Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Enforced requisite: course 20B with grade of C- or better. First term of organic chemistry for Chemistry, Biochemistry, and engineering majors. Covalent bonding, shapes, stereochemistry, and acid/base properties of organic molecules. Properties, synthesis, and reactions of alkanes, cycloalkanes, alkenes, and alkynes. SN2, SN1, elimination, and radical reactions. P/NP or letter grading.

Review Summary

Clarity
8.3 / 10
Organization
8.3 / 10
Time
5-10 hrs/week
Overall
6.7 / 10

Reviews

    Quarter Taken: Spring 2023 In-Person
    Grade: A+

    i love amber reilly <3 she is the nicest

    Quarter Taken: Spring 2023 In-Person
    Grade: B

    Her lectures are somewhat disorganized but she gives lots of practice materials. Her practice exams are similar format to the exam, but it is still extremely hard.

    Quarter Taken: Spring 2023 In-Person
    Grade: B+

    Her lectures were really organized. However, I had to email her multiple times to post different materials and her grading is also very slow. The midterms were reasonable but the final was extremely hard. She is also not very transparent with the curving of the class and final grades so the course grade can be a big surprise. I would recommend not taking this professor if you like keeping up with the class material as she posts stuff very late.

    Quarter Taken: Spring 2023 In-Person
    Grade: A

    Lectures were decent, but exams were quite challenging.

    Quarter Taken: Spring 2023 In-Person
    Grade: A-

    Reilly is an amazing teacher and was always very organized and open to helping students. The material is definitely challenging but it is manageable if you form a study group and go through a LOT of practice. Expect her exams to be VERY similar to the practice ones but with a little surprise in them. Overall I found the class very interesting and worth spending the time learning.

    Quarter Taken: Spring 2023 In-Person
    Grade: N/A

    I do feel like it was difficult to grasp the content but the class was not easy. the professor was great

    Quarter Taken: Spring 2023 In-Person
    Grade: A-

    This class is very fast paced and content heavy! Make sure to stay on track and DO THE HOMEWORK — don’t cram the night before like so many do. It’s really not that complicated; just do the practice, even though it’s optional. You need to pace yourself otherwise you will be punished on the exams; otherwise, it’s a fun course overall, Reilly is a kind and funny instructor, and organic chemistry ends up being very interesting.

    Quarter Taken: Spring 2023 In-Person
    Grade: C

    Great lecturer, very nice person, but tests were incredible unreasonable and difficult to the point where we had to learn new concepts on the midterms and final.

Course

Instructor
Amber Reilly
Previously taught
23S 21Su 20F 20Su 20S 19Su 19S 18F

Grading Information

  • No group projects

  • Attendance not required

  • 2 midterms

  • Finals week final

  • 50% recommend the textbook

Previous Grades

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