Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour. Enforced requisite: course 14B with grade of C- or better. Not open to students with credit for course 30A. Continuing studies in structure of organic molecules, with emphasis on biological applications. Resonance, stereochemistry, conjugation, and aromaticity; spectroscopy (NMR, IR, and mass spectrometry); introduction to effects of structure on physical and chemical properties; survey of biomolecular structure. P/NP or letter grading.

Review Summary

Clarity
5.0 / 10
Organization
5.0 / 10
Time
10-15 hrs/week
Overall
5.0 / 10

Reviews

    Quarter Taken: Fall 2022 In-Person
    Grade: A

    Great class and professor was entertaining.

    Quarter Taken: Fall 2022 In-Person
    Grade: A

    Prepare to study a lot for this class; lecture material may be contradictory at times

    Quarter Taken: Fall 2022 In-Person
    Grade: B+

    I found this class very interesting, and Professor Anderson did a great job explaining concepts, but parts of the class were a little disorganized.

    Quarter Taken: Fall 2022 In-Person
    Grade: B+

    A lot of people do not like professor Anderson. I didn’t personally mind her but I did rely on a lot of external resources in order to understand material. I really recommend the Klein book problems. Those helped prepare me a lot for exams. Overall, there are a lot of organic chemistry resources so you will be fine if you complete practice problems and watch content videos.

    Quarter Taken: Fall 2022 In-Person
    Grade: A

    Lectures were disorganized, but exams were very fair! It was her first quarter teaching so slides were confusing sometimes, but if she organized lect a bit better this class would be really good!

    Quarter Taken: Fall 2022 In-Person
    Grade: P

    Explanations in class not very clear, overall class structure needs a lot of improvement

    Quarter Taken: Fall 2022 In-Person
    Grade: N/A

    would not recommend taking class with this professor

    Quarter Taken: Fall 2022 In-Person
    Grade: A

    Class was extremely disorganized and made it close to impossible to know what was the correct information. Professor Anderson claimed that we should be paying attention to the information provided in the Klein supplemental book, but would say in lecture to listen to her. Much of the time these two contradicted one another and students suffered on exams as a result. One of the worst professors as she was also changing the syllabus although it had been past week 3.

    Quarter Taken: Winter 2023 In-Person
    Grade: A

    Anderson has students' best interests at heart but can sometimes miss the mark with her lectures. She's bound to get better though.

    Quarter Taken: Winter 2023 In-Person
    Grade: A

    Anderson really doesn't deserve the hate that she gets on Bruinwalk. She was a great professor who explained the concepts very clearly and wrote very fair exams similar to the homework. As long as you do the work, you learn and earn good grades. The class had a 89 average overall which is really good for an Ochem class. She allowed us to drop exams and offered extra credit. Would definitely recommend taking this class with her.

Course

Instructor
Mackenzie Anderson
Previously taught
24W 23F 23W 22F

Grading Information

  • No group projects

  • Attendance not required

  • 2 midterms

  • Finals week final

  • 83% recommend the textbook

Previous Grades

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