| Make flash cards, write the reactions down a gajillion times, do what you have to, but even the TAs will tell you in the end: just memorize it. For most people there simply isn't enough time to get a proper feel of the reactions--it takes a hell of a lot of practice. In the beginning few weeks you do have to focus on concepts such as atom size/arrangement, but in the last part of the course when they teach you reactions, just memorize like there's no tomorrow. |