Table of Contents

August 1999
Volume 76, Issue 8
Pages 1037-1157
About the Cover:

The cover shows a coral reef in the Pacific Ocean. The fascinating chemistry of the marine ecosystem is discussed by Paul J. Scheuer in the article "Exploring the Ocean - Stating the Case for Chemistry" on pages 1075-1079.

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Chemical Education Today

Seeing Is Believing. Or Is It?

John W. Moore
p 1037
Publication Date (Web): August 1, 1999 (Editorial)
DOI: 10.1021/ed076p1037
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Especially for High School Teachers

J. Emory Howell
p 1039
Publication Date (Web): August 1, 1999 (Editorial)
DOI: 10.1021/ed076p1039
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Program for the Division of Chemical Education: New Orleans, LA, August 22-26, 1999

Laura Pence , Harry Pence and Tom Wildeman
p 1041
Publication Date (Web): August 1, 1999 (Report)
DOI: 10.1021/ed076p1041

Discovering New Orleans

Paul S. Cohen and Brenda H. Cohen
p 1049
Publication Date (Web): August 1, 1999 (Report)
DOI: 10.1021/ed076p1049

The Physics Teacher

Volker B. E. Thomsen
p 1053
Publication Date (Web): August 1, 1999 (Report)
DOI: 10.1021/ed076p1053

Student-Inspired Undergraduate Research

Jane Slezak
p 1054
Publication Date (Web): August 1, 1999 (Report)
DOI: 10.1021/ed076p1054

1942

Kathryn R. Williams
p 1056
Publication Date (Web): August 1, 1999 (Report)
DOI: 10.1021/ed076p1056

The Culture of Chemistry: A Graduate Course

Joseph F. Bunnett
p 1058
Publication Date (Web): August 1, 1999 (Commentary)
DOI: 10.1021/ed076p1058
History, Education, and Documentation
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News and Announcements

JCE staff
p 1062
Publication Date (Web): August 1, 1999 (News and Announcements)
DOI: 10.1021/ed076p1062
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Superior and Convenient Periodic Table

Stephen J. Hawkes
p 1064
Publication Date (Web): August 1, 1999 (Letter)
DOI: 10.1021/ed076p1064.1
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Correction to "Pushing the Rainbow: Frontiers in Color Chemistry; Light and Color in Chemistry- Report on Two American Chemical Society Presidential Events"

Nancy S. Gettys
p 1064
Publication Date (Web): August 1, 1999 (Addition/Correction)
DOI: 10.1021/ed076p1064.2
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Laboratory Exercises Using HyperChem (Caffery, Mary L.; Dobosh, Paul A.; Richardson, Diane M.)

Arlen Viste
p 1065
Publication Date (Web): August 1, 1999 (Book and Media Review)
DOI: 10.1021/ed076p1065.1
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Molecules at an Exhibition: Portraits of Intriguing Molecules in Everyday Life (Emsley, John)

Conrad Stanitski
p 1065
Publication Date (Web): August 1, 1999 (Book and Media Review)
DOI: 10.1021/ed076p1065.2
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Chem TV: Choices I, v. 1.5.1 (Luceigh, B. A.; Ngo, P.; Chen, J.)

L. Kraig Steffen
p 1067
Publication Date (Web): August 1, 1999 (Book and Media Review)
DOI: 10.1021/ed076p1067
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The Systematic Identification of Organic Compounds, 7th Edition (Shriner, R. L.; Hermann, C. K. F.; Morrill, T. C.; Curtin, D. Y.; Fuson, R. C.)

David Evans
p 1069
Publication Date (Web): August 1, 1999 (Book and Media Review)
DOI: 10.1021/ed076p1069.1
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Modern Electrochemistry, Volume 1: Ionics (Bockris, John O'M.; Reddy, Amulya K. N.)

David L. Langhus
p 1069
Publication Date (Web): August 1, 1999 (Book and Media Review)
DOI: 10.1021/ed076p1069.2
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An Introduction to Enzyme and Coenzyme Chemistry (Bugg, Tim)

Jeffrey B. Schineller
p 1070
Publication Date (Web): August 1, 1999 (Book and Media Review)
DOI: 10.1021/ed076p1070.1
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Books Noted

Edward J. Walsh
p 1070
Publication Date (Web): August 1, 1999 (Book and Media Review)
DOI: 10.1021/ed076p1070.2
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Chemistry Everyday for Everyone

Exploring the Ocean - Stating the Case for Chemistry

Paul J. Scheuer
p 1075
Publication Date (Web): August 1, 1999 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed076p1075
History, Education, and Documentation

Distillation Apparatuses Using Household Items

Danielle R. D. Campanizzi , Brenda Mason and Christine K. F. Hermann
p 1079
Publication Date (Web): August 1, 1999 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed076p1079
History, Education, and Documentation

Relative Humidity

R. Bruce Martin
p 1081
Publication Date (Web): August 1, 1999 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed076p1081
History, Education, and Documentation

Chemical Education in Bulgaria

Vladimir N. Garkov
p 1083
Publication Date (Web): August 1, 1999 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed076p1083
History, Education, and Documentation

Experience of Chemical Education in Russia: How to Attract the Young Generation to Chemistry under Conditions of "Chemophobia"

