Table of Contents

October 1998
Volume 75, Issue 10
Pages 1194-1351
About the Cover:

The cover features a Pacific yew tree and the molecular structure of taxol, a potent anticancer drug that was first isolated from the bark of the Pacific yew. These images are part of this month's Viewpoints paper, The Art and Science of Organic and Natural Products Synthesis, by K.C. Nicolaou, E.J. Sorensen, and N. Winssinger (pages 1225-1258).

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Chemical Education Today

From Past Issues: The More Things Change...

p 1194
Publication Date (Web): October 1, 1998 (Report)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p1194

In This Issue: Celebrating 75 Years!

p 1195
Publication Date (Web): October 1, 1998 (Editorial)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p1195
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History, Chemistry, and a Longer View

John W. Moore
p 1199
Publication Date (Web): October 1, 1998 (Editorial)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p1199
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News From Journal House

p 1200
Publication Date (Web): October 1, 1998 (News and Announcements)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p1200
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Especially for High School Teachers

J. Emory Howell
p 1201
Publication Date (Web): October 1, 1998 (Editorial)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p1201
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Announcements

JCE staff
p 1204
Publication Date (Web): October 1, 1998 (News and Announcements)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p1204
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Nature: Malaria and Red Tide Chemistry

Sabine Heinhorst and Gordon Cannon
p 1207
Publication Date (Web): October 1, 1998 (Report)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p1207

Upcoming Deadlines in Educational Grant Programs

Donald J. Wink
p 1208
Publication Date (Web): October 1, 1998 (Report)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p1208

Chromatographic Separation Techniques for Undergraduates

John T. Riley , Thomas K. Green and Darwin B. Dahl
p 1209
Publication Date (Web): October 1, 1998 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p1209

Research Not Foreign to Two-Year Colleges

Georgianna Whipple-VanPatter
p 1210
Publication Date (Web): October 1, 1998 (Report)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p1210

How Linus Pauling Finally Got the Priestley Medal of the American Chemical Society

Derek A. Davenport
p 1211
Publication Date (Web): October 1, 1998 (Commentary)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p1211
History, Education, and Documentation
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Ways to Successful Strategies in Drug Research and Development (by H. H. Sedlacek, A. M. Sapienza, V. Eid)

Deanne M. Nowak
p 1216
Publication Date (Web): October 1, 1998 (Book and Media Review)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p1216
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Statistical Mechanics for Chemists (Goodisman, Jerry)

John Gunn
p 1217
Publication Date (Web): October 1, 1998 (Book and Media Review)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p1217
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Organic Structural Spectroscopy (Lambert, Joseph B.; Shurvell, Herbert F.; Lightner, David A.; Cooks, R. Graham)

Linda M. Sweeting
p 1218
Publication Date (Web): October 1, 1998 (Book and Media Review)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p1218
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Internet Links for Science Education: Student-Scientist Partnerships (ed. Cohen, Karen)

Laura M. Barden
p 1219
Publication Date (Web): October 1, 1998 (Book and Media Review)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p1219
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Handbook of Liquid Crystal Research (ed.s Collings, Peter J.; Patel, Jay S.)

Mark Dadmun
p 1220
Publication Date (Web): October 1, 1998 (Book and Media Review)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p1220
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Viewpoints

The Art and Science of Organic and Natural Products Synthesis

K. C. Nicolaou , E. J. Sorensen and N. Winssinger
p 1225
Publication Date (Web): October 1, 1998 (Commentary)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p1225
History, Education, and Documentation
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Chemistry Everyday for Everyone

Solving the Mystery of the Fading Fingerprints with London Dispersion Forces

Ronald DeLorenzo , Doris R. Kimbrough
p 1300
Publication Date (Web): October 1, 1998 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p1300

London Dispersion Forces and "The Wave"

C. Jayne Wilcox
p 1301
Publication Date (Web): October 1, 1998 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p1301
History, Education, and Documentation

In the Classroom

A Scientific Approach to Cultural Heritage Preservation: A Case Study of Vandalistic Acts on Important Roman Mosaics

Concetto Puglisi , Enrico Ciliberto and Giuseppe Spoto , Mauro Matteini
p 1302
Publication Date (Web): October 1, 1998 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p1302

