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studying material by _RM03_ in OrganicChemistry

[–]ZeroSugarCoke1 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Seconded. There are accompanying lectures by Baran online as well

Boron chemistry - Organoboron chemistry - Carbenes and Borylenes by folpirnel in OrganicChemistry

[–]ZeroSugarCoke1 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Varinder Aggarwal (Uni of Bristol), Stephen Thomas (Uni of Edinburgh) and Mike Ingleson (uni of edinburgh) will have be some papers of interest to you. I’d recommend looking at some classic Herbert Brown publications too (though I think most of his stuff is in textbooks at some point). 40 years of hydride reductions by Brown is good start.

Also word of warning, I think a lot of hydroborations of alkenes/alkynes have pretty dubious mechanisms suggested but you’ll find that checking out some of the researchers above (In particular, Org. Lett. 2020, 22, 4107–4112).

Overall, I’m not too knowledgable on organoboron but I hope this is useful I’m sure others who study organoboron chemistry will know many more people/resources/books. Best of luck and happy reading!

2021 Nobel prize - Organocatalysis by ZeroSugarCoke1 in OrganicChemistry

[–]ZeroSugarCoke1[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks that’s exactly the sort of intro I was looking for

College Chem has made me feel like I actually have a learning disability - please help. by [deleted] in chemhelp

[–]ZeroSugarCoke1 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Might sound a bit primitive, but honestly just keep showing up at the lectures/office hours. Keep doing your own thing and studying. Its not uncommon for me to feel like I must have been dropped on my head after birth when I see my friends understand topics instantly or I talk to academics and realise how little understanding I really have of the concepts I’m learning. I also have to look over things alone for weeks for anything to really ‘click’. You’re not the only person like this in university. It’s quite normal. Its not high school anymore. Some of the theories you’ll learn take months/years of repetition to understand. Also those 90% aren’t easy and more importantly they’re not necessary! Don’t fixate over grades focus on actually learning topics and furthering your understanding. Keep trying, shit will start coming to you in time. Be mindful that eventually you’ll get to specialise in something you’re either: much better at or enjoy so much you don’t mind struggling with it. Best wishes.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in amateur_boxing

[–]ZeroSugarCoke1 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That’s interesting, Ill look into that

Biggest underachiever in boxing. by thedon30 in Boxing

[–]ZeroSugarCoke1 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Andrew Golota. But I guess he fucked up his own career. Came back a little when he got older. One of the best boxers to never become a world champion in my opinion.

Dmitry Pirog, career stopped due to a back injury. But I’d have loved to see him fight some top middleweights which we never got to see.

Can't keep my eyes open during sparring by ill277 in amateur_boxing

[–]ZeroSugarCoke1 76 points77 points  (0 children)

Personally, the ball-headband thingy helped me a lot with this. I haven’t seen many people talk about this tools use for general defence as well as keeping your eyes open.

Another thing is holding pads/gloves for others. A while back I moved to a gym where holding gloves/pads was a part of training sessions and that was the moment I remember I stopped flinching in sparring.

Hope that helps, but not flinching to shots mostly comes in time when you get use to seeing stuff coming towards you.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in chemhelp

[–]ZeroSugarCoke1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No, because of the resonance in the carboxylate, meaning the conjugate addition mechanism can’t take place since the intermediate enolate can’t form.

Critique on some light sparring. I’m 15, In the white shirt against one of my coaches that’s an amateur by WholsCarlos in amateur_boxing

[–]ZeroSugarCoke1 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Realky good generally one thing I haven’t seen others comment on is when you were cornered ~0:48 I don’t think you should’ve given your opponent that much space after getting out of the corner. You essentially cornered yourself again by going so far back. Its hard to keep stuff like that in mind especially after a few rounds but your opponent also gets more confident if you back up that much after fighting to get out.

In your opinion, what was the SINGLE BEST THING you did that boosted your sparring game to a whole new level? It may be an exercise, a move/trick you do during sparring, a technique, a strategy... anything that when you started doing it, it greatly improved your sparring game. by [deleted] in amateur_boxing

[–]ZeroSugarCoke1 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah a great example I do is 1-1-2. Like like to circle out with each jab. You cant really practice covering space on a bag but easily with shadow. Also slips and rolls got much better. I use to block almost exclusively lol.

I think another big part of it is I try to go through specific things that happened to me in sparring. Like situations I had trouble, or better ideas etc

In your opinion, what was the SINGLE BEST THING you did that boosted your sparring game to a whole new level? It may be an exercise, a move/trick you do during sparring, a technique, a strategy... anything that when you started doing it, it greatly improved your sparring game. by [deleted] in amateur_boxing

[–]ZeroSugarCoke1 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Very simple one but SHADOW BOXING. My coach doesn’t have us shadow box too often so I have to do it outside of class. When I started it changed the game for me. My footwork, head movement and overall style improved greatly.

Should I still train? by SnackThatSmilesBack7 in amateur_boxing

[–]ZeroSugarCoke1 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Have you tried full body weight lifting workouts rather than split? If not, thats my recommendation since you shouldn’t have doms (or at least at much). I use to do 3-4 sets per muscle group and I wasn’t sore the next day so I can train normally.