Table of Contents

November 2006
Volume 83, Issue 11
Pages 1575-1727
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Young Stars in the Small Magellanic Cloud. Excite students with dazzling astrochemical images in the classroom and challenge them with a cross-disciplinary study. Reggie Hudson explores how to bring students to the astronomy–chemistry interface and provides resources for educators in his article, Astrochemistry Examples in the Classroom.

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Chemical Education Today

High School Chemistry

John W. Moore
p 1575
Publication Date (Web): November 1, 2006 (Editorial)
DOI: 10.1021/ed083p1575
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Call for Action

Diana S. Mason
p 1577
Publication Date (Web): November 1, 2006 (Editorial)
DOI: 10.1021/ed083p1577
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Research Advances: Floating Metals; Oxalate Fights Phytotoxin; A Taste of Success in the Search for an Electronic Tongue

Angela G. King
p 1578
Publication Date (Web): November 1, 2006 (Report)
DOI: 10.1021/ed083p1578
History, Education, and Documentation

Faculty Mentoring Faculty: Lending Support within the Undergraduate Research Community

Lisa N. Gentile , Nancy S. Mills , Kerry K. Karukstis
p 1584
Publication Date (Web): November 1, 2006 (Report)
DOI: 10.1021/ed083p1584

Mole City: A Stoichiometric Analogy

Addison Ault
p 1587
Publication Date (Web): November 1, 2006 (Commentary)
DOI: 10.1021/ed083p1587
History, Education, and Documentation
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The Use of Dots in Chemical Formulas

William B. Jensen
p 1590
Publication Date (Web): November 1, 2006 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed083p1590

Confchem: Web-Based Applications for Chemical Education

Robert E. Belford , Robert M. Hanson
p 1592
Publication Date (Web): November 1, 2006 (Report)
DOI: 10.1021/ed083p1592

Phenylhydrazine

Jay A. Young
p 1594
Publication Date (Web): November 1, 2006 (Communication)
DOI: 10.1021/ed083p1594

Ninhydrin

Jay A. Young
p 1595
Publication Date (Web): November 1, 2006 (Communication)
DOI: 10.1021/ed083p1595

News and Announcements

JCE staff
p 1597
Publication Date (Web): November 1, 2006 (News and Announcements)
DOI: 10.1021/ed083p1597
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Steam Tables below 0 °C

Peter E. Liley
p 1601
Publication Date (Web): November 1, 2006 (Letter)
DOI: 10.1021/ed083p1601.1
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Chemical Drawing Tools

Kay A. Sandberg
p 1601
Publication Date (Web): November 1, 2006 (Letter)
DOI: 10.1021/ed083p1601.2
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Liquid Crystals Activity

Mark Warren , Don L. Lewis
p 1602
Publication Date (Web): November 1, 2006 (Letter)
DOI: 10.1021/ed083p1602
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The ACS Style Guide: Effective Communication of Scientific Information, Third Edition (Coghill, Anne M.; Garson, Lorrin R.; ed.s)

Jeffrey Kovac
p 1603
Publication Date (Web): November 1, 2006 (Book and Media Review)
DOI: 10.1021/ed083p1603.1
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The Nuts and Bolts of Organic Chemistry: A Student's Guide to Success (Karty, Joel)

Tami I. Spector
p 1603
Publication Date (Web): November 1, 2006 (Book and Media Review)
DOI: 10.1021/ed083p1603.2
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Fritz Haber: Chemist, Nobel Laureate, German, Jew: A Biography (Stoltzenberg, Dietrich)

Hal Harris
p 1605
Publication Date (Web): November 1, 2006 (Book and Media Review)
DOI: 10.1021/ed083p1605
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Chemistry for Everyone

Astrochemistry Examples in the Classroom

Reggie L. Hudson
p 1611
Publication Date (Web): November 1, 2006 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed083p1611
History, Education, and Documentation

In the Classroom

Chemistry, the Terminal Science? The Impact of the High School Science Order on the Development of U.S. Chemistry Education

Keith Sheppard , Dennis M. Robbins
p 1617
Publication Date (Web): November 1, 2006 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed083p1617
History, Education, and Documentation

Use of the Mid-Lecture Break in Chemistry Teaching: A Survey and Some Suggestions

David K. Smith
p 1621
Publication Date (Web): November 1, 2006 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed083p1621
History, Education, and Documentation

Predicting Inorganic Reaction Products: A Critical Thinking Exercise in General Chemistry

David G. DeWit
p 1625
Publication Date (Web): November 1, 2006 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed083p1625
History, Education, and Documentation

Density Visualization

Richard L. Keiter and Whitney L. Puzey , Erin A. Blitz
p 1629
Publication Date (Web): November 1, 2006 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed083p1629
History, Education, and Documentation

Whatever Floats (or Sinks) Your Can

Michael J. Sanger
p 1632A
Publication Date (Web): November 1, 2006 (Activity)
DOI: 10.1021/ed083p1632A

The IUPAC Rules for Naming Organic Molecules

Stanislaw Skonieczny
p 1633
Publication Date (Web): November 1, 2006 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed083p1633
History, Education, and Documentation

Powder Diffraction Simulated by a Polycrystalline Film of Spherical Colloids

Younan Xia , Dean J. Campbell , George C. Lisensky
p 1638
Publication Date (Web): November 1, 2006 (Demo)
DOI: 10.1021/ed083p1638

Ruthenium(VI)-Catalyzed Oxidation of Alcohols by Hexacyanoferrate(III): An Example of Mixed Order

Antonio E. Mucientes and María A. de la Peña
p 1643
Publication Date (Web): November 1, 2006 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed083p1643
History, Education, and Documentation

