9b. Appendix B - Transcript of Open Ended Questionnaire Responses B1. Nomenclature of Organic compounds B1.2 Brighton 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 601 Basic chemistry rules, i.e. beginning of A-level chemistry. Naming alkanes, identifying alkanes.   I had forgotten some of my A-level knowledge which up till now I didn't realise. I have therefore revised some of the things I was taught in A level. 603 How to write the different numbers and substituents when naming a long carbon chain. The explanation of how to answer the questions when I clicked on "show answer".   I think it would be better if you would increase the number of questions and examples given. 604 Nomenclature, i.e. naming compounds and identifying structure from name for the above sections. Alkanes, alkenes was easy to understand. The concept for difficult involving cyclic compounds and multiple functional groups. The program is fine but I think it needs to include more complicated pharmaceutical compounds and their nomenclature. 605 Organic nomenclature. Numbering the carbon atoms and most of the information was easy.     606 I was meant to learn how to name organic compounds. I found naming of alkanes easy to grasp. Usage of hyphens and prefixes for the naming of unsaturated aliphatic hydrocarbons was difficult to grasp. I feel a score should be given for problems and there should be more variety in the package, i.e. more problems and theory in depth. Above all, I enjoyed the package and learn a lot. 607 How to tackle nomenclature from a different angle. All the alkane section. The subtle changes in functional group nomenclature - i.e. where to miss out an 'e' or add other letters to the parent group.   608 To be more careful with punctuation in nomenclature.   Compounds with multiple functional groups. Very useful in that solutions are given even if answers are right. 609 Basic principles of organic nomenclature. Many examples, illustrating the theory. It was very easy to understand it. I think that more time should be provided in order to go through this package with relatively average pace. Personally I didn't go until the end of it. 610 Chemistry How to operate each program. The chemistry. I liked it, but in short spells. I found I lost concentration quite quickly. My concentration span is longer with a book and I get less restless. 611 Nomenclature of organic compounds. Doing the questions and checking, and when incorrect, going back to check the solution.   I found the package helpful, though I feel I need to do it again to be more confident. 612 How to name compounds. Numbering carbon chains.   Naming of certain organic compounds was different to that which we have been taught, e.g. alcohols, - butan-1-ol and package said 1-butanol. This can be confusing. One of the examples was wrong which confused us and so we spent a lot of time on the example. 614 How to name the functional groups and the order of naming substituents. Alkanes and the introduction to IUPAC system.     615 Basic organic chemistry, for example, learning the right order of writing structures. I learnt several things from this program especially from the examples and explanations we have been given by the computer. I found the material about alkane easy. I didn't have enough time to study a lot of the section in the computer - so far everything was understood on the alkane. I haven't had enough time to practise, that is why the indication of my knowledge is quite the same as before. I think extra work might help. 616   It was easy to grasp naming the longest chains. It was difficult when there were many functional groups. The use of different colours to highlight areas was good. The package started with basics and I found there was a logical progression in difficulty. 617 Basic functions of nomenclature. The steps of how to name more complicated functional groups like ethers, amides and amines were quite easy to grasp. Remembering the numbering sequence and the positioning of hyphens and commas in the names of compounds.   618 The various functional groups and also how to name compounds. Multiple choice questions as the answers were written in front of you and it was easy to choose. Naming of compounds I found hard, especially the more difficult ones. I found this a very worthwhile experience as you learn a lot about naming of the more difficult compounds. 619 Naming techniques for several types of compounds. Alkanes. The functional group nomenclature gets hard too quickly while alkanes is too long and easy. Generally page 1 and last page are useless once you have seen disclaimer. Needs to be more interactive not just clicking page up and down buttons. Needs more linked text in 3rd section, the buttons on the menu could be shaded or crossed when they have been seen rather than on the map which should be more integral. The explanation of nomenclature was not sufficient to perfectly get all hyphens, commas right when the naming questions came up. Please make personal answer stay up so it can be compared to correct one, that way you can see where you have gone wrong. 621 Organic chemistry. About the naming of the compounds. Different nomenclatures of compound. Easier to learn but sometimes has the tendency to look for the worked solution which does not help to make an effort. 622 I was meant to learn how to name, understand labelling structures of organic compounds. Naming once longest chain was identified, functional or substituent groups. Where to place commas and hyphens in the name, sometimes difficult to identify long chain. Program is very useful as it provides step by step instructions on how to name a compound, so that it is easy to see where you go wrong. 623 Recognising and naming organic compounds.   