Table of Contents

January 1996
Volume 73, Issue 1
Pages 1-102
About the Cover:

This month's cover portrait of Linus Pauling introduces the papers starting on page 2, which are being published as a tribute to his many contributions to understanding and teaching chemistry.

For Selected:

A Tribute To Linus Carl Pauling

A Tribute to Linus Carl Pauling (1901-1994)

Derek A. Davenport
p 2
Publication Date (Web): January 1, 1996 (Editorial)
DOI: 10.1021/ed073p2
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Some Personal Reflections of a Pauling Biographer on the Art and Science of Scientific Biography: The Biographical Quest

Robert J. Paradowski
p 4
Publication Date (Web): January 1, 1996 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed073p4
History, Education, and Documentation

Electronegativity from Avogadro to Pauling: Part 1: Origins of the Electronegativity Concept

William B. Jensen
p 11
Publication Date (Web): January 1, 1996 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed073p11
History, Education, and Documentation

Letters to F. J. Allen: An Informal Portrait of Linus Pauling

Derek A. Davenport
p 21
Publication Date (Web): January 1, 1996 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed073p21
History, Education, and Documentation

An Interview with Linus Pauling

George B. Kauffman and Laurie M. Kauffman
p 29
Publication Date (Web): January 1, 1996 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed073p29
History, Education, and Documentation

General Interest

A Case for Ethics

David H. Smith , Brian P. Coppola
p 33
Publication Date (Web): January 1, 1996 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed073p33

Difficulties with the Geometry and Polarity of Molecules: Beyond Misconceptions

Carlos Furió and Ma Luisa Calatayud
p 36
Publication Date (Web): January 1, 1996 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed073p36
History, Education, and Documentation

The Formation of Urea: Controversies and Confusion

Marten J. ten Hoor
p 42
Publication Date (Web): January 1, 1996 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed073p42
History, Education, and Documentation

IR Vibration-Rotation Spectra of the Ammonia Molecule

Carl W. David
p 46
Publication Date (Web): January 1, 1996 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed073p46
History, Education, and Documentation

Free Energy versus Extent of Reaction: Understanding the Difference between ΔG and ∂G/∂ξ

Richard S. Treptow
p 51
Publication Date (Web): January 1, 1996 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed073p51
History, Education, and Documentation

Blood or Taco Sauce?: The Chemistry behind Criminalists' Testimony in the O. J. Simpson Murder Case

Donald B. DuPré
p 60
Publication Date (Web): January 1, 1996 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed073p60
History, Education, and Documentation

Jurassic Park as a Teaching Tool in the Chemistry Classroom

W. Gary Hollis Jr.
p 61
Publication Date (Web): January 1, 1996 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed073p61
History, Education, and Documentation

Features

Rethinking the PhD: A New Social Contract

J. J. Lagowski
p 1
Publication Date (Web): January 1, 1996 (Editorial)
DOI: 10.1021/ed073p1
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Cafe Monologue

Martin Grayson
p 3
Publication Date (Web): January 1, 1996 (Editorial)
DOI: 10.1021/ed073p3
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A Unified Physical Chemistry Laboratory Based on Oscillating Reactions and Traveling Fronts

John A. Pojman and William W. West
p 35
Publication Date (Web): January 1, 1996 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed073p35
History, Education, and Documentation

Abstract for Special Issue Number 13: HIV-1 Protease: An Enzyme at Work

Erica Bode Jacobsen , Jerrold J. Jacobsen and J. Monty Wright
p 63
Publication Date (Web): January 1, 1996 (Tech Report)
DOI: 10.1021/ed073p63.1
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Applying Hypermedia to Chemical Education

Brian M. Tissue
p 65
Publication Date (Web): January 1, 1996 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed073p65
History, Education, and Documentation

Chemistry on the Web

Richard D. Mounts
p 68
Publication Date (Web): January 1, 1996 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed073p68
History, Education, and Documentation

General Chemistry in Technical Education: Creating an Applied and Cooperative Experience

Lorie Juhl
p 72
Publication Date (Web): January 1, 1996 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed073p72
History, Education, and Documentation

Bigger and brighter flame tests

David K. Dalby
p 80
Publication Date (Web): January 1, 1996 (Demo)
DOI: 10.1021/ed073p80
History, Education, and Documentation

Diffusion Rates on the Overhead Projector: Amines Compared to HCl

Sally Solomon , Chinhyu Hur and Alan Lee
p 81
Publication Date (Web): January 1, 1996 (Demo)
DOI: 10.1021/ed073p81
History, Education, and Documentation

Air Stream-Assisted Sublimation on a Microscale: A Rapid Procedure Suitable for Sophomore Laboratory

Prem D. Sattsangi
p A3
Publication Date (Web): January 1, 1996 (Lab-Expt)
DOI: 10.1021/ed073pA3
History, Education, and Documentation

Dip Reagents for Visualization in TLC

Samuel G. Levine
p A4
Publication Date (Web): January 1, 1996 (Lab-Expt)
DOI: 10.1021/ed073pA4
History, Education, and Documentation

Voltaic Cell Measurements on a Spot Plate with a Cotton Swab Salt Bridge

Edward D. Dobrzynski
p A6
Publication Date (Web): January 1, 1996 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed073pA6
History, Education, and Documentation

An Introductory Dye Laser Experiment

Sally R. Hair
p A7
Publication Date (Web): January 1, 1996 (Lab-Expt)
DOI: 10.1021/ed073pA7
History, Education, and Documentation

Organic Chemistry (Brown, William H.)

