Table of Contents

June 2000
Volume 77, Issue 6
Pages 677-799
About the Cover:

The matrix on the cover shows the pairwise mixing of seven different aqueous solutions. The seven solutions are sodium carbonate, sodium hydroxide, copper (II) nitrate, copper(II) sulfate, barium chloride,cobalt(II) chloride, and ammonia.The same solution is used across a row and down a column. Can you identify the rows and columns based on the observed reactions? Hint: the matrix is symmetric. Answers are on page 676.

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Chemical Education Today

To Stretch and Search for Better Ways

John W. Moore
p 677
Publication Date (Web): June 1, 2000 (Editorial)
DOI: 10.1021/ed077p677
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Especially for High School Teachers

J. Emory Howell
p 679
Publication Date (Web): June 1, 2000 (Editorial)
DOI: 10.1021/ed077p679
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Secretary's Report, April 2000

J. L. Sarquis
p 680
Publication Date (Web): June 1, 2000 (Report)
DOI: 10.1021/ed077p680

Presidential Plenary Sessions: Report on Three American Chemical Society Presidential Events

Nancy S. Gettys
p 684
Publication Date (Web): June 1, 2000 (Report)
DOI: 10.1021/ed077p684

Public Understanding of Chemistry, ACS National Meeting

Nancy S. Gettys
p 688
Publication Date (Web): June 1, 2000 (Report)
DOI: 10.1021/ed077p688

Summer Reading

Jeffrey Kovac , Richard Pagni , Harold H. Harris and Brian P. Coppola
p 693
Publication Date (Web): June 1, 2000 (Commentary)
DOI: 10.1021/ed077p693
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Conference Overview: 16th Biennial Conference on Chemical Education, University of Michigan, July 30-August 3, 2000

Seyhan N. Ege
p 697
Publication Date (Web): June 1, 2000 (Report)
DOI: 10.1021/ed077p697

Blackboard Experience of a Chemistry Teacher

Ann Cartwright
p 699
Publication Date (Web): June 1, 2000 (Report)
DOI: 10.1021/ed077p699

Blackboard Overview by a Technology Coordinator

Sue Rodgers
p 700
Publication Date (Web): June 1, 2000 (Report)
DOI: 10.1021/ed077p700

Spectroscopic Determination of Ternary Phase Diagrams

Kerry K. Karukstis , Sara K. Avrantinis , Stephanie L. Boegeman , Jeanie N. Conner , Blaine M. Hackman , Jennifer M. Lindsay , Alexander L. Mandel and Elizabeth J. Miller
p 701
Publication Date (Web): June 1, 2000 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed077p701
History, Education, and Documentation

News and Announcements

JCE staff
p 703
Publication Date (Web): June 1, 2000 (News and Announcements)
DOI: 10.1021/ed077p703
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Excel for Chemists: A Comprehensive Guide (Billo, E. Joseph)

Jeffery A. Greathouse
p 705
Publication Date (Web): June 1, 2000 (Book and Media Review)
DOI: 10.1021/ed077p705.1
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Modern Analytical Chemistry, 1st Edition (Harvey, David)

Jack G. Goldsmith
p 705
Publication Date (Web): June 1, 2000 (Book and Media Review)
DOI: 10.1021/ed077p705.2
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Molecular Modeling on the PC (Schlecht, Matthew F.)

Frank Rioux
p 706
Publication Date (Web): June 1, 2000 (Book and Media Review)
DOI: 10.1021/ed077p706
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Organic Reactions in Aqueous Media (Li, Chao-Jun; Chan, Tak-Hang)

Alan M. Rosan
p 707
Publication Date (Web): June 1, 2000 (Book and Media Review)
DOI: 10.1021/ed077p707
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Why Science? (White, R. Stephen)

Myra Halpin
p 708
Publication Date (Web): June 1, 2000 (Book and Media Review)
DOI: 10.1021/ed077p708.1
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Chemistry for Everyone

The Thermodynamics and Kinetics of "HeaterMeals": An Exercise in Undergraduate Inorganic Chemistry

William B. Jensen
p 713
Publication Date (Web): June 1, 2000 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed077p713
History, Education, and Documentation

In the Classroom

A Closer Look at Phase Diagrams for the General Chemistry Course

Stephen A. Gramsch
p 718
Publication Date (Web): June 1, 2000 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed077p718
History, Education, and Documentation

Melting Point and Molecular Symmetry

R. J. C. Brown , R. F. C. Brown
p 724
Publication Date (Web): June 1, 2000 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed077p724
History, Education, and Documentation

A Thermodynamic Analysis to Explain the Boiling-Point Isotope Effect for Molecular Hydrogen

D. Blane Baker , Byron K. Christmas
p 732
Publication Date (Web): June 1, 2000 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed077p732
History, Education, and Documentation

SOS: A Mnemonic for the Stereochemistry of Glucose

Ronald Starkey
p 734
Publication Date (Web): June 1, 2000 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed077p734
History, Education, and Documentation