Amines and amides, acyl halides. In the multi choice sections and question section your results should be given at the end. 624 Basic and more complex nomenclature. Different functional group nomenclature. I found all of the work quite easy o grasp. It was very well laid out and explained. The acyl halides, ethers etc., were more difficult especially once the compound became more complicated. I think the package was excellent except when typing the names of compounds, by missing a comma or hyphen it was wrong which made it very annoying because basically we were right. 625 To be able to recognise and name compounds. Everything was very easy to understand. On alkanes, with one example the whole structure was not displayed, i.e. (CH2-CH3)4C- I found it was not fully explained. Very good but it was frustrating when it could not pick up a spelling mistake. It would have been nice if when naming a compound it had displayed the name right away instead of 6 pages later! 627 How to name different organic compounds. All. None. The alcohols are not named the way we have learned them, i.e. 1-propanol rather than propan-1-ol. Although the answers allow for this, it is initially off-putting. One of the examples was wrong - hopefully people won't learn this! (5-methylpentanoyl chloride is an impossibility! It should be 4-methylpentanoyl chloride). This exercise would probably have been more valuable done BEFORE an independent study week, when we were expected to study/look at nomenclature, i.e. this was not a real learning process. 628 Simple rules of IUPAC nomenclature, "basics". When solutions to questions were shown, they were very well explained, easy to comprehend. Nomenclature of compounds with benzyl/phenyl groups and the "N-..... notation; amines were slightly difficult to grasp. With more time, one can really learn from the package, especially if notes are taken down, including examples/solutions. Also the whole package can be completed and one can keep going back to sections, in order to understand better. 629 How to name organic compounds. Numbering of substituent groups. No.   630 More understanding of previous topics. Alcohols naming etc. Naming of amines, amides, ester, topics that hadn't covered as much. Using it as a fan of back-up to lecture notes would be helpful. 631 Yes you were supposed to learn from this package how to name the chemicals and especially where to put commas and dashes between numbers. How to do the naming and numbering. How to put the commas and hyphens in the correct place so the computer would accept your answer. It would be better if the computer accepted the answers you gave if they were right without having to put dashes between the words, as when writing them you tend to leave the dash out!! 632 IUPAC nomenclature. The areas I already knew. Bonding to nitrogen atoms.   633 Naming of a variety of organic compounds by their IUPAC names. The naming of easier compound groups like alkenes, alkynes, alcohols, aldehydes and ketones.   The package shows areas which need further study, from text books so it is a good indicator of weakness areas. 634 Fundamentals in naming of organic compounds. Numbering of carbon skeleton and functional groups.     635 Correct application of IUPAC nomenclature. All. Nothing. Functional group nomenclature could be more in detail. 636 How to name the compounds. Chain numbering. Some names of compounds.   637 Functional nomenclature (Organic) Naming.     638 Alkanes.       639 Alkanes nomenclature and unsaturated aliphatic hydrocarbons nomenclature.       640 Organic chemistry.       641 The nomenclature name of the structure.       642 Nomenclature. Nomenclature of alkanes and unsaturated aliphatic hydrocarbons.     643 Where to put the commas and the dashes in. The way they put in the dashes and commas. Nothing.   645 Understanding to name compounds in the correct way. The way they explained the solution to the answer and how to write the answer correctly.     647   Alcohols, carbonyls. Amides and amines. I think on a regular basis using the package would certainly be very helpful. 649 I think it is extremely helpful and easy to learn. So far so good. No, it is not too difficult.   650 Nomenclature. Carboxyl groups, amines, alcohols. Esters.   651 Organic chemistry. Not a lot. No.   652 Basic nomenclature. By repeating the 'basic' nomenclature you can 'adjust' it to the difficult examples.     653 Nomenclature - to familiarise with, get practise at naming. All OK. Package presented well, easy to grasp anything. Felt would need to do the package more than once to properly benefit. 654 The exact nomenclature of alkanes, unsaturated aliphatic hydrocarbons and functional group nomenclature and also to learn how to write them. Everything. Nothing.   656 How to name organic compounds. The solutions were easy to understand.     657 How to name different categories of organic compounds. How to use the package, the directions. The precise naming, e.g., commas instead of hyphens, where spaces are to be included etc. The free response questions would be better as multiple choice as it's frustrating getting an incorrect answer due to a lack of a space in the word etc. 658   The directions given are so clear.     659 How to name different categories of organic compounds. Yes, I found the package enjoyable. The concepts of the organic compounds were easy to grasp. Not really.   660 Don't know - not enough multiple choice questions, just a lecture. Functional group nomenclature. Alkanes. Very slow and very long and very boring. Many more sections needed (more interesting). 661 Confirm naming of structures and precise placing of commas, hyphens within the formula. Naming of compounds. The proper punctuation used when writing formulae.   662 How to go through a logical sequence to name a compound. Yes.     664 General nomenclature of organic compounds. All of it. Nothing. Very helpful - particularly the questions at the end for the students to try. (Just didn't have enough time to fully go through it). 665 How to name hydrocarbons.     