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Aldehyde

Aldehyde

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  • wendybird
    Thanks! I had to log in twice to make sure, and the second time I was so terrified in case it was some sick joke someone was playing on me!!!
    Nebuchanezzar
    biochem and chem are completely different. simple question to solve that problem might be something along these lines

    what's more interesting to you, functional groups and the way they interact, or DNA?

    I chose functional groups and I'm quite glad of it. A chem major will lead you to synthesis and how to build big molecules (insanely cool imho), whereas biochem will lead you towards big molecules and how they interact.

    What seems more interesting? And yeah, if you can handle physics (I can't) then that seems like an excellent choice.
    Nebuchanezzar
    no it doesn't matter. there's no advantage of one course getting you into med. maybe they'll make you do an interview - justify your doing chem because you love it.

    best to double check this answer in a medicine forum though eh?

    EDIT: And i'm pretty sure they encourage different degrees to get into medicine these days anyways. Lots of arts kiddies get into med.
    Nebuchanezzar
    ahaha. sounds painful. but it sounds like they at least categorise chemistry properly up there. the hsc down here never once mentions "organic chemistry", and it's instead put into little "environmental" topics such as "forensic chemistry", or "chemical monitoring and mangement", where there's a mish mash of PT, inorg and org chemistry.

    it enrages me so much.
    Nebuchanezzar
    i've only been to unsw and usyd. chemistry at usyd is fucking fantastic, and at unsw it's fucking shit.

    that's all the advice i can give on that front. anu looks like it focuses more on organic though, which sounds pretty good. :)
    Aldehyde
    I really like biochem as well, so med and dent are very appealing to me. If I wasn't interested in the health professions, I'd defs be doing chemical engineering or materials sciences. The thing i like about ozonolysis is the history. how it was used to learn about structures of molecules etc in the 1800's. + i like triatomic molecules like ozone for some reason lol

    Depending on how things go, I may do a BSc or chem engineering course next yr however. Do you have any recommendations for a good uni, or particular course?
    Nebuchanezzar
    sounds good. if you love chemistry though, i don't understand why you'd want to do med/dent unless you love them more.

    how much extra reading have you done? it's good to hear that high school students are going beyond the horseshit syllabus they're given (if it's the same as the nsw one when i did it) to read some extra stuff.

    eg: what is it about ozonolysis that you like?
    Nebuchanezzar
    a chemistry course

    so what's the deal? are you studying four years beyond your high school year, is your graduation year a lie or are you getting the answers from wiki? :p
    Aldehyde
    Yeah, unfortunately PCC is pretty toxic though lol. What sort of course are you studying at university?
    Nebuchanezzar
    ozonolysis mechanism is difficult also
    PCC method seems easy enough imho but i've not yet learned that and don't know how selective it is
    Nebuchanezzar
    what's your preferred method of aldehyde synthesis? we were just learning about the swern oxidation the other day but the by-products seemed a little problematic. plus the mechanism was a little hellish.
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