A Very Simple Method Way to Convert Haworth Representation to Zigzag Representation

Janine Cossy and Véronique Bellosta
p 1307
Publication Date (Web): October 1, 1998 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p1307
History, Education, and Documentation

Collaborative Distance Education: The Iowa Chemistry Education Alliance

K. A. Burke and Thomas J. Greenbowe
p 1308
Publication Date (Web): October 1, 1998 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p1308
History, Education, and Documentation

Developing Professional Skills in a Third-Year Undergraduate Chemistry Course Offered in Western Australia

Jeffrey G. Dunn , Robert I. Kagi and David N. Phillips
p 1313
Publication Date (Web): October 1, 1998 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p1313
History, Education, and Documentation

Issues in Scientific Integrity: A Practical Course for Graduate Students in the Chemical Sciences

J. Howard Rytting and Richard L. Schowen
p 1317
Publication Date (Web): October 1, 1998 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p1317
History, Education, and Documentation

A Course in Early Chemistry for Undergraduates. A Speculative Experiment in Historical Modeling at the Donetsk State University

Mikhail Yu. Rodygin , Irene V. Rodygina
p 1320
Publication Date (Web): October 1, 1998 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p1320
History, Education, and Documentation

Using History To Teach Scientific Method: The Case of Argon

Carmen J. Giunta
p 1322
Publication Date (Web): October 1, 1998 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p1322
History, Education, and Documentation

In the Laboratory

Synthesis of Complex Natural Products as a Vehicle for Student-Centered, Problem-Based Learning

Kevin C. Cannon and Grant R. Krow
p 1259
Publication Date (Web): October 1, 1998 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p1259
History, Education, and Documentation

Synthesis of Aspirin: A General Chemistry Experiment

John A. Olmsted III
p 1261
Publication Date (Web): October 1, 1998 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p1261
History, Education, and Documentation

Production, Extraction, and Qualitative Testing of Penicillin: A Biochemistry Experiment for Health Science Chemistry Courses

Richard E. Stevens and Kara C. Billingsley
p 1264
Publication Date (Web): October 1, 1998 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p1264
History, Education, and Documentation

Synthesis of NMP, a Fluoxetine (Prozac) Precursor, in the Introductory Organic Laboratory

Daniel M. Perrine , Nathan R. Sabanayagam and Kristy J. Reynolds
p 1266
Publication Date (Web): October 1, 1998 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p1266
History, Education, and Documentation

A Modified Synthesis of the Insect Repellent DEET

Peter H. Knoess and Edward G. Neeland
p 1267
Publication Date (Web): October 1, 1998 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p1267
History, Education, and Documentation

A Simplified Method for the Microscale Extraction of Pigments from Spinach

Kimberley R. Cousins and Kathleen M. Pierson
p 1268
Publication Date (Web): October 1, 1998 (Lab-Expt)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p1268
History, Education, and Documentation

A Simple Method To Demonstrate the Enzymatic Production of Hydrogen from Sugar

Ian Hurley , Natalie Hershlag , Jonathan Woodward
p 1270
Publication Date (Web): October 1, 1998 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p1270

Enzyme-Linked Antibodies: A Laboratory Introduction to the ELISA Assay

Gretchen L. Anderson and Leo A. McNellis
p 1275
Publication Date (Web): October 1, 1998 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p1275
History, Education, and Documentation

Immobilized Lactase in the Biochemistry Laboratory

Matthew J. Allison and C. Larry Bering
p 1278
Publication Date (Web): October 1, 1998 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p1278
History, Education, and Documentation

Some Aspects of Yeast Anaerobic Metabolism Examined by the Inhibition of Pyruvate Decarboxylase

Earl V. Martin
p 1281
Publication Date (Web): October 1, 1998 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p1281
History, Education, and Documentation

A 19F NMR Study of Enzyme Activity

Keith E. Peterman , Kevin Lentz and Jeffery Duncan
p 1283
Publication Date (Web): October 1, 1998 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p1283
History, Education, and Documentation

Hetero Diels-Alder Reaction with Aqueous Glyoxylic Acid: An Experiment in Organic Synthesis and 2-D NMR Analysis for Advanced Undergraduate Students

