Table of Contents

August 2004
Volume 81, Issue 8
Pages 1079-1232
About the Cover:

Pods from the Theobroma cacao tree. In "Chocolate: A Marvelous Natural Product of Chemistry", Ginger Tannenbaum discusses chocolate from tree to table. The article includes a brief history of chocolate and how and where it is grown, examines the manufacturing process of chocolate, and explores the chemistry of chocolate.

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Chemical Education Today

Something Might Be Gaining on Us

John W. Moore
p 1079
Publication Date (Web): August 1, 2004 (Editorial)
DOI: 10.1021/ed081p1079
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Meaningful Learning

Diana S. Mason
p 1081
Publication Date (Web): August 1, 2004 (Editorial)
DOI: 10.1021/ed081p1081
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The Problem with Organic Chemistry Labs

Jerry R. Mohrig
p 1083
Publication Date (Web): August 1, 2004 (Commentary)
DOI: 10.1021/ed081p1083
History, Education, and Documentation
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Research Advances: Seeing Is Detecting; Tracking Dragon's Blood; Shutting Down Anthrax; A Renewable Source of Hydrogen for Fuel Cells

Angela G. King
p 1086
Publication Date (Web): August 1, 2004 (Report)
DOI: 10.1021/ed081p1086
History, Education, and Documentation

Four Score Years Ago

Kathryn R. Williams
p 1090
Publication Date (Web): August 1, 2004 (Report)
DOI: 10.1021/ed081p1090

Program for the Division of Chemical Education: Philadelphia, August 22-26, 2004

Frank J. Torre , Tracy A. Schoolcraft and Julie M. Smist
p 1092
Publication Date (Web): August 1, 2004 (Report)
DOI: 10.1021/ed081p1092

Presidential Events

Charles P. Casey
p 1100
Publication Date (Web): August 1, 2004 (Report)
DOI: 10.1021/ed081p1100

Undergraduate Program: A Melting Point

LaTrease Garrison
p 1102
Publication Date (Web): August 1, 2004 (Report)
DOI: 10.1021/ed081p1102

Philadelphia Story

Lin W. Morris
p 1104
Publication Date (Web): August 1, 2004 (Report)
DOI: 10.1021/ed081p1104

CHED-Sponsored Events

p 1107
Publication Date (Web): August 1, 2004 (Report)
DOI: 10.1021/ed081p1107

Committee Reports

p 1108
Publication Date (Web): August 1, 2004 (Report)
DOI: 10.1021/ed081p1108

Lead Dioxide

Jay A. Young
p 1114
Publication Date (Web): August 1, 2004 (Communication)
DOI: 10.1021/ed081p1114

Titanium(IV) Oxide

Jay A. Young
p 1115
Publication Date (Web): August 1, 2004 (Communication)
DOI: 10.1021/ed081p1115

News and Announcements

JCE staff
p 1117
Publication Date (Web): August 1, 2004 (News and Announcements)
DOI: 10.1021/ed081p1117
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Triboluminescent Crystals from the Microwave Oven. In California, N-Acetylanthranilic Acid and Anthranilic Acid Are Controlled Substances—Have You Been Using Them Illegally?

Arnold L. Rheingold
p 1121
Publication Date (Web): August 1, 2004 (Letter)
DOI: 10.1021/ed081p1121.1
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Triboluminescent Crystals from the Microwave Oven. What Is the Proper Regulation of Controlled Substances at Educational Institutions? (the author replies)

Bruce Baldwin
p 1121
Publication Date (Web): August 1, 2004 (Letter)
DOI: 10.1021/ed081p1121.2
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Encyclopedia of Forensic Science (Suzanne Bell)

Sally Mitchell
p 1122
Publication Date (Web): August 1, 2004 (Book and Media Review)
DOI: 10.1021/ed081p1122.1
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Inorganic Experiments, 2nd Edition (edited by J. Derek Woollins)

Daniel Rabinovich
p 1122
Publication Date (Web): August 1, 2004 (Book and Media Review)
DOI: 10.1021/ed081p1122.2
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Organic Chemistry Principles and Industrial Practices (Mark M. Green and Harold A. Wittcoff)

Alan M. Rosan
p 1125
Publication Date (Web): August 1, 2004 (Book and Media Review)
DOI: 10.1021/ed081p1125
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Chemistry for Everyone

Chocolate: A Marvelous Natural Product of Chemistry

Ginger Tannenbaum
p 1131
Publication Date (Web): August 1, 2004 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed081p1131
History, Education, and Documentation

In the Classroom

Exploring Organic Mechanistic Puzzles with Molecular Modeling

Gail Horowitz and Gary Schwartz
p 1136
Publication Date (Web): August 1, 2004 (Lab-Expt)
DOI: 10.1021/ed081p1136
History, Education, and Documentation

A Computational-Modeling Course for Undergraduate Students in Chemical Technology

Rita K. Hessley
p 1140
Publication Date (Web): August 1, 2004 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed081p1140
History, Education, and Documentation

Student-Directed Explorations To Learn about Ligands in an Inorganic Chemistry Course

Marion E. Cass
p 1145
Publication Date (Web): August 1, 2004 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed081p1145
History, Education, and Documentation

