xviii Organic Chemistry ll For Dummies Chapter 20:More than Ten Ways to Increase Your Score on an Organic Chemistry Exam.....................343 Don't cram the night before a test 343 Try Doing the Problem Sets and Practice Tests Twice. 244 Study the Mistakes You Made on Previous Exams 2A4 Know Precisely Where,Why,and How the Electrons Are Moving........344 Relax and Get Enough Sleep before the Exam.... 345 Think Before You Write. .345 Include Formal Charges in Your Structures When Appropriate..........345 Check That You Haven't Lost Any Carbon Atoms.. ..34 Include E/Z,R/S,cis/trans Prefixes in Naming Organic Structures.. .340 Think of Spectroscopy,Especially NMR,As a Puzzle 34 Make Sure That Each Carbon Atom Has Four Bonds.. .346 Appendix:Named Reactions.37 Index. ..349xviii Organic Chemistry II For Dummies Chapter 20: More than Ten Ways to Increase Your Score on an Organic Chemistry Exam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .343 Don’t Cram the Night before a Test ..........................................................343 Try Doing the Problem Sets and Practice Tests Twice ..........................344 Study the Mistakes You Made on Previous Exams .................................344 Know Precisely Where, Why, and How the Electrons Are Moving ..........344 Relax and Get Enough Sleep before the Exam .........................................345 Think Before You Write ..............................................................................345 Include Formal Charges in Your Structures When Appropriate ...........345 Check That You Haven’t Lost Any Carbon Atoms ..................................346 Include E/Z, R/S, cis/trans Prefi xes in Naming Organic Structures ..........346 Think of Spectroscopy, Especially NMR, As a Puzzle .............................346 Make Sure That Each Carbon Atom Has Four Bonds ..............................346 Appendix: Named Reactions ...................................... 347 Index ....................................................................... 349 02_178157-ftoc.indd xviii 5/28/10 9:44 AM