Organic Chem. Molecular Model Kit

<p>I was wondering if anybody knows exactly which Darling Molecular Model Kit is used for Organic Chem (Chem 3570).</p>

<p>I sent an email to the Prof and this is what he said.</p>

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We'll be using the new edition of Loudon (5th ed), the study guide and a "Darling" molecular model kit, which will be bundled at a discounted price.

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<p>I found the book and don't really think I need to spend the money on the study guide. Besides, I looked up what the cornell store charged for the kit last year and I can definately get things online for much cheaper. It's just that when i looked up the kit, there are many of them and I am not sure which to get.</p>

<p>thanks for the help</p>

<p>you’d prob have to wait to get the courselist or ask the professor again. btw, it really doesnt matter which organic kit you use. the purpose is to build the structures to help you visualize. you can build your own kit if you want. infact you don’t even need the kit if you have good 3d visualization skills</p>

<p>Yeah it really doesn’t matter which orgo kit you use, they all perform the same function.</p>

<p>so then if it doesn’t really matter. any recommendations on which one is best.</p>

<p>I looked at a couple on amazon and I saw some complaints about one set being too flimsy (was least expensive and it was the “darling” kit) and the prentice kit had lots of good reviews but some said it was too stiff and hard to work with.</p>

<p>I don’t really mind spending a little extra to get something that is better. I mostly just want to get it now, rather than waiting until I get to school and have to pay Cornell Stores full price.</p>

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<p>That model kit is what 357/358 been using for the past many yrs. It’s also Darling blah so it could be the same one lol…</p>

<p>1) who’s teaching 3570?
2) you definitely want a fine model kit, but I never had any trouble with the one that was bundled last year. my structures stayed together and no pieces broke or anything. it’s probably the best choice, especially since it’s the cheapest.</p>

<p>The professor is Bruce Ganem. When I looked back through the textbook history on the cornell store site, didn’t see anything listed from him in the past and he is using a different text than what the other teachers had bought in the past.</p>

<p>ahhh…Ganem is back. I don’t believe he’s taught Chem 357 for a few years now (I had him in 2005). Anyway, he uses the Loudon book b/c I believe Loudon used to be an assistant professor at Cornell and it’s said to be one of the best orgo books out there.</p>

<p>I used the Prentice Hall molecular model set for organic chemistry and it worked just fine for me. It’s definitely more expensive than the Darling set, but I already owned the Prentice Hall kit and didn’t want to buy a new one. Some of my friends who used the Darling kit had problems with it.</p>

<p>I understand wanting to save money when it comes to textbook purchases, but I really recommend the study guide. It good for a quick summary as well as extra practice problems. I also got a lot of use out of it when I was prepping for the MCAT.</p>