Curious: O. chem vs Biochem?

spdf
Tue, 03 Jan 2012 00:00:38 +0000

O-Chem was easier for me. After memorizing the first 10,000 reactions, I could see the patterns, and it made sense. Memorizing the Krebs Cycle and gluconeogenesis was torture, and somehow on the exams my labeled carbon atom always split off as a CO2 molecule somewhere along the way. I knew it was wrong but by that time I was helpless to do anything about it. It’s funny now, but not so much then.