The Concept of Oxidation States in Metal Complexes

Dirk Steinborn
p 1148
Publication Date (Web): August 1, 2004 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed081p1148
History, Education, and Documentation

Demonstrating and Measuring Relative Molar Magnetic Susceptibility Using a Neodymium Magnet

Charles Malreich , Patricia K. Ruff , Aubrey Bird
p 1155
Publication Date (Web): August 1, 2004 (Demo)
DOI: 10.1021/ed081p1155

In the Laboratory

A Mass Spectral Chlorine Rule for Use in Structure Determinations in Sophomore Organic Chemistry

Ray A. Gross Jr.
p 1161
Publication Date (Web): August 1, 2004 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed081p1161
History, Education, and Documentation

Mass Spectrometry for the Masses

Jared D. Persinger , Geoffrey C. Hoops and Michael J. Samide
p 1169
Publication Date (Web): August 1, 2004 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed081p1169
History, Education, and Documentation

Introduction of Mass Spectrometry in a First-Semester General Chemistry Laboratory Course: Quantification of MTBE or DMSO in Water

Mike Solow
p 1172
Publication Date (Web): August 1, 2004 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed081p1172
History, Education, and Documentation

Simultaneous Atomic Absorption Spectrometry for Cadmium and Lead Determination in Wastewater. A Laboratory Exercise

Paulo R. M. Correia and Pedro V. Oliveira
p 1174
Publication Date (Web): August 1, 2004 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed081p1174
History, Education, and Documentation

Pressure-Assisted Chelating Extraction as a Teaching Tool in Instrumental Analysis

Omowunmi A. Sadik , Adam K. Wanekaya and Gelfand Yevgeny
p 1177
Publication Date (Web): August 1, 2004 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed081p1177
History, Education, and Documentation

Tetraglyme Trap for the Determination of Volatile Organic Compounds in Urban Air. Projects for Undergraduate Analytical Chemistry

Wilbert W. Hope , Clyde Johnson and Leon P. Johnson
p 1182
Publication Date (Web): August 1, 2004 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed081p1182
History, Education, and Documentation

An Asymptotic Approach to the Development of a Green Organic Chemistry Laboratory

Thomas E. Goodwin
p 1187
Publication Date (Web): August 1, 2004 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed081p1187
History, Education, and Documentation

Preparation and Investigation of Monodentate and Bridging Pyrazole Complexes

Wynne Evans
p 1191
Publication Date (Web): August 1, 2004 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed081p1191
History, Education, and Documentation

Potassium Tris(oxalato)ferrate(III): A Versatile Compound To Illustrate the Principles of Chemical Equilibria

Gabriel González and Miquel Seco
p 1193
Publication Date (Web): August 1, 2004 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed081p1193
History, Education, and Documentation

Modeling Stretching Modes of Common Organic Molecules with the Quantum Mechanical Harmonic Oscillator. An Undergraduate Vibrational Spectroscopy Laboratory Exercise

J. Mark Parnis and Matthew G. K. Thompson
p 1196
Publication Date (Web): August 1, 2004 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed081p1196
History, Education, and Documentation

Applications of Group Theory: Infrared and Raman Spectra of the Isomers of 1,2-Dichloroethylene. A Physical Chemistry Experiment

Norman C. Craig and Nanette N. Lacuesta
p 1199
Publication Date (Web): August 1, 2004 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed081p1199
History, Education, and Documentation

Research: Science and Education

Principle of Detailed Balance in Kinetics

Robert A. Alberty
p 1206
Publication Date (Web): August 1, 2004 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed081p1206
History, Education, and Documentation

Chain Copolymerization Reactions: An Algorithm To Predict the Reaction Evolution with Conversion

Alberto Gallardo , María Rosa Aguilar , Gustavo A. Abraham and Julio San Román
p 1210
Publication Date (Web): August 1, 2004 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed081p1210
History, Education, and Documentation

Critical Thinking in the Chemistry Classroom and Beyond

Claus Jacob
p 1216
Publication Date (Web): August 1, 2004 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed081p1216
History, Education, and Documentation

Information • Textbooks • Media • Resources

Real-Time Distance Research with IP Network Videoconferencing: Extending Undergraduate Research Opportunities

Sara Tomechko , Alyison M. Leigh and Anne Oommen , Andrew E. Burns , Lisa A. Holland , Angela Bradford
p 1224
Publication Date (Web): August 1, 2004 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed081p1224

Water in the Atmosphere

Joel M. Kauffman
p 1229
Publication Date (Web): August 1, 2004 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed081p1229
History, Education, and Documentation

Peer-Reviewed JCE WebWare

William F. Coleman , Edward W. Fedosky
p 1231
Publication Date (Web): August 1, 2004 (Tech Report)
DOI: 10.1021/ed081p1231.1
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3D Normal Modes Shockwave: Three-Dimensional Perception of Molecular Normal Modes on the Web

Nickolas D. Charistos , C. A. Tsipis and Michael P. Sigalas
p 1231
Publication Date (Web): August 1, 2004 (Tech Report)
DOI: 10.1021/ed081p1231.2
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Chocolate: Theobromine and Caffeine

William F. Coleman
p 1232
Publication Date (Web): August 1, 2004 (Tech Report)
DOI: 10.1021/ed081p1232
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