9b. Appendix B - Transcript of Open Ended Questionnaire Responses Nomenclature of Organic compounds B1.1 Bath STUDENT ID WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU WERE MEANT TO LEARN FROM THE PACKAGE? FROM THE SECTIONS YOU STUDIED, WHAT, IF ANYTHING, DID YOU FIND EASY TO GRASP? FROM THE SECTIONS YOU STUDIED, WHAT, IF ANYTHING, DID YOU FIND DIFFICULT TO GRASP? ANY FURTHER COMMENTS OR OBSERVATIONS 201 How to name simple molecules. The explanations to how to go about naming things. Naming of aromatic compounds - not enough examples earlier on in the alcohols and amines for example. Too many pages to go through - it should be slightly more condensed. The highlighting of the molecules made it very easy to understand the naming. Not enough mixtures of functional groups in one molecule. 202 How to name organic compounds more accurately than before using the package.     The arrow key should allow you to move back through the answer to change it - they just move the pages and then the correct page had to be found again. I know this can be done with the mouse but if typing on the keyboard it seems easier to be able to do this with the keyboard also. 204 How to name organic compounds. Calculating number of carbon atoms in parent chain. Whether the prefixes or suffixes had priority when numbering the carbon atoms in the parent chain and the order in which they were written down.   205 More about general nomenclature. Most of it. Not much.   206 The naming of organic compounds by functional group. Identifying longest carbon chain, which direction to number from, alkanes, alkenes and alkynes. All areas where a complicated functional group was on a chain with other functional groups, amides and amines. Having questions to test your progress was encouraging and broke the monotony of reading the screen. The nomenclature of the amides, amines, carboxylic acids, esters etc., wasn't very clear and all possibilities i.e. with other functional groups weren't covered. 207 Systematic naming of basic A-level standard organic molecules with functional groups attached. Naming of unsaturated, simple chain alkenes/alkynes. Occasionally priorities of different groups e.g.. carboxylic acid over halogen and perhaps differences in naming e.g.. butyl chloride to 1-chloro butane, also naming of N substituted amines etc., not very clear and not very well covered in A-level for me anyway. Initially when a mistake was made it was annoying that although the text was highlighted, the cursor moved you from page to page instead of around your compound name - not very clear that perhaps one should use mouse, however, as I progressed I got used to this, though perhaps I was also making less mistakes. 208 How to name organic compounds. The basic organic compound naming, where there was only a few substituent groups. Naming the more complex compounds, where there were many substituent groups. Putting naming priorities correctly - getting it exactly right.   209 IUPAC nomenclature of organic compounds. Most of it.     210 How to name organic compounds correctly. The concept of finding the longest carbon chain. The order in which to name the various parts of a compound.   211 About naming of various chemical compounds. Clarification of a description. Alkanes/alkenes/acids/amyl chlorides.   212 The fundamental rules. The basic rules and naming of quite hard compounds. One of the question and answer sections, a dash missed out resulted in a wrong answer being given and at first I found it hard to see where I was going wrong. I think correct would be better than absolutely correct, well done, which I think is a bit over the top. 213 About the naming of organic compounds. The naming of alkanes. The naming of compounds containing both double and triple bonds.   214 Naming organic compounds, gaining confidence with working with PC's. Proceeding through the package. Latter functional groups. Maybe an extra ten minutes to review the package, i.e. go through everything again quickly. 215 The correct way to name organic molecules. I found as I used the package it helped remind me of the stuff I had forgotten about naming. Entering the info into the computer, i.e. if a comma or dash is in the wrong place or missing, the computer can't recognise the chemical name.   216 The naming of organic compounds. The naming of compounds made easier by the steps and different colours used.     217 The methods/stages of naming compounds with different functional groups.   Following the instructions for naming of compounds with a number of functional groups.   218 How to name organic compounds correctly. Naming of single functional group compounds. Naming of complex compounds, e.g.. those with many functional groups and benzene rings. More worked examples would be helpful to show exactly how the compounds should be spelt. 219 To improve and clarify existing knowledge of chemical nomenclature. Alkanes, unsaturated hydrocarbons and further functional groups that I have studied before. Amines and amides, aromatic nomenclature. The package was very easy to use and allowed you to move through the work at your own pace, it was very instructional - you could learn without having to worry about trying to "use" the computer at the same time. 220 How to use correctly the IUPAC system for naming organic compounds. Alcohols. Amides.   221 To revise the naming of organic compounds from A-level and to slightly enhance it. Alcohols, some unsaturated aliphatic hydrocarbons and some functional group nomenclature. Anything with cyclohexane and amides, amines. I would have liked more time to thoroughly go through the package as I didn't finish the end topic or get to questions on the functional group nomenclature. 222 How to use the computer, and to assess our own ability of nomenclature. Also, to learn where and why we named some compounds wrongly. How to use the package, and nomenclature of the basic compounds, e.g.. alcohols, alkanes. Nomenclature of aromatic compounds, amines, alkynes and some alkenes.   223 The nomenclature of organic compounds using a computer program. Finding the longest carbon chain, substituent groups, numbering of the carbon chains. Writing the name of the compounds/substances. The program works very well and is an enjoyment to use. 225 The rules of nomenclature of organic compounds. The basic rules of nomenclature of organic compounds. How to name more complex compounds.   