Martin R. Feldman
p A13
Publication Date (Web): January 1, 1996 (Book and Media Review)
DOI: 10.1021/ed073pA13.1
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Organic Chemistry, Third Edition (Wade, Jr., L.G.)

W. Preston Reeves
p A13
Publication Date (Web): January 1, 1996 (Book and Media Review)
DOI: 10.1021/ed073pA13.2
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Secondary School Chemistry

Novel Biocatalysts Will Work Even Better for Industry

Alan Wiseman
p 55
Publication Date (Web): January 1, 1996 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed073p55
History, Education, and Documentation

A No-Cost Model of Liquid Structure

Allikayala Ramachandraiah
p 59
Publication Date (Web): January 1, 1996 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed073p59
History, Education, and Documentation

From the Research Laboratory to the Classroom: A Partners-in-Science Experience

Robert Zafran
p 78
Publication Date (Web): January 1, 1996 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed073p78

Laboratory Experiments

The Complexometric Determination of Calcium and Magnesium in Limestone Using a Laser Photometer for Endpoint Identification

Daniel M. Mossman , Robert G. Kooser and Lawrence E. Welch
p 82
Publication Date (Web): January 1, 1996 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed073p82
History, Education, and Documentation

From the Lecture Hall to the Laboratory: The Pinacol Rearrangement: Fostering Problem Solving Abilities and Critical Thinking Skills of the Organic Chemistry Student

Brenda J. Wojciechowski and Todd S. Deal
p 85
Publication Date (Web): January 1, 1996 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed073p85
History, Education, and Documentation

Binding-Energy Curve for Iodine Using Laser Spectroscopy

L. C. O'Brien and R. L. Kubicek
p 86
Publication Date (Web): January 1, 1996 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed073p86
History, Education, and Documentation

GC/MS of Unknown Esters for Teaching MS Fragmentation Patterns: A Combination Organic Experiment for Esterifying Unknown Alcohols and Determining their Structures by GC/MS

Ernest C. McGoran , Cameron Melton and Darren Taitch
p 88
Publication Date (Web): January 1, 1996 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed073p88
History, Education, and Documentation

Phase Transfer Catalysis Applied to Oxidation

Claude Amsterdamsky
p 92
Publication Date (Web): January 1, 1996 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed073p92
History, Education, and Documentation

Enzymatic Resolution of (+/-)-Menthol Using Transesterification with Methyl (2R)-(+)-2-Chloropropanoate: A Biocatalyzed Reaction Studied by NMR Spectroscopy and Polarimetry for an Advanced Undergraduate Project in Modern Organic Chemistry

C. Poiré , C. Rabiller , C. Chon and P. Hudhomme
p 93
Publication Date (Web): January 1, 1996 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed073p93
History, Education, and Documentation

Capillary Gas Chromatography Injection: An Exercise for Students of Instrumental Analysis

Philip J. Marriot and Peter D. Carpenter
p 96
Publication Date (Web): January 1, 1996 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed073p96

Gas-Phase NMR Study of the DCl-HBr Isotope Exchange Reaction

Joseph W. Nibler , Philip Minarik , William Fitts and Rodger Kohnert
p 99
Publication Date (Web): January 1, 1996 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed073p99
History, Education, and Documentation

A "V" Groove Nebulizer for Flame AAS

Ronald Fietkau and Eric Ahuja
p 102
Publication Date (Web): January 1, 1996 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed073p102
History, Education, and Documentation

Notes

The Discovery of Free Radicals

R. M. Acheson
p 32
Publication Date (Web): January 1, 1996 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed073p32
History, Education, and Documentation

Strategic Consequences from Errors in Raoult's Law Paper

Stephen J. Hawkes
p 41
Publication Date (Web): January 1, 1996 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed073p41

An Improved Microsoft Excel Grade Book

Charles G. Moseley
p 62
Publication Date (Web): January 1, 1996 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed073p62

TLC Developing Chamber for Screening Column Chromatography Fractions

Samuel G. Levine
p 77
Publication Date (Web): January 1, 1996 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed073p77
History, Education, and Documentation

Articles

About This Issue: HIV-1 Protease: An Enzyme at Work

John W. Moore and Jon L. Holmes
p 63
Publication Date (Web): January 1, 1996 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed073p63.2

Organic Chemistry Experiments: Microscale and Semi-Microscale (Campbell, Jr., Bruce N.; McCarthy, Monica)

John W. Hill
p A14
Publication Date (Web): January 1, 1996 (Book and Media Review)
DOI: 10.1021/ed073pA14.1
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Basic Inorganic Chemistry, Third Edition (Cotton, F. Albert; Gaus, Paul L.; Wilkinson, Geoffrey)

Laurence J. Boucher
p A14
Publication Date (Web): January 1, 1996 (Book and Media Review)
DOI: 10.1021/ed073pA14.2
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Chemische Kabinettstücke: Spektakuläre Experimente und geistreiche Zitate (Mockel, K.; Roesky, H.W.)

George B. Kauffman
p A15
Publication Date (Web): January 1, 1996 (Book and Media Review)
DOI: 10.1021/ed073pA15.1
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Titles of Interest

p A15
Publication Date (Web): January 1, 1996 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed073pA15.2
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