readings) to let the student learn while doing the homework.
However, this book is organized such that a workbook-like section follows every chapter- and plentiful problems (that are designed to reinforce technique application) of increasing difficulty in application follow each section...
but the best part about it- there's space in the book to write and draw!
and the paperback is so cheap it's very much worth it to just practice in the book and toss it away later.
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