226 Naming of organic compounds.     Need more time to work through package - I didn't have time to properly look at functional groups. Also needed help on aromatics which didn't seem to be in the package. 227 How to correctly name organic compounds and the different functional groups there are. I found it easy to grasp the names of the different functional groups. I found it difficult to number the functional groups correctly and to put them in the correct order. The package was easy and clear to use. You didn't really need any other explanations about the program other than those that were on the screen. 228 How to build a name from the functional group names - and the IUPAC method of arranging these words. The use of commas and hyphens in the build-up of a name.     229 Systems to simplify nomenclature. Alkanes was easy to understand - lots of explanations. Functional group nomenclature was hard to understand - no explanations of examples was available.   230 Methodical routine of naming compound, perfectly. Finding longest chains. Where commas and hyphens were necessary and order of words.   231 How to name organic molecules correctly, learning about different functional groups. Naming of alkanes and unsaturated aliphatic hydrocarbons. I found the functional group nomenclature section harder.   232 The package is meant to show how to name compounds, beginning with the simplest compounds and using the same principles to name the more complex chemicals. The alkanes and amines were the easiest compounds to name. I found the compounds containing multiple double and triple bonds the most difficult to name - when other functional groups were also present.   233 How to correctly name compounds and how to use the computer software. How to work through the sections.     234 How to build up the names of various organic compounds from the basic chain. The numbering of the chains was made clear, and how to place substituents on a chain. The order in which to number multiple 'diene' or 'yne' bonds. Generally I found the package helpful. It would have been better for me if I'd have spent longer on a specific section, I tended to rush through, especially in the last section. 235 Get a broader view of the names of chemical compounds. The explanations of how to name the compounds. Getting the name 100% right.             236 How to name molecules accurately, and the mistakes which can often occur. Alkanes. Aliphatic hydrocarbons.   237 How to name compounds systematically, i.e. the procedure you have to follow to give compounds the correct name. Small chain alkanes, carboxylic acids, i.e. unsaturated aliphatic hydrocarbons. Naming of compounds with 3-4 functional groups attached. The package was helpful and I am sure if I go through it again I will manage. 238 How to name organic compounds correctly using commas and dashes in the correct places. Naming of most compounds except ones below. Naming of amines and ethers. The questions that were asked were more difficult than the examples given. 240 Some basics perhaps that may have been forgotten over the summer. Use of the computer. The way the computer expected the answers to be written, e.g.. certain dashes and commas and order of wording. The computer seemed a little too picky. The wording had to be exactly what was in its memory. A little more variation would be better. Otherwise quite a good package. 241 How to name organic compounds. Alkanes and alkenes.   The package was good, but mostly repeated what I had learnt at A-level. 242 What each functional group is and how to name it when it is in an organic molecule. The naming of alcohols, carboxylic acids and aldehydes. Esters, ethers, amides and amines, because I find it difficult to identify them. I would find a list prioritising the functional groups very useful, for example, whether a ketone should be the main part of the name or a carboxylic acid. If I had more than 1 hour and more exercises to do I might have learnt more. 243 Nomenclature of organic compounds. Naming of alkane, alkene. Naming of ether, amine, amide and other organic compound which have more than 1 substituent. The package is interesting and the questions are challenging. 244 How to recognise and systematically name organic compounds. Alkanes. Functional group nomenclature. Towards the end of 'functional group nomenclature' the package became difficult to use. 245 Improvement of naming of organic compounds. How to use the computer package. Alkanes. Functional group nomenclature.   247 How to properly name and write organic compounds. All sections were easy to understand. Some of the way of naming compounds, as I had been taught alternative names which were not given until the questions. The package was good, but it did get repetitive and so I began to lose interest. 248 How well we could already name organic compounds, and to improve our skills.   Naming compounds with benzene rings in them, and the N-distributed amines. I was impressed by the explanations and the way that the compounds were highlighted as that certain part of the name was being explained. 249 Nomenclature of organic compounds. How to name the compounds, easy to understand package. Nothing. I think it's an excellent package. Unfortunately, I didn't have enough time to view all of it. However, one fault was that it didn't explain clearly where to put the commas and dashes. 250 Nomenclature of organic compounds - especially the correct way of writing numbers and names of the compound. It was not that easy to grasp. I would prefer to use text books for study purposes (probably because I am not used to computers). Naming of alcohols mixed with double or triple bonds and naming compounds containing rings. The package was appropriate for learning purposes. 251 How to name organic compounds by applying simple steps. Naming simple alkanes and then functional groups. Naming compounds with several functional groups. Naming triple bonded compounds. There should be more instructions as to how to name more complex compounds, and examples, instead of just showing examples using single compounds and then asking questions on more complex ones! 252 A simpler method of learning systematic nomenclature. The basic alkanes and alkenes were the easiest to grasp, also the most time seemed to be devoted to the alkanes. The harder parts were acyl chlorides and amides. The most confusing thing was a different method of naming alcohols - different to the one taught at A-level, this complicated things. 