Recognizing students' abilities to work through synthesis organic pathways

Abstract

Students usually use organic synthesis organic pathways to completing the synthesis organic problems. It is important to the student to follow the role each pathways in synthesis organic compound. This study aims to recognize students' abilities to work through synthesis organic pathways. This research is using descriptive method. The respondents of this research were 14 students from chemistry education department. The study used essay test to recognize each steps of organic synthesis. Data were taken from percentage of students' answers in each synthesis organic pathways. The nonparametric differentiation statistics used in this research to know the differences for each synthesis organic compounds. The result showed students used pathways of aldol condensation, acylation of benzene, and amine primary benzene is the same level of confidence.The result found that students the highest used steps in identify the structure of the compounds in synthesis organic and the lowest in the steps where students shoould find the right reagent and conditions for the reaction, write a mechanism reaction, show the complete synthesize.