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ExamKrackers MCAT Organic Chemistry

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If you did well in organic chem 1 and 2, then this book is great for a quick review. the best part is you can even go through it quickly.

Top notch book that makes learning the Organic section of the MCAT as painless as possible. All the relevant information without the unnecessary "jibber-jabber". This book will definately get you prepared in the most efficient way possible. The other books (especially the verbal book) also come highly reccommended.

I read this book twice now, and I think this book really helps alot. Other than those kaplan books which tells you straight out facts in a very boring way, EK orgo gives you good insight to understand the material fast. I think this books is a great book, but if you want 15 on the bs section, you should also look at other books like kaplan or princeton for more practice.

This book is good for someone who wants some review and would rather work through problems than just read. The problems are quick and can be done in the head (no need for paper) so they can be done pretty much anywhere. The downside is that this book is full of errors, and Examkrackers doesn't offer their errata for free online.

Example: Problem 631: "Which of the following would be the most acidic? Ethanol, benzophenone, methyl benzoate or triphenylcarbinol." The answer they give is triphenylcarbinol, "because it has extensive resonance stabilization of the conjugate base's negative charge." While resonance stabilization of the anion makes a proton more acidic, triphenylcarbinol doesn't have any of it. Most of the errors are along these lines; they won't give you completely the wrong answer, but they might force you to say "huh?" and look it up on wikipedia before deciding the book is incorrect.

(Also, if typos annoy you, don't buy this book - it is FULL of them. I legitimately wonder if ANYONE proofread this book before it was published.)