Spelling errors and punctuation errors are too heavily penalised on package. 666 How to name compounds, especially how to write them correctly.   What I found difficult to grasp was to remember where to place hyphens or commas, I got mixed up a lot.   667 How to name organic compounds. Nothing. The amines section. It would be better if the computer accepted a slightly wider variation in typing the answers in as if you left a space between a prefix and the name it counted it as incorrect. 668 I think that I was meant to learn the techniques and theory that are needed to understand fundamental organic chemistry. The way the computer painstakingly went through every step meant most things were grasped easily.   The computer package does not allow for the slightest possible variation in what it is programmed to deem correct. Some books (text books) write names differently. A person may be right but the computer may also be correct. 669 Naming organic compounds. Alkanes and unsaturated aliphatic compounds. Some aromatic compounds.   670 About organic chemistry and the naming of compounds. Alkanes. Amines, amides.   671 How to name organic compounds. Alkanes. Putting hyphens, commas in names of compounds. Putting hyphens, commas and spaces in the name is ridiculous because if you forget one you're totally wrong which is unfair. 672 Nomenclature of organic compounds. The alkanes and aliphatic compounds nomenclature. The third section became too intense. It was enjoyable for the first 45 minutes but it became boring and repetitive after that. I will use it again! 673 The basics. The basics.   A bit basic - more difficult examples could be given. 674 Organic chemistry and how to teach yourself the subject.     Good way to teach yourself chemistry (organic). 675 Learn from my mistakes made doing exercises. Nomenclature.     676 How to name IUPAC compounds. Finding different sections and understanding solutions. Which problems were examples and which we were meant to answer. Very good package but should give more problems for us to do in introduction as it got boring going through all the theory and having to wait till the end to use your own head. 677 Techniques on naming and identifying organic compounds. Naming of alkanes. Naming of amines and aromatic compound.   682 How to name organic compounds properly. Alkanes and unsaturated aliphatic hydrocarbons. Functional groups.   683 To name compound and the use of computers.       684 How to name and recognise molecules, and their functional groups. Alkanes. Learning to name compounds. The package was well presented and informative. 685 Nomenclature of organic compounds and naming of compounds. Alkanes. Functional group nomenclature.   686 Basic knowledge. All of it. None of it.   689 Naming of compounds. Multiple choice of naming - basic naming. Certain aspects of naming - ring naming. Useful package. 690 Naming organic compounds. Alkanes and unsaturated aliphatic hydrocarbons. Aromatic compounds.   691 How to name compounds using the IUPAC system. Alkanes and unsaturated hydrocarbons. The typical names, i.e. where to put dashes and commas to get the right answer. The program is very limited and does not allow for possibilities of a space being put in between dashes or commas. 693 IUPAC nomenclature system. Material covered before, i.e. aliphatic unsaturated. Material unfamiliar with, e.g.. acyl halides. Well written package - most enjoyable way to learn. More please - e.g.. cyclic nomenclature - it would be much easier than wading through "Refresher course for pharmacists" from P.J. given in 1st year independent study booklet. 694 Being able to identify steps in naming organic compounds.   Placing commas and hyphens in exact positions.   695 How to properly name organic compounds. Numbering the carbons. Naming the substituent groups in alphabetical order and naming amines and aromatic groups.   697 Refresh memory of naming organic compounds.   None.   698 The basic understanding and rules applied in nomenclature. Alkanes, alkenes, and c acids, amides. The naming of N, N amines.   699 Structure of and system for naming compounds containing functional groups.       700 You were meant to gain a basic knowledge of naming a large group of all organic compounds. Naming of alkanes, alkynes. Naming of amides and carboxcylic acids. The fact you have to write absolute answers for the computer to see that you have got it right can be annoying, e.g.. you write 3,2 dimethylpentene, the computer wants 3,2-dimethylpent-1-ene. 701 The correct way to number chains, and put the suffixes in the correct order. Alkanes. Complex molecules involving more than one functional group. Course straightened out a few queries I had about putting suffixes in order, but I still will need more help over it. 702 An understanding of the nomenclature of organic compounds. Naming of alkanes. Naming of amides.   703 A greater understanding of nomenclature enabling myself to answer questions with ease! I found the alkanes/alkenes easy to grasp. Functional group nomenclature, this last section was difficult for me, although it has aided my knowledge now, after completing it. Very good package, especially for beginners, easy to use and follow. 704 How to name compounds. Alkanes, alkenes, unsaturated hydrocarbons. Some of the functional groups, amines and amides in particular.   706 A more comprehensive understanding of nomenclature. The explanations to problems/moving through the package.   The more difficult functional groups could have done with more explanations and a few more examples and problems to look at. 707 To name compounds.       709 More concerned with how to grammatically write the IUPAC name. Multiple choice questions. The alternative methods of writing the IUPAC name. There are other alternatives of writing the IUPAC which are not contained within the package, therefore, it is not that flexible. 710 To learn the nomenclature of organic compounds.