I have people saying that you do not need to cram the thing out but get the mechanisms be known to you. While others say that you must know the products formed as well as the mechanism but the products must be known. i am confused. The mechanisms seems simple and you think this will type of reaction will take place and when I look in the book it is quite different and complicated. The thing I feel I should just by-heart or cram it and it will work for my written Bord exams but not for the SAT and other competitive exams which I will give.
So help me out and others who are new to ORGANIC chemistry/