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Offline pinkflower

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Did you make flash cards, or make an audio file and listen to it while relaxing, driving, etc.?   How did you get these to stay in your head?! 

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Re: Any tips for memorizing the reagents required to do specific reactions?
« Reply #1 on: February 06, 2012, 03:14:27 AM »
Did you make flash cards, or make an audio file and listen to it while relaxing, driving, etc.?   How did you get these to stay in your head?! 

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Think about the types of reaction: oxidation, reduction, etc.
Look for typical reagents to carry out these processes.
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Re: Any tips for memorizing the reagents required to do specific reactions?
« Reply #2 on: February 08, 2012, 12:16:56 AM »
This topic was raised before, see http://www.chemicalforums.com/index.php?topic=52252

Actually, I went further as in too much further here, http://www.curvedarrowpress.com/wpblog/?p=53
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