Comments on: Why Organic Chemistry Made Me Feel Dumb

By: lb

lb — Mon, 17 Feb 2020 22:39:35 +0000

More than you know, thank you.

By: Tom

Tom — Sun, 04 May 2014 18:13:42 +0000

Hello James, very cool website. I am just now finishing O chem II at Univ of Akron. The book is phenomenal!! David Klein Organic Chemistry, ever heard of it? Anyways, what do you know about the ACS Organic Chemistry II final exam? I heard horror stories.
Also, I read on the Hydroboration-Oxidation mechanism, our book breaks that down really well too, it has to be the most complex mechanism in all O Chem I, right?

By: Sudha Omprakash

Sudha Omprakash — Sun, 19 Jan 2014 23:54:38 +0000

In reply to James Ashenhurst. Yes, I am B. C. Subba Rao's daughter and Vijay's aunt. He was touched you mentioned him. We have all shared this page on FB.

By: James Ashenhurst

James Ashenhurst — Fri, 27 Dec 2013 05:43:49 +0000

In reply to Vijay rao. If true, then I am greatly honoured.

By: Vijay rao

Vijay rao — Fri, 27 Dec 2013 05:33:14 +0000

Great article! My grandfather is BC Subbarao! He really enjoyed this.

By: An Ochem Student

An Ochem Student — Sat, 09 Mar 2013 22:17:00 +0000

Thank you for your article. You made this person feel a lot less dumb:)

By: Susan V

Susan V — Thu, 13 Dec 2012 03:17:50 +0000

Ahhh. Phew. I feel so much better already.

By: Joel Berglund

Joel Berglund — Wed, 12 Dec 2012 22:48:53 +0000

I’m glad you posted this article because I was in a similar situation last fall/winter. It’s kind of like war-time, where you can’t question it, you just need to roll with it. That is why I did better this semester when I had to retake organic chemistry and got A’s and B’s, yet the class just thought I was doing better because I already took it.

But don’t ask me about Physical Chemistry, that stuff is beyond my comprehension. I used to like math, but once I got to calculus, that like started to fade away into the wind and when I went to Physics 221 for the first time, I had no idea what I was doing. It wasn’t as cut and dried as High School physics, but at least I passed it somehow. I hope I can survive another semester of this and not have to retake it.

By: Diane Castillo

Diane Castillo — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 00:29:44 +0000

I realized this about halfway through the semester, and I felt sooooooooooo much better.

By: Susan Farmer

Susan Farmer — Sun, 09 Dec 2012 03:00:51 +0000

oh, where were you in 1972 when my Organic Prof was reading Morrison & Boyd (3rd edition to us)!. Not only might I have passed, I think I would have actually *understood* which IMO is much better than merely passing!

One of my co-workers pointed me here because of the cats. Brilliant!

(FWIW, I know where this page was in 1972 — I wound up being a Computer Programmer for close to 20 years, and I know when Tim Berners-Lee sent the first http packet!)