Improving Conceptions in Analytical Chemistry: The Central Limit Theorem

Arnaldo Carrasquillo Jr., Margarita Rodríguez-López
p 1645
Publication Date (Web): November 1, 2006 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed083p1645

The Importance and Efficacy of Using Statistics in the High School Chemistry Laboratory

Paul S. Matsumoto
p 1649
Publication Date (Web): November 1, 2006 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed083p1649
History, Education, and Documentation

In the Laboratory

Developing Critical Thinking Skills: The "Sabotaged" Synthesis of Methyl p-Bromobenzoate

Eric J. Mahan and Mary Alice Nading
p 1652
Publication Date (Web): November 1, 2006 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed083p1652
History, Education, and Documentation

Creatine Synthesis: An Undergraduate Organic Chemistry Laboratory Experiment

Andri L. Smith and Paula Tan
p 1654
Publication Date (Web): November 1, 2006 (Lab-Expt)
DOI: 10.1021/ed083p1654
History, Education, and Documentation

Molecular Model of Creatine Synthesis

William F. Coleman
p 1657
Publication Date (Web): November 1, 2006 (Tech Report)
DOI: 10.1021/ed083p1657
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Microwave-Mediated Synthesis of Lophine: Developing a Mechanism To Explain a Product

R. David Crouch , Jessica L. Howard , Jennifer L. Zile and Kathryn H. Barker
p 1658
Publication Date (Web): November 1, 2006 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed083p1658
History, Education, and Documentation

A Discovery-Learning 2,4-Dinitrophenylhydrazone Experiment

Bruno M. Vittimberga and Ben Ruekberg
p 1661
Publication Date (Web): November 1, 2006 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed083p1661
History, Education, and Documentation

Using a Simulated Industrial Setting for the Development of an Improved Solvent System for the Recrystallization of Benzoic Acid: A Student-Centered Project

Timothy R. Hightower and Jay D. Heeren
p 1663
Publication Date (Web): November 1, 2006 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed083p1663
History, Education, and Documentation

Synthesis of meso-Diethyl-2,2'-dipyrromethane in Water. An Experiment in Green Organic Chemistry

Abilio J. F. N. Sobral
p 1665
Publication Date (Web): November 1, 2006 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed083p1665
History, Education, and Documentation

Photochemical Dimerization of Dibenzylideneacetone. A Convenient Exercise in [2+2] Cycloaddition Using Chemical Ionization Mass Spectrometry

G. Nageswara Rao , Chelli Janardhana , V. Ramanathan , T. Rajesh and P. Harish Kumar
p 1667
Publication Date (Web): November 1, 2006 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed083p1667
History, Education, and Documentation

[60]Fullerene Displacement from (Dihapto-Buckminster-Fullerene) Pentacarbonyl Tungsten(0): An Experiment for the Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory, Part II

Deborah A. Moore-Russo , José E. Cortés-Figueroa
p 1670
Publication Date (Web): November 1, 2006 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed083p1670

Synthesis and Characterization of a Layered Manganese Oxide: Materials Chemistry for the Inorganic or Instrumental Methods Lab

Stanton Ching , Ram P. Neupane and Timothy P. Gray
p 1674
Publication Date (Web): November 1, 2006 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed083p1674
History, Education, and Documentation

An Inexpensive Device for Capillary Electrophoresis with Fluorescence Detection

Jonathan E. Thompson and Khriesto Shurrush , Greg Anderson
p 1677
Publication Date (Web): November 1, 2006 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed083p1677

Research: Science and Education

Polar Addition to C=C Group: Why Is Anti-Markovnikov Hydroboration–Oxidation of Alkenes Not "Anti-"?

Predrag-Peter Ilich , Lucas S. Rickertsen and Erienne Becker
p 1681
Publication Date (Web): November 1, 2006 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed083p1681
History, Education, and Documentation

Entropy and the Shelf Model: A Quantum Physical Approach to a Physical Property

Arnd H. Jungermann
p 1686
Publication Date (Web): November 1, 2006 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed083p1686
History, Education, and Documentation

Boltzmann without Lagrange

Carl W. David
p 1695
Publication Date (Web): November 1, 2006 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed083p1695
History, Education, and Documentation

Preparation for High School Chemistry: The Effects of a Summer School Course on Student Achievement

Eva R. Garland , Harry T. Garland
p 1698
Publication Date (Web): November 1, 2006 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed083p1698
History, Education, and Documentation

High School Chemistry Content Background of Introductory College Chemistry Students and Its Association with College Chemistry Grades

Robert H. Tai , R. Bruce Ward and Philip M. Sadler
p 1703
Publication Date (Web): November 1, 2006 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed083p1703
History, Education, and Documentation

Identifying Students' Misconceptions about Nuclear Chemistry. A Study of Turkish High School Students

Berna Bülbül Tekin , Canan Nakiboglu
p 1712
Publication Date (Web): November 1, 2006 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed083p1712

Effectiveness of Conceptual Change-Oriented Teaching Strategy To Improve Students' Understanding of Galvanic Cells

Ali Riza Özkaya , Musa Üce , Hakan Saricayir and Musa Sahin
p 1719
Publication Date (Web): November 1, 2006 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed083p1719
History, Education, and Documentation

Information • Textbooks • Media • Resources

A SymMath Good Neighbor Policy

Theresa Julia Zielinski
p 1724
Publication Date (Web): November 1, 2006 (Tech Report)
DOI: 10.1021/ed083p1724
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Symbolic Math Approach To Solve Particle-in-the-Box and H-Atom Problems

Todd M. Hamilton
p 1726
Publication Date (Web): November 1, 2006 (Tech Report)
DOI: 10.1021/ed083p1726.1
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Finding Molecular Vibrational Frequencies from HCl to SO2

Franