Is he actually expecting us to synthesize an amino acid? I didnt realize we were in biochem...

4/6/2006 8:44:12 PM

you gonna fail

4/6/2006 9:25:58 PM

he wants you to know the three ways you can make an amino acid...not necessarily the specific ones..

4/6/2006 9:46:53 PM

dont worry ch 223 exams arent too bad after getting past 221

4/6/2006 10:10:19 PM

Protonate is the way to initiate
Because the nucleophile will appreciate
He taps the back and the proton shuffles
Reform the carb before there's a ruffle
Off and away goes the leaving group
Now loose the proton and that's the scoop

4/6/2006 10:45:40 PM

ha. that lil jingle made me giggle.

and ya....i had novak for 221 too, and it was much harder than this.

4/6/2006 11:02:51 PM

ok...that majorly sucked.

4/7/2006 3:07:16 PM

I didn't think it was too bad
I think it was harder than the other ones though.
That one with the two bromines man, it kinda sucked

4/7/2006 6:34:53 PM

I didn't think it was too bad either, I did the synthesis problems in about 3 mins. I thought the first "Yes/No" ones were rough, and a few of the reactions...

4/7/2006 11:07:41 PM

Well...according to the webassign gradebook, the class avg. on test 3 was a 60.1.

I was looking at the histogram, and it looks like about 74 people made C- or higher. About 99 people made a D+ or lower.

I've noticed this happens alot with his tests. A large amount of people do really well, and an equally large amount do poorly. It makes for somewhat misleading class averages. I wonder how he is gonna correct this at the end of the semester...if at all...

[Edited on April 9, 2006 at 1:30 AM. Reason : asdf]

4/9/2006 1:27:37 AM