Flow Injection as a Teaching Tool for Gravimetric Analysis

Raquel P. Sartini , Elias A. G. Zagatto and Cláudio C. Oliveira
p 735
Publication Date (Web): June 1, 2000 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed077p735
History, Education, and Documentation

Simulation of Impedance Spectra: A Computational and Electrochemical Exercise for University Students

J. J. García-Jareño , D. Benito , A. Sanmatías and F. Vicente
p 738
Publication Date (Web): June 1, 2000 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed077p738
History, Education, and Documentation

In the Laboratory

Separation and Quantification of Preservatives Using Ion Pair HPLC and CZE: An Extended Investigation of Separation Mechanisms

Mary Boyce and Evadne Spickett
p 740
Publication Date (Web): June 1, 2000 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed077p740
History, Education, and Documentation

Analysis of Diet Tonic Water Using Capillary Electrophoresis. An Undergraduate Instrumental Analysis Experiment

Harvey B. Herman , John R. Jezorek and Zhe Tang
p 743
Publication Date (Web): June 1, 2000 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed077p743
History, Education, and Documentation

Studying Thermally Induced Chemical and Physical Transformations in Common Synthetic Polymers: A Laboratory Project

Steven C. Hodgson , John D. Orbell and Stephen W. Bigger , John Scheirs
p 745
Publication Date (Web): June 1, 2000 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed077p745
History, Education, and Documentation

Measuring Soil Phosphates Using Ion-Exchange Resins: A Final Project for Freshman Chemistry

A. M. Sarquis , Donald A. Storer
p 748
Publication Date (Web): June 1, 2000 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed077p748

The Oxidation of Primary Alcohols to Esters: Three Related Investigative Experiments

Chriss E. McDonald
p 750
Publication Date (Web): June 1, 2000 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed077p750
History, Education, and Documentation

Enantiomeric and Diastereoisomeric Relationships: A Practical Approach

V. Durieu , G. Martiat , M. Ch. Vandergeten , F. Pirsoul , F. Toubeau and Agnès Van Camp
p 752
Publication Date (Web): June 1, 2000 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed077p752
History, Education, and Documentation

Effective, Safe, and Inexpensive Microscale Ultrasonic Setup for Teaching and Research Labs

Angel M. Montaña and Pedro M. Grima
p 754
Publication Date (Web): June 1, 2000 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed077p754
History, Education, and Documentation

The Heck Reaction: A Microscale Synthesis Using a Palladium Catalyst

William B. Martin and Laura J. Kateley
p 757
Publication Date (Web): June 1, 2000 (Lab-Expt)
DOI: 10.1021/ed077p757
History, Education, and Documentation

Microscale Synthesis of Hexaamminechromium(III) Nitrate Using Liquid Ammonia Generated in the Laboratory

Edward Maslowsky Jr.
p 760
Publication Date (Web): June 1, 2000 (Lab-Expt)
DOI: 10.1021/ed077p760
History, Education, and Documentation

Research: Science and Education

Using Particulate Drawings to Determine and Improve Students' Conceptions of Pure Substances and Mixtures

Michael J. Sanger
p 762
Publication Date (Web): June 1, 2000 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed077p762
History, Education, and Documentation

Predictors of Nursing Students' Performance in a One-Semester Organic and Biochemistry Course

Robert J. Van Lanen , Thomas McGannon , Nancy M. Lockie
p 767
Publication Date (Web): June 1, 2000 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed077p767
History, Education, and Documentation

Stochastics, the Basis of Chemical Dynamics

Robert de Levie
p 771
Publication Date (Web): June 1, 2000 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed077p771
History, Education, and Documentation

Application of the Correlation Method to Vibrational Spectra of C60 and Other Fullerenes: Predicting the Number of IR- and Raman-Active Bands

Kazuo Nakamoto and Michael A. McKinney
p 775
Publication Date (Web): June 1, 2000 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed077p775
History, Education, and Documentation

The Antibonding Effect

Derek W. Smith
p 780
Publication Date (Web): June 1, 2000 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed077p780
History, Education, and Documentation

Information • Textbooks • Media • Resources

Orbital Plots Using Gnuplot

Brian G. Moore
p 785
Publication Date (Web): June 1, 2000 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed077p785
History, Education, and Documentation

Molecular Orbital Animations for Organic Chemistry

Steven A. Fleming , Greg R. Hart and Paul B. Savage
p 790
Publication Date (Web): June 1, 2000 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed077p790
History, Education, and Documentation

Computational Investigations for Undergraduate Organic Chemistry: Modeling Markovnikov and anti-Markovnikov Reactions for the Formation of Alkyl Halides and Alcohols

Rita K. Hessley
p 794
Publication Date (Web): June 1, 2000 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed077p794
History, Education, and Documentation

Chemists, Access, Statistics

Jon L. Holmes
p 798
Publication Date (Web): June 1, 2000 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed077p798

Chemistry Comes Alive!, Volume 4: Abstract of Special Issue 25 on CD-ROM

Jerrold J. Jacobsen , Gordon Bain , Kara Bruce and John W. Moore
p 799
Publication Date (Web): June 1, 2000 (Tech Report)
DOI: 10.1021/ed077p799
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