Here is what I like to do. number carbons FIRST AND FOREMOST. begin thinking about reactions and functional groups YOU KNOW which, under the correct circumstances, COULD do this transformation/reaction.....then count carbons again and see if you see the reaction. But you first must show an attempt...I see one of them, but it is not entirely obvious. THIS is where O-Chem tests your spacial reasoning ability. DONT THINK OF ASKING FOR HELP AS A WEAKNESS. The office hour rats are always the kids who end with A's in the discipline.
-Zack