S. S. Berdonosov and N. E. Kuzmenko , B. I. Kharisov
p 1086
Publication Date (Web): August 1, 1999 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed076p1086
History, Education, and Documentation

In the Classroom

Issues-Directed Chemistry: Teaching Chemical Reactions Using Waste Treatment

David L. Adams
p 1088
Publication Date (Web): August 1, 1999 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed076p1088
History, Education, and Documentation

Variations on the "Whoosh" Bottle Alcohol Explosion Demonstration Including Safety Notes

John J. Fortman , Andrea C. Rush and Jennifer E. Stamper , Mark J. Waner , Jay A. Young
p 1092
Publication Date (Web): August 1, 1999 (Demo)
DOI: 10.1021/ed076p1092
History, Education, and Documentation

An Apparatus for Temperature Displays

George Papageorgiou and John Xenos
p 1094
Publication Date (Web): August 1, 1999 (Demo)
DOI: 10.1021/ed076p1094
History, Education, and Documentation

In Search of a Deep Understanding of Cu2+/0 and Zn2+/0 E0 Values

Steven H. Strauss
p 1095
Publication Date (Web): August 1, 1999 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed076p1095
History, Education, and Documentation

Complexation Calculations Are Worse Than Useless

Stephen J. Hawkes
p 1099
Publication Date (Web): August 1, 1999 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed076p1099
History, Education, and Documentation

A PDR Problem for Sophomore Organic Students

Rosa Betancourt-Pérez
p 1101
Publication Date (Web): August 1, 1999 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed076p1101
History, Education, and Documentation

Teaching Introductory Organic Chemistry: A Problem-Solving and Collaborative-Learning Approach

Lois M. Browne , Edward V. Blackburn
p 1104
Publication Date (Web): August 1, 1999 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed076p1104
History, Education, and Documentation

Motivating Students in Sophomore Organic Chemistry by Examining Nature's Way- Why Are Vitamins E and C Such Good Antioxidants?

Bruce D. Beaver
p 1108
Publication Date (Web): August 1, 1999 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed076p1108
History, Education, and Documentation

In the Laboratory

An Inexpensive Microscale Method for Measuring Vapor Pressure, Associated Thermodynamic Variables, and Molecular Weight

Jason C. DeMuro , Hovanes Margarian , Artavan Mkhikian , Kwang Hi No and Andrew R. Peterson
p 1113
Publication Date (Web): August 1, 1999 (Lab-Expt)
DOI: 10.1021/ed076p1113
History, Education, and Documentation

The Development of a Microscale Continuous Hot Solvent Extractor

Steve S. Wesolowski , Thomas Mulcahy , Christina M. Zafoni and Wayne E. Wesolowski
p 1116
Publication Date (Web): August 1, 1999 (Lab-Expt)
DOI: 10.1021/ed076p1116
History, Education, and Documentation

Qualitative Analysis in the Beginning Organic Laboratory

James H. Cooley and Richard Vaughan Williams
p 1117
Publication Date (Web): August 1, 1999 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed076p1117
History, Education, and Documentation

The Discovery-Oriented Approach to Organic Chemistry. 2. Selectivity in Alcohol Oxidation. An Exercise in 1H NMR Spectroscopy for Sophomore Organic Laboratories

Steven R. Shadwick and Ram S. Mohan
p 1121
Publication Date (Web): August 1, 1999 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed076p1121
History, Education, and Documentation

Problem-Based Learning in Undergraduate Instruction. A Sophomore Chemistry Laboratory

Preetha Ram
p 1122
Publication Date (Web): August 1, 1999 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed076p1122
History, Education, and Documentation

A Research-Based Sophomore Organic Chemistry Laboratory

D. Scott Davis , Robert J. Hargrove and Jeffrey D. Hugdahl
p 1127
Publication Date (Web): August 1, 1999 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed076p1127
History, Education, and Documentation

A Project-Oriented Biochemistry Laboratory Course

Paul A. Craig
p 1130
Publication Date (Web): August 1, 1999 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed076p1130
History, Education, and Documentation

Research: Science and Education

Active Learning and Cooperative Learning in the Organic Chemistry Lecture Class

Donald R. Paulson
p 1136
Publication Date (Web): August 1, 1999 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed076p1136
History, Education, and Documentation

Chemical Bonding as a Superposition Phenomenon

Frank Weinhold
p 1141
Publication Date (Web): August 1, 1999 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed076p1141
History, Education, and Documentation

A Generalized Statement of the Law of Mass Action

James K. Baird
p 1146
Publication Date (Web): August 1, 1999 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed076p1146
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Information • Textbooks • Media • Resources

Comments on the Treatment of Aromaticity and Acid-Base Character of Pyridine and Pyrrole in Contemporary Organic Chemistry Textbooks

Ludwig Bauer , Hugh J. Anderson
p 1151
Publication Date (Web): August 1, 1999 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed076p1151

Finding Chemical Information through Citation Index Searching

Allan L. Smith
p 1153
Publication Date (Web): August 1, 1999 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed076p1153
History, Education, and Documentation

Spreadsheet Techniques for Evaluating the Solubility of Sparingly Soluble Salts of Weak Acids

José L. Guinón , José García-Antón and Valentín Pérez-Herranz
p 1157
Publication Date (Web): August 1, 1999 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed076p1157
History, Education, and Documentation
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