Table of Contents

March 2004
Volume 81, Issue 3
Pages 295-448
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Plant Pigments in Spinach. Three thin-layer chromatography plates show the separation of plant pigments in various spinach extracts. The separated pigments are xanthophyll, chlorophyll a and b, pheophytin a and b, and &beta-carotene. A direct method of extracting plant pigments from spinach leaves into a dry organic solvent and the subsequent chromatographic separation of the pigments is described in the article "An Improved Method for the Extraction and Thin-Layer Chromatography of Chlorophyll a and b from Spinach" by Hao T. Quach, Robert L. Steeper, and G. William Griffin.

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Chemical Education Today

The Magical Touch of a Perceptive Individual

John W. Moore
p 295
Publication Date (Web): March 1, 2004 (Editorial)
DOI: 10.1021/ed081p295
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The Digitized World Is upon Us

Diana S. Mason
p 297
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Teaching Molecular Geometry with the VSEPR Model

Ronald J. Gillespie
p 298
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DOI: 10.1021/ed081p298
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ACS National Meeting. Program for the Division of Chemical Education: Anaheim, March 28-April 1, 2004

Frank Torre , Maureen Scharberg and Eric J. Kantorowski
p 306
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DOI: 10.1021/ed081p306

ACS National Meeting. Presidential Events

p 310
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ACS National Meeting. Undergraduate Program

Emily T. Thompson
p 312
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ACS National Meeting. CHED Events

p 314
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ACS National Meeting. Anaheim in April

Lin W. Morris
p 315
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DOI: 10.1021/ed081p315

Getting Started in Research with Undergraduates

Merlyn D. Schuh , Kerry K. Karukstis
p 322
Publication Date (Web): March 1, 2004 (Report)
DOI: 10.1021/ed081p322

Microscale Syntheses, Reactions, and 1H NMR Spectroscopic Investigations of Square Planar Macrolyclic Tetraamido-N Co(III) Complexes Relevant to Green Chemistry

Erich S. Uffelman , Jonathan R. Doherty , Carl Schulze , Amy L. Burke , Kristen R. Bonnema , Tanya T. Watson and Daniel W. Lee III
p 325
Publication Date (Web): March 1, 2004 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed081p325
History, Education, and Documentation

Sodium Iodide

Jay A. Young
p 330
Publication Date (Web): March 1, 2004 (Communication)
DOI: 10.1021/ed081p330

Aluminum Chloride

Jay A. Young
p 331
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DOI: 10.1021/ed081p331

News and Announcements

JCE staff
p 333
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DOI: 10.1021/ed081p333
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Death of the Chemistry Textbook? I Think Not

Roy W. Clark
p 335
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DOI: 10.1021/ed081p335.1
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Evaluating Weak versus Tight Coomassie Blue-Protein Binding

Todd Silverstein
p 335
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DOI: 10.1021/ed081p335.2
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The Molecular World, a series: The Third Dimension; Metals and Chemical Change; Kinetics and Mechanisms; Molecular Modelling and Bonding; Alkenes and Aromatics; Separation, Purification, and Identification; Elements of the p-Block; Mechanism and Synthesis (Smart, L.E.)

Paul Charlesworth
p 337
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DOI: 10.1021/ed081p337
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Chemistry for Everyone

The Monosodium Glutamate Story: The Commercial Production of MSG and Other Amino Acids

Addison Ault
p 347
Publication Date (Web): March 1, 2004 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed081p347
History, Education, and Documentation

Analysis by Gender of the Doctoral and Postdoctoral Institutions of Faculty Members at the Top-Fifty Ranked Chemistry Departments

Susan A. Nolan and Janine P. Buckner , Valerie J. Kuck and Cecilia H. Marzabadi
p 356
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DOI: 10.1021/ed081p356

In the Classroom

A Reaction That Takes Place in Beakers but Not in Conical Flasks: A Catalysis-Related Demonstration

Colin White , Charles Ophardt
p 364
Publication Date (Web): March 1, 2004 (Demo)
DOI: 10.1021/ed081p364
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Classroom Demonstration of a Spot Test for Phenylpyruvic Acid and Its Relationship to Phenylketonuria

Christopher J. Halkides , Kestas Benidinskas
p 366
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DOI: 10.1021/ed081p366
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The Substitution–Elimination Mechanistic Disc Method

Paul T. Buonora and Yu Jin Lim
p 368
Publication Date (Web): March 1, 2004 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed081p368
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Thermodynamics in Context: A Case Study of Contextualized Teaching for Undergraduates

John Holman and Gwen Pilling
p 373
Publication Date (Web): March 1, 2004 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed081p373
History, Education, and Documentation

A Classroom Exercise Aimed at the Development of an Intuitive Understanding of P–V–T Phase Behavior of Fluids

Markus M. Hoffmann
p 376
Publication Date (Web): March 1, 2004 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed081p376
History, Education, and Documentation

Use of Molecular Symmetry To Describe Pauli Principle Effects on the Vibration–Rotation Spectroscopy of CO2(g)

M. L. Myrick , P. E. Colavita , A. E. Greer , B. Long and D. Andreatta
p 379
Publication Date (Web): March 1, 2004 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed081p379
History, Education, and Documentation

In the Laboratory

Alkene Isomerization Using a Solid Acid as Activator and Support for a Homogeneous Catalyst

Andrew J. Seen
p 383
Publication Date (Web): March 1, 2004 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed081p383
History, Education, and Documentation

Checkerboard Chromatography

Charles A. Smith
p 384A
Publication Date (Web): March 1, 2004 (Activity)
DOI: 10.1021/ed081p384A

An Improved Method for the Extraction and Thin-Layer Chromatography of Chlorophyll a and b from Spinach

Hao T. Quach , Robert L. Steeper and G. William Griffin
p 385
Publication Date (Web): March 1, 2004 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed081p385
History, Education, and Documentation

Developing Investigation Skills in an Introductory Multistep Synthesis Using Fluorene Oxidation and Reduction

Mark G. Stocksdale , Steven E. S. Fletcher , Ian Henry and Paul J. Ogren , Michael A. G. Berg , Roy D. Pointer and Barrett W. Benson
p 388
Publication Date (Web): March 1, 2004 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed081p388
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Estimation of Laminar Burning Velocities by Direct Digital Photography

J. Uske and R. Barat
p 391
Publication Date (Web): March 1, 2004 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed081p391
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Preparation and Analysis of Libethenite: A Project for the First-Year Laboratory

Kelly E. Ginion and Claude H. Yoder
p 394
Publication Date (Web): March 1, 2004 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed081p394
History, Education, and Documentation

Investigation of Cu(II) Binding to Bovine Serum Albumin by Potentiometry with an Ion Selective Electrode: A Biophysical Chemistry Experiment for the Undergraduate Curriculum

Jie Liu
p 395
Publication Date (Web): March 1, 2004 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed081p395
History, Education, and Documentation

96-Well Plate Colorimetric Assay for Ki Determination of (+/-)-2-Benzylsuccinic Acid, an Inhibitor of Carboxypeptidase A: A Laboratory Experiment in Drug Discovery

Mark P. Wentland , Shaan Raza and Yingtong Gao
p 398
Publication Date (Web): March 1, 2004 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed081p398
History, Education, and Documentation

A Modular Laser Apparatus for Polarimetry, Nephelometry, and Fluorimetry in General Chemistry

Scott A. Darveau , Jessica Mueller , April Vaverka , Cheri Barta , Anthony Fitch and Jessica Jurzenski , Yvonne Gindt
p 401
Publication Date (Web): March 1, 2004 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed081p401
History, Education, and Documentation

Automated Flow-Injection Instrument for Chemiluminescence Detection Using a Low-Cost Photodiode Detector: An Interdisciplinary Project in Chemical Instrumentation, Graphical Programming, Computer Interfacing, and Analytical Chemistry

A. Economou , D. Papargyris and J. Stratis
p 406
Publication Date (Web): March 1, 2004 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed081p406
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Measuring P–V–T Phase Behavior with a Variable Volume View Cell

Markus M. Hoffmann and Jason D. Salter
p 411
Publication Date (Web): March 1, 2004 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed081p411
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Research: Science and Education

Water, Water, Everywhere: Phase Diagrams of Ordinary Water Substance

L. Glasser
p 414
Publication Date (Web): March 1, 2004 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed081p414
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The Gibbs Energy Basis and Construction of Boiling Point Diagrams in Binary Systems

Norman O. Smith
p 419
Publication Date (Web): March 1, 2004 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed081p419
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The Gibbs Treatment of Interfaces

Allan J. B. Spaull
p 423
Publication Date (Web): March 1, 2004 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed081p423
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Schrödinger Equation Solutions That Lead to the Solution for the Hydrogen Atom

Paul F. Newhouse and K. C. McGill
p 424
Publication Date (Web): March 1, 2004 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed081p424
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A Model for the Chemical Bond

Valerio Magnasco
p 427
Publication Date (Web): March 1, 2004 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed081p427
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A Generalized Pre-Equilibrium Approximation in Chemical and Photophysical Kinetics

Margaret Rae and Mário N. Berberan-Santos
p 436
Publication Date (Web): March 1, 2004 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed081p436
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Effects of an Active Learning Environment: Teaching Innovations at a Research I Institution

Maria T. Oliver-Hoyo and DeeDee Allen , William F. Hunt , Joy Hutson and Angela Pitts
p 441
Publication Date (Web): March 1, 2004 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed081p441
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Information • Textbooks • Media • Resources

Bioorganic Synthesis: Monosodium Glutamate and Other Amino Acids

William F. Coleman
p 448
Publication Date (Web): March 1, 2004 (Tech Report)
DOI: 10.1021/ed081p448
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