253 Naming organic compounds correctly in IUPAC way. All sections were well explained. The examples given made it quite easy to grasp the concepts. At first typing in exactly the correct characters into the computer, such as a dash or leaving a gap where there shouldn't be, even though the answer itself was correct, it hadn't precisely been typed in.   254 How to form the names of compounds and how to recognise them. Some of the naming of the alkanes.   255 How to name aromatic compounds as well as aliphatic. All the topics were easy to grasp. The package did not explain ISO and things like 5 (2-propyl) hence I had to ask. The package is very easy to comprehend but requires a lot of time to complete it. 256 I thought the package was simple to use and was meant to be a short summary of what was done at A-level organic chemistry - recap.     There was perhaps not enough self-test examples on each specific topic. 257 The correct order in which compounds are named and how they should be written down correctly. The package was very self explanatory, and user-friendly. It was difficult sometimes to know which order the different parts of the name of the compound should be put in - could be explained in more detail including exceptions to the rules.   258 How to identify and name compounds correctly. Alkanes were easy to grasp, however the other two were not as straight forward. Functional group nomenclature was difficult to grasp because the order of priority in which you write names of compounds was difficult to learn. When answering the questions you must get the answer completely correct, if commas or a dash is missing then it is said to be wrong. It needs to be less specific. 259 Correct IUPAC nomenclature. Difficult to say as it was more reviewing past knowledge. The ordering of groups in the name of the compound. When an answer is wrong when typed in it would be helpful if we were informed how it was wrong rather than saying it was totally wrong, i.e. when a small spelling error is made. 260 The systematic way of naming compounds, and thinking logically while deciding on its name. Naming the alkanes probably because they are the easiest family. The amides and the benzene ring questions.   261 The correct order in which to write the different functional groups for a universal audience.   Which functional group has precedence when a few are present. I didn't like the fact that you were not told where the mistake was if your typed answers were incorrect. Even if you had thought the problem through correctly, but spelt something wrongly, the computer said "incorrect answer". 262 Sort out any difficulties one had under the heading 'nomenclature of organic compounds'. Alkanes, unsaturated aliphatic hydrocarbons, functional group nomenclature. Amides.   263 Naming organic compounds. Naming alkanes. Other functional group nomenclature.   264 How to name chemical compounds. Counting the carbon chains. Naming alkynes, especially those with 2, 3 triple bonds.   266 How to name the organic compounds. Naming of alkanes, and the unsaturated aliphatic hydrocarbons. The amides, amines.   267 How to name organic compounds, revision of A-level nomenclature and the introduction of more advanced nomenclature. The alkanes section was easy. Both unsaturated aliphatic hydrocarbons and functional groups were more difficult. More time in the computer room so that you could work through the package more slowly. 268 The basics of nomenclature. Most of it. N- nomenclature for amides and -ynes. More time for looking through the package would have been helpful (about 15 mins). 269 How to name functional groups etc.       270 How to name chemicals using the IUPAC system. Naming alkanes.   I didn't get time to finish the package. 271 Yes - a little, since I spent main bulk of time doing questions from the different sections of the package. The explanations which followed wrong answers were thorough and very helpful. It was very tedious in that the package should be made more fun to use. Good help if used systematically over a long period of time, otherwise it tends to be tedious when you have to do a block period of time. Programs (Help especially) very thorough. Overall - Impressed. 272 How to use the IUPAC system correctly. The section on alkanes was very easy to grasp as was the unsaturated aliphatic hydrocarbons. In the time provided it was difficult to grasp all of the functional group nomenclature.   273 How to name organic compounds. The alkanes and unsaturated aliphatic hydrocarbons. The compounds containing benzene rings or similar compounds. It is frustrating when you have to get the exact wording, e.g.. instead of diene - dien. 274 Basic skills of naming organic compounds. Most of it was a reminder of previous work in Chemistry. ISO propyl or 2-propyl was explained very poorly, if at all. A lot more needs to be done on this topic. In the last section, there should be tests for each sub-topic rather than a massive test at the end. There is a great deal to take in, on the last section, and it is crammed in too much. 275 The method of naming. Unsaturated aliphatic hydrocarbons, alkanes. Functional group nomenclature.   276 How to name compounds correctly.       277 How to name organic compounds, also learning from mistakes made, which makes learning easier. Most things easy to grasp. How to exit the program to the "options", e.g.. alkanes section. A very useful program and fairly easy to use. 278 The name of functional groups and organic compounds. System is fairly easy to use. None. When naming compound, computer would not accept answers with wrong spelling and also, e.g.. for the compound 1-chloro-3-methyl butane, the computer does not accept 1-chloro 3 methyl butane! Can you tell the difference? 279 How to name organic compounds. Alkanes and identifying longest chains and substituents from the branches. Getting the endings of some prefixes and suffixes mixed up, i.e. - a, yne.