Posted by Deneb on October 5, 2005, at 0:39:46 [reposted on October 5, 2005, at 21:44:48 | original URL]
In reply to Hooray for Diene synthesis! » Deneb, posted by Sarah T. on October 5, 2005, at 0:17:29
> Oh, the Diels-Alder reaction is one of the most versatile reactions!
I know! It is one *major* cool reaction! It seems like it can synthesize almost anything!
> Deneb, I'm curious. . . If you are taking just a basic Organic class, why are you studying the Diels-Alder reaction now? Is your course a second semester course that you're taking during the first semester? Usually, that reaction isn't studied until late in the second semester of an introductory Organic course.
Oh, I've already completed one organic chem course. This is the second organic chem I'm taking. It is still basic stuff though. We're not even going to go into detailed NMR spec. stuff, only the basics.
Most of my classes are biology type classes, mostly molecular biology. One class I really like (and did really well in) was Developmental biology...there's a lot of molecular biology in that class as well. I also liked genetics a lot. I haven't taken that many chemistry courses, only introductory chemistry, physical chem, organic chem I and organic chem II.
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