Table of Contents

March 2000
Volume 77, Issue 3
Pages 279-423
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X-ray picture and molecular modeling showing complementary fit of a substrate (mimic) into the active site of Candida rugosa lipase. The enzyme has helical regions (shown in tan), sheets (shown as green arrows), and connecting strands (shown in white). See Using Microorganisms in Synthetic Organic Chemistry by Stanley M. Roberts on pages 344-348.

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Chemical Education Today

Maintaining Intellectual Infrastructure

John W. Moore
p 279
Publication Date (Web): March 1, 2000 (Editorial)
DOI: 10.1021/ed077p279
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ACS National Meeting: A Celebration of Chemistry in the 21st Century

p 280
Publication Date (Web): March 1, 2000 (Report)
DOI: 10.1021/ed077p280.1

ACS National Meeting: High School Program

p 280
Publication Date (Web): March 1, 2000 (Report)
DOI: 10.1021/ed077p280.2

Especially for High School Teachers

J. Emory Howell
p 281
Publication Date (Web): March 1, 2000 (Editorial)
DOI: 10.1021/ed077p281
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ACS National Meeting: Program for the Division of Chemical Education: San Francisco, CA, March 26-30, 2000

Eun-Woo Chang , Morton Hoffman and Boyd L. Earl
p 283
Publication Date (Web): March 1, 2000 (Report)
DOI: 10.1021/ed077p283

Exploring San Francisco

Paul S. Cohen and Brenda H. Cohen
p 293
Publication Date (Web): March 1, 2000 (Report)
DOI: 10.1021/ed077p293

Input Requested for a History of the Division of Chemical Education

J. J. Lagowski
p 296
Publication Date (Web): March 1, 2000 (Report)
DOI: 10.1021/ed077p296

Division News and Announcements

Diane M. Bunce
p 297
Publication Date (Web): March 1, 2000 (Report)
DOI: 10.1021/ed077p297

News from Online: The Power of the Voice

Carolyn Sweeney Judd
p 299
Publication Date (Web): March 1, 2000 (Report)
DOI: 10.1021/ed077p299

Ancient Recipes

Kathryn R. Williams
p 300
Publication Date (Web): March 1, 2000 (Report)
DOI: 10.1021/ed077p300

Education Research at NSF: The ROLE Program

Donald J. Wink
p 303
Publication Date (Web): March 1, 2000 (Report)
DOI: 10.1021/ed077p303

Introducing Chiroscience into the Organic Laboratory Curriculum

Kenny B. Lipkowitz , Tim Naylor and Keith S. Anliker
p 305
Publication Date (Web): March 1, 2000 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed077p305
History, Education, and Documentation

News and Announcements

JCE staff
p 307
Publication Date (Web): March 1, 2000 (News and Announcements)
DOI: 10.1021/ed077p307
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Advanced Inorganic Chemistry, 6th Edition (Cotton, F. A.; Wilkinson, G.; Murillo, C. A.; Bochmann, M.)

Daniel Rabinovich
p 311
Publication Date (Web): March 1, 2000 (Book and Media Review)
DOI: 10.1021/ed077p311
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Molecular Symmetry and Group Theory (Carter, Robert L.)

Sarah Stoll
p 313
Publication Date (Web): March 1, 2000 (Book and Media Review)
DOI: 10.1021/ed077p313.1
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The Chemistry of Organic Silicon Compounds, Volume 2, Parts 1, 2, and 3 (ed.s Rappoport, Z.; Apeloig, Y.)

Paul F. Hudrlik
p 313
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DOI: 10.1021/ed077p313.2
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Organic Synthesis: The Science behind the Art (Smit, W. A.; Bochkov, A. F.; Caple, R.)

Arthur R. Murdoch
p 314
Publication Date (Web): March 1, 2000 (Book and Media Review)
DOI: 10.1021/ed077p314
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Fractals in Chemistry (Rothschild, Walter G.)

Richard Pagni
p 315
Publication Date (Web): March 1, 2000 (Book and Media Review)
DOI: 10.1021/ed077p315
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Fundamentals of Chemical Kinetics (Logan, S. R.)