Jacques Augé and Nadège Lubin-Germain
p 1285
Publication Date (Web): October 1, 1998 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p1285
History, Education, and Documentation

Determination of the Enantiomeric Purity of Commercial L-[U-14C] Valine: An Experiment Utilizing Reversed-Phase Thin-Layer Chromatography and Liquid Scintillation Counting

Joseph W. LeFevre
p 1287
Publication Date (Web): October 1, 1998 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p1287
History, Education, and Documentation

Use of Theoretical Chemistry To Explain Baeyer-Villiger Oxidations of Methoxy Aromatic Aldehydes

N. Anoune , H. Hannachi , P. Lantéri , R. Longeray and C. Arnaud
p 1290
Publication Date (Web): October 1, 1998 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p1290
History, Education, and Documentation

Organic Reactions Involving Bromine: Puzzles for the Organic Laboratory

Sarita I. McGowens and Ernest F. Silversmith
p 1293
Publication Date (Web): October 1, 1998 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p1293
History, Education, and Documentation

Characterization of the Products from the Reaction of Copper(II) Bromide and Tetramethylthiuram Sulfide: An Undergraduate Project Involving Two Unknown Metal Complexes and an Unexpected Pattern of Reactivity

Luis I. Victoriano , Hernán V. Carbacho and Laura Parraguez
p 1295
Publication Date (Web): October 1, 1998 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p1295
History, Education, and Documentation

Crystallographic Structure Determination: An Experiment for Organic Analysis and Other Nontraditional Venues

Allen D. Hunter
p 1297
Publication Date (Web): October 1, 1998 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p1297
History, Education, and Documentation

A Simple, Transparent Fume Hood

John Fredericks
p 1299
Publication Date (Web): October 1, 1998 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p1299
History, Education, and Documentation

Research: Science and Education

The Effectiveness of Teaching Chemistry through the History of Science

Huann-shyang Lin
p 1326
Publication Date (Web): October 1, 1998 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p1326
History, Education, and Documentation

Research: Science and Education

Focus Groups and Exit Interviews Are Components of Chemistry Department Program Assessment

Joseph H. Dreisbach , Thomas P. Hogan and Anne Marie Stamford , John W. Greggo
p 1330
Publication Date (Web): October 1, 1998 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p1330
History, Education, and Documentation

Research: Science and Education

Bis(dicarbonyl-pi-cyclopentadienyliron)-A Solid-State Vibrational Spectroscopic Lesson

S. F. A. Kettle , E. Diana , R. Rossetti and P. L. Stanghellini
p 1333
Publication Date (Web): October 1, 1998 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p1333
History, Education, and Documentation

Research: Science and Education

REDUCE: A Program for Reducing Reducible Representations

James F. O'Brien , Bruno F. Schmidt
p 1338
Publication Date (Web): October 1, 1998 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p1338
History, Education, and Documentation

Rules for Determining the Ground State of a j-j Coupled Atom

Mark L. Campbell
p 1339
Publication Date (Web): October 1, 1998 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p1339
History, Education, and Documentation

Information • Textbooks • Media • Resources

Naphthalene and Azulene I: Semimicro Bomb Calorimetry and Quantum Mechanical Calculations

Carl Salter , James B. Foresman
p 1341
Publication Date (Web): October 1, 1998 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p1341
History, Education, and Documentation

Exploring the C4H7+ Energy Surface: A Computational Discovery Process for Students

Roger S. Macomber
p 1346
Publication Date (Web): October 1, 1998 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p1346
History, Education, and Documentation

Solid State Resources CD

Arthur B. Ellis , George C. Lisensky and Joey M. Blackwell
p 1351
Publication Date (Web): October 1, 1998 (Tech Report)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p1351
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Articles

Vanillin

Dean Calloway
p 1203
Publication Date (Web): October 1, 1998 (Letter)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p1203.1
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Vanillin (the author replies)

Martin Hocking
p 1203
Publication Date (Web): October 1, 1998 (Letter)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p1203.2
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Anthocyanins

Greg Smestad
p 1203
Publication Date (Web): October 1, 1998 (Letter)
DOI: 10.1021/ed075p1203.3
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