Table of Contents

February 1996
Volume 73, Issue 2
Pages 103-195
About the Cover:

This month's cover features some of the diverse ways in which off-the-shelf software can be used for chemical computations. Each example is from a different article in this issue (see page 104 for details).

For Selected:

General Interest

Computational Chemistry for the Inorganic Curriculum

Kenny Lipkowitz , Greg M. Pearl , Daniel H. Robertson and Franklin A. Schultz
p 105
Publication Date (Web): February 1, 1996 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed073p105
History, Education, and Documentation

Inorganic Molecular Mechanics

Peter Comba , Marc Zimmer
p 108
Publication Date (Web): February 1, 1996 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed073p108
History, Education, and Documentation

Spectroscopic Constants and Energetics of Metal-Containing Systems: An Experiment for the Undergraduate Computational-Chemistry Laboratory

E. G. Bakalbassis , M.-A. D. Stiakaki , A. C. Tsipis and C. A. Tsipis
p 111
Publication Date (Web): February 1, 1996 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed073p111
History, Education, and Documentation

Steric Attraction: The Far Side

Ronald R. Sauers
p 114
Publication Date (Web): February 1, 1996 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed073p114
History, Education, and Documentation

Computational Chemistry in the First Organic Chemistry Course: Applications in an Active Learning Situation

Dana L. Delaware and K. R. Fountain
p 116
Publication Date (Web): February 1, 1996 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed073p116
History, Education, and Documentation

Chemical Enumeration With Mathematica

Igor Novak
p 120
Publication Date (Web): February 1, 1996 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed073p120
History, Education, and Documentation

Correct Regression Formula Used in determination of Vaporization Enthalpy of Pure Liquids by UV-Visible Spectroscopy

Sheng Dai
p 122
Publication Date (Web): February 1, 1996 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed073p122
History, Education, and Documentation

The Role of Electron-Density Transfer and Electronegativity in Understanding Chemical Reactivity and Bonding

Russell S. Drago and Ngai M. Wong
p 123
Publication Date (Web): February 1, 1996 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed073p123
History, Education, and Documentation

CO, N2, NO, and O2—Their Bioinorganic Chemistry: Principles and Applications in Bioinorganic Chemistry--VIII

Ei-Ichiro Ochiai
p 130
Publication Date (Web): February 1, 1996 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed073p130
History, Education, and Documentation

Women's Fields of Chemistry: 1900-1920

M. F. Rayner-Canham and G. W. Rayner-Canham
p 136
Publication Date (Web): February 1, 1996 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed073p136
History, Education, and Documentation

Women in the Ranks: Faculty Trends in the ACS-Approved Departments

Kenneth G. Everett , Will S. DeLoach and Stephanie E. Bressan
p 139
Publication Date (Web): February 1, 1996 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed073p139

Reinforcing Net Ionic Equation Writing: Second Semester

Betty J. Wruck
p 149
Publication Date (Web): February 1, 1996 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed073p149
History, Education, and Documentation

On the Propagation of Statistical Errors for a Function of Several Variables

John Andraos
p 150
Publication Date (Web): February 1, 1996 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed073p150
History, Education, and Documentation

Olefin Metathesis Polymerization: The Unexpected Role of Carbenoid Species in Formation of Macromolecules

Donald M. Snyder
p 155
Publication Date (Web): February 1, 1996 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed073p155
History, Education, and Documentation

Estimating the Critical Mass of a Fissionable Isotope

B. Cameron Reed
p 162
Publication Date (Web): February 1, 1996 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed073p162
History, Education, and Documentation

Features

The Role of Academic Science

J. J. Lagowski
p 103
Publication Date (Web): February 1, 1996 (Editorial)
DOI: 10.1021/ed073p103
Sponsored Access Sponsored Access

Computational Chemistry for the Masses

JCE staff
p 104
Publication Date (Web): February 1, 1996 (Editorial)
DOI: 10.1021/ed073p104
Sponsored Access Sponsored Access

Undergraduate Laboratory for Surface Science

Mitchio Okumura , Jesse L. Beauchamp , Jeffrey M. Dickert , Blair R. Essy and Christopher L. Claypool
p 142
Publication Date (Web): February 1, 1996 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed073p142

The Solubility of Gases in Liquids

L. H. Holmes Jr.
p 143
Publication Date (Web): February 1, 1996 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed073p143
History, Education, and Documentation

The Freshman Chemistry Seminar

Dana L. Delaware , R. Griff Freeman , Anne E. Moody and Dean Van Galen
p 144
Publication Date (Web): February 1, 1996 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed073p144
History, Education, and Documentation

Using Quality Circles in General Chemistry

Leonard S. Kogut
p 146
Publication Date (Web): February 1, 1996 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed073p146
History, Education, and Documentation

Report of the CACT Summer Conference

Vasu Dev
p 148
Publication Date (Web): February 1, 1996 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed073p148

Computer-Modelling of Metal Speciation in Human Blood Serum

Peter Letkeman
p 165
Publication Date (Web): February 1, 1996 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed073p165
History, Education, and Documentation

Inexpensive exemplars for the wave model of electronic structure and light

Ed Vitz , Robert Binning and James W. Long
p 171
Publication Date (Web): February 1, 1996 (Demo)
DOI: 10.1021/ed073p171
History, Education, and Documentation

Planning a Day at PITTCON: An Introduction to Current Trends in Analytical Chemistry Research for Undergraduates

Patricia Ann Mabrouk
p A23
Publication Date (Web): February 1, 1996 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed073pA23

Synthesis and Use of Reverse-Phase Silica Gel for HPLC in Undergraduate Chemistry

Fernando Ortega , Ernesto Velez and Ratnassamy Somanathan
p A26
Publication Date (Web): February 1, 1996 (Lab-Expt)
DOI: 10.1021/ed073pA26
History, Education, and Documentation

An LC/Particle Beam/MS Experiment for Undergraduates

Norman Sproch , Kelly J. Begin and Robert J. Morris
p A33
Publication Date (Web): February 1, 1996 (Lab-Expt)
DOI: 10.1021/ed073pA33
History, Education, and Documentation

Displaying Chemical Formulas in Microsoft Excel

E. Joseph Billo
p A40
Publication Date (Web): February 1, 1996 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed073pA40
History, Education, and Documentation

Off-the-Shelf Portable Data Acquisition: Interfacing a Serial-Port-Equipped Multimeter

R. Viswanathan , G. Lisensky and D. A. Dobson
p A41
Publication Date (Web): February 1, 1996 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed073pA41
History, Education, and Documentation

Basic Chemical Principles, Second Edition (Peters, Edward I.; Kowerski, Robert C.)

Lawrence K. Duffy
p A46
Publication Date (Web): February 1, 1996 (Book and Media Review)
DOI: 10.1021/ed073pA46.1
Sponsored Access Sponsored Access

Chemistry (McMurry, John; Fay, Robert C.)

Arnulf P. Hagen
p A46
Publication Date (Web): February 1, 1996 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed073pA46.2

Secondary School Chemistry

A Commercial Device Involving the Breathalyzer Test Reaction

Kathleen J. Dombrink
p 135
Publication Date (Web): February 1, 1996 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed073p135
History, Education, and Documentation

The Origins of the Use of Antioxidants in Foods

Thomas H. Donnelly
p 158
Publication Date (Web): February 1, 1996 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed073p158
History, Education, and Documentation

Synthesis of Ethyl Salicylate Using Household Chemicals

Sally Solomon , Chinhyu Hur , Alan Lee and Kurt Smith
p 173
Publication Date (Web): February 1, 1996 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed073p173
History, Education, and Documentation

Laboratory Experiments

Determinations of Carbon Dioxide by Titration: New Experiments for General, Physical, and Quantitative Analysis Courses

S. K. Crossno and L. H. Kalbus , G. E. Kalbus
p 175
Publication Date (Web): February 1, 1996 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed073p175
History, Education, and Documentation

A Paper Vernier Scale for Various Laboratory Equipments

B. S. Lark
p 177
Publication Date (Web): February 1, 1996 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed073p177
History, Education, and Documentation

Determining the Lead Content of Paint Chips: An Introduction to AAS

Peter G. Markow
p 178
Publication Date (Web): February 1, 1996 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed073p178
History, Education, and Documentation

Fundamental Issues of Thermodynamics Illuminated by Conspicuous Inorganic Chemistry: Oxidation of [Co(H2O)6]2+ to [Co(H2O)6]3+ by Hydrogen Peroxide: A Nonspontaneous Redox Reaction Made Feasible by Thermodynamic Coupling

Susan Cline Schäffer and Claus E. Schäffer
p 180
Publication Date (Web): February 1, 1996 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed073p180
History, Education, and Documentation

An Improved Method for the Separation of Lead-210 from Ra-DEF for Radioactive Equilibrium Experiments: Microscale Liquid-Liquid Extraction Using a Polymer-Supported Crown Ether

Mark L. Dietz and E. Philip Horwitz
p 182
Publication Date (Web): February 1, 1996 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed073p182
History, Education, and Documentation

Determination of the Solution Conformation of 3'-Azido-3'-deoxythymidine-5'-monophosphate (AZTMP): An Advanced Chemistry and Biochemistry Project Using NMR and Molecular-Modeling Studies

Moses Lee
p 184
Publication Date (Web): February 1, 1996 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed073p184
History, Education, and Documentation

Experimental Illustration of the Utility of Lewis Structures: An FTIR Experiment for Introductory Chemistry

James E. Swartz and Kurt Schladetzky
p 188
Publication Date (Web): February 1, 1996 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed073p188
History, Education, and Documentation

Methylene-bis-amide (MBA) Derivatives for Characterization of Nitriles

Edgar F. Kiefer and Kenn M. Takauye
p 190
Publication Date (Web): February 1, 1996 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed073p190
History, Education, and Documentation

An Inexpensive Detector for Absorbance Measurements in Flow-Injection Analysis

Peter C. Hauser and Norman E. Cates
p 191
Publication Date (Web): February 1, 1996 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed073p191
History, Education, and Documentation

An Easy-to-Build Rotational Viscometer with Digital Readout

Turgay Seckin and Suphi M. Kormaly
p 193
Publication Date (Web): February 1, 1996 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed073p193
History, Education, and Documentation

A Solenoid-Operated Gas or Liquid Saver

Michael N. Quigley
p 194
Publication Date (Web): February 1, 1996 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed073p194
History, Education, and Documentation

Multichannel DTA Apparatus for the Measurement of Phase Diagrams

A. Lötz
p 195
Publication Date (Web): February 1, 1996 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed073p195
History, Education, and Documentation

Notes

In Memoriam—Frederick B. Dutton

p 107
Publication Date (Web): February 1, 1996 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed073p107

A Simplified Procedure for Dipeptide Sequence Analysis in the Undergraduate Laboratory

Paul W. Rogers
p 189
Publication Date (Web): February 1, 1996 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed073p189
History, Education, and Documentation

Articles

JCE Instrument and Equipment Buyer's Guide 1996

p A27
Publication Date (Web): February 1, 1996 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed073pA27

The Same and Not the Same (Hoffman, Roald)

George B. Kauffman and Laurie M. Kauffman
p A47
Publication Date (Web): February 1, 1996 (Book and Media Review)
DOI: 10.1021/ed073pA47.1
Sponsored Access Sponsored Access

New Volumes in Continuing Series:

p A47
Publication Date (Web): February 1, 1996 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed073pA47.2

Titles of Interest

p A48
Publication Date (Web): February 1, 1996 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed073pA48
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