4 Pro-tips for scoring maximum marks in JEE Advanced Organic Chemistry!
Organic Chemistry is one of the most scoring topics in the JEE Advanced syllabus but students who fail to understand it, end up losing a great chunk of marks which could have easily been scored.
Organic Chemistry composes of a major portion, not only in JEE Advanced Chemistry but also in JEE Mains, Olympiads, and KVPY. So, if you are having trouble studying or understanding Organic Chemistry, I have compiled a few points which would definitely help you score a lot better than you currently do and unlock yourselves to the full potential. If you follow the points religiously, I assure you you would be able to do almost all the questions from Organic Chemistry be it JEE Mains, Advanced, and even Olympiads!
Note: These tips were followed by me and many other JEE rankers during their preparation.
1. Start with General Organic Chemistry
General Organic Chemistry (or GOC) is without a doubt the most important topic to be understood and practiced thoroughly if one wants to ace in Organic. GOC provides you with all the basics which would lead you to understand all the topics following it(like hydrocarbons), not only in 11th but in 12th too (majorly). The best way to ace GOC is to solve many problems, preferably by using a question book. If you are focusing on only the theory without doing any questions, you won't be able to do what you aim to do and will ultimately fail. Using question books (like M.S Chauhan ) will not only build your concepts but also prepare you for any type of question you may face in your 2-year long journey!
If you can solve >90% of problems in GOC, you can easily solve the questions of the topics covered after GOC (hydrocarbons, carbonyls,etc.)
If you want to know about which books a serious aspirant use for preparation, read this post:
To know how to solve M.S Chauhan correctly, refer to this video by Sachin Rana:
2. Don't hesitate to DIY
Organic Chemistry is one of the topics you can study all by yourself. So it is better not to wait for your teacher to teach you a particular reaction or topic and do it yourself. This aids in your self-study habits and prepares you for the topic beforehand such that you can easily understand your teacher as you have already done it once. Don't ask your teacher to teach you a particular reaction, understand the reaction and its mechanism by yourself, and ask the doubts from your teacher. It injects a feeling of self-reliance and confidence in you and would help you a lot in the future. I remember solving almost the whole M.S Chauhan within a couple of months coming to the 12th class. Do not hesitate to read/learn a particular topic if it seems to be out of the syllabus, if you are interested and you see its questions, go on the internet, and search all the related mechanisms.
Sometimes it is good to refer to some high-level books (like Jonathon Clayden) for some important reactions.
Trivia: Do this question and answer in the comments section. This is a single correct question.Don't be demotivated if you cannot solve as the question is of a pretty decent level . Will post the solution once 20 people attempt to answer the question!
3. Write Special Notes at the end of each chapter
Organic Chemistry is the topic you need to practice a lot and the huge JEE syllabus doesn't always let us have time for this. So to prevent yourself from forgetting important stuff you must keep a tab on important reactions, mechanisms, and questions from the chapter. To do this always leave 5-7 pages at the end of each chapter so that you can write reactions and questions which you couldn't during the chapter. Don't hesitate to even tear up some specific topics from your coaching modules( don't tell them you read this here :P) and paste it in the special notes section, I used to do this all the time. Always star-mark the questions which had some exception or you had trouble solving them and go through them once in a while.
Here is an example of this from my own notes:
4. Do the previous year questions
Previous year questions are a vital source of practice and give you the experience what the table has to offer. Do all the previous year Organic Chemistry questions and try solving them while timing yourself. For e.g take a deadline of solving 30 Organic Chemistry questions in 30 minutes and then keep on increasing the number of questions. In the end, you would be easily able to do more than 50 questions(JEE Mains and KVPY level) in 30 minutes. Keep in mind practice is the key. You may not get the desired results hand to hand, but with time and practice, you will master Organic Chemistry once and for all.
Note: I suggest you leave the last 5 year's JEE Advanced questions and do it when you solve the whole papers (at the very end of your preparation).
That is all from my side if you have some doubts or you want me to post on a specific topic leave your comment in the comment section below. You can always contact me personally if you are having any troubles, I will be happy to help.
This was Jeevesh Jain, currently a freshman at IITJ.
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