Frank Wilkinson
p 316
Publication Date (Web): March 1, 2000 (Book and Media Review)
DOI: 10.1021/ed077p316.1
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Chemistry for Everyone

Organic Vapor Sensors for Food Quality Assessment

Colin L. Honeybourne
p 338
Publication Date (Web): March 1, 2000 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed077p338
History, Education, and Documentation

Using Microorganisms in Synthetic Organic Chemistry

Stanley M. Roberts
p 344
Publication Date (Web): March 1, 2000 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed077p344
History, Education, and Documentation

Drug Metabolism: The Body's Defense against Chemical Attack

Martin S. Lennard , Andrew V. Stachulski
p 349
Publication Date (Web): March 1, 2000 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed077p349

In the Classroom

What Chemistry to Teach Engineers?

Stephen J. Hawkes
p 321
Publication Date (Web): March 1, 2000 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed077p321
History, Education, and Documentation

Experimentation and Group Discussion as a Means of Determining Solubility Rules

Karen E. Stevens
p 327
Publication Date (Web): March 1, 2000 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed077p327
History, Education, and Documentation

Silver to Black - and Back

JCE staff
p 328A
Publication Date (Web): March 1, 2000 (Activity)
DOI: 10.1021/ed077p328A

Drawing Lewis Structures from Lewis Symbols: A Direct Electron-Pairing Approach

Wan-Yaacob Ahmad and Mat B. Zakaria
p 329
Publication Date (Web): March 1, 2000 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed077p329
History, Education, and Documentation

Cyclohexane: Boat Form Revisited

Ronald R. Sauers
p 332
Publication Date (Web): March 1, 2000 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed077p332
History, Education, and Documentation

In the Laboratory

Experiments with Aspirin

Edward Barry , Londa L. Borer
p 354
Publication Date (Web): March 1, 2000 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed077p354

Microwave Irradiation Reactions: Synthesis of Analgesic Drugs

Gholam A. Mirafzal and Jolene M Summer
p 356
Publication Date (Web): March 1, 2000 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed077p356
History, Education, and Documentation

Synthesis of the Sweetener Dulcin from the Analgesic Tylenol

Brian D. Williams , Birute Williams and Louise Rodino
p 357
Publication Date (Web): March 1, 2000 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed077p357
History, Education, and Documentation

Isolation of Curcumin from Turmeric

Andrew M. Anderson , Matthew S. Mitchell and Ram S. Mohan
p 359
Publication Date (Web): March 1, 2000 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed077p359
History, Education, and Documentation

Isolating trans-Anethole from Anise Seeds and Elucidating Its Structure: A Project Utilizing One- and Two-Dimensional NMR Spectrometry

Joseph W. LeFevre
p 361
Publication Date (Web): March 1, 2000 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed077p361
History, Education, and Documentation

Probing the Active Site of Yeast Alcohol Dehydrogenase through Microscale Yeast-Mediated Reductions of Acetophenone and Acetylpyridines. A Collaborative and Research-Based Advanced Bioorganic Chemistry Laboratory Project

Michael Carnahan , Kari Cox , Joey Espinosa , Ray Feaster , Robert Hirsch , Andrew Lam , Shane Roller , Brent Steadman , James Toth , Moses Lee and Jennifer Azbell
p 363
Publication Date (Web): March 1, 2000 (Lab-Expt)
DOI: 10.1021/ed077p363

Identification of Pharmaceuticals via Computer-Aided Thin Layer Chromatography

Theodore J. Siek , Anthony J. Macherone Jr.
p 366
Publication Date (Web): March 1, 2000 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed077p366

In The Laboratory

Rapid, Simple Quantitation in Thin-Layer Chromatography Using a Flatbed Scanner

Mitchell E. Johnson
p 368
Publication Date (Web): March 1, 2000 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed077p368
History, Education, and Documentation

In the Laboratory

A Convenient and Highly Specific Western Blot Experiment for Introductory Biochemistry

Donald G. Gerbig Jr., Christopher J. Fenk and Stephanie Y. Grooms
p 373
Publication Date (Web): March 1, 2000 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed077p373

A Laboratory Exercise for Photochemistry and Photobiology: Production of Hydrogen Peroxide

Fernando Gallardo , Susana Gálvez , Miguel Angel Medina and Antonio Heredia , Carlos Gómez-Moreno
p 375
Publication Date (Web): March 1, 2000 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed077p375
History, Education, and Documentation

An Analytical Laboratory Experiment in Error Analysis: Repeated Determination of Glucose Using Commercial Glucometers

Paul L. Edmiston and Theodore R. Williams
p 377
Publication Date (Web): March 1, 2000 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed077p377
History, Education, and Documentation

Thermal Denaturation of Proteins Studied by UV Spectroscopy

Natasa Poklar and Gorazd Vesnaver
p 380
Publication Date (Web): March 1, 2000 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed077p380

Multicomponent Reactions: A Convenient Undergraduate Organic Chemistry Experiment

Carlos F. Marcos , Ricardo Bossio , Stefano Marcaccini and Roberto Pepino
p 382
Publication Date (Web): March 1, 2000 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed077p382

Dediazoniations in Water: An Integrated Physical Organic Chemistry Experiment

Carlos Bravo-Díaz , Ugo Costas-Costas and Román Pazo-LLorente , Elisa González-Romero
p 384
Publication Date (Web): March 1, 2000 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed077p384

Organic Chemistry in Capillaries

Bharat G. Mahamulkar , Dilip D. Dhavale and Shriniwas L. Kelkar
p 387
Publication Date (Web): March 1, 2000 (Lab-Expt)
DOI: 10.1021/ed077p387
History, Education, and Documentation

A Simple Laboratory-Constructed Automatic Titrator

Kurt L. Headrick , Terry K. Davies and Aaron N. Haegele
p 389
Publication Date (Web): March 1, 2000 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed077p389
History, Education, and Documentation

An Inexpensive Convenient Press for KBr and CsI Pellets in Infrared Studies

Chris Kalberg and Paul J. Ogren
p 391
Publication Date (Web): March 1, 2000 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed077p391
History, Education, and Documentation

Micelles in the Physical Chemistry Laboratory: Diffusion Coefficients and Half-Wave Potentials of Ferrocene

Kathryn R. Williams and Roberto Bravo
p 392
Publication Date (Web): March 1, 2000 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed077p392
History, Education, and Documentation

Liquid-Liquid Equilibrium: Verification of the Lever Rule

A. D. Jordan
p 395
Publication Date (Web): March 1, 2000 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed077p395
History, Education, and Documentation

Molecular Modeling to Predict Regioselectivity of Hydration Reactions

Kate J. Graham , Kathleen Skoglund , Chris P. Schaller , William P. Muldoon and John B. Klassen
p 396
Publication Date (Web): March 1, 2000 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed077p396
History, Education, and Documentation

Research: Science and Education

Measuring Conceptual Change in Organic Chemistry

Jane Gradwohl Nash , Louis J. Liotta , Ralph J. Bravaco
p 333
Publication Date (Web): March 1, 2000 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed077p333
History, Education, and Documentation

Information • Textbooks • Media • Resources

A Molecular Modeling Program for Teaching Structural Biochemistry

James C. Dabrowiak , Paul J. Hatala and Mark McPike
p 397
Publication Date (Web): March 1, 2000 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed077p397
History, Education, and Documentation

RasMol and Mage in the Undergraduate Biochemistry Curriculum

Steven W. Weiner , Paul F. Cerpovicz , Dabney W. Dixon , Donald B. Harden , Donna S. Hobbs and Donna L. Gosnell
p 401
Publication Date (Web): March 1, 2000 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed077p401
History, Education, and Documentation

Using Computer Assisted Learning to Teach Molecular Reaction Dynamics

Katharine L. Reid and Richard J. Wheatley , John C. Horton and Stephen W. Brydges
p 407
Publication Date (Web): March 1, 2000 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed077p407
History, Education, and Documentation

Analysis with Microelectrodes Using Microsoft Excel Solver

Enda Howard and John Cassidy
p 409
Publication Date (Web): March 1, 2000 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed077p409
History, Education, and Documentation

Teaching and Using Chemical Information: Annotated Bibliography, 1993-1998

Carol Carr
p 412
Publication Date (Web): March 1, 2000 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed077p412
History, Education, and Documentation

An Unexpected Event When Chymotrypsin Performs Its Physiological Role

Ivan G. Darvey
p 422
Publication Date (Web): March 1, 2000 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed077p422
History, Education, and Documentation

ChemPages Laboratory: Abstract of Special Issue 24 on CD-ROM

Joe L. March , John W. Moore and Jerrold J. Jacobsen
p 423
Publication Date (Web): March 1, 2000 (Tech Report)
DOI: 10.1021/ed077p423
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Articles

Let's Not Forget the Units!

Don Hillger
p 310
Publication Date (Web): March 1, 2000 (Letter)
DOI: 10.1021/ed077p310.1
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From Past Issues: Contests Revisited

W.V. Metanomski
p 310
Publication Date (Web): March 1, 2000 (Letter)
DOI: 10.1021/ed077p310.2
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