The interviews were conducted with students at the end of organic chemistry I. The For coding purposes, we only coded explicit statements. Data saturation is not guaranteed in the study, although data saturation of metathemes can be attained by as little as six 590 interviews. Since the sample may not encompass a representative distribution of undergraduate students, the study cannot make generalizable claims about the relative frequencies of observed beliefs. However, the aim of this research does not rely on identifying the prevalence of different concepts in a population but rather on how students work through the 595 relationships between chemical reactions, RCDs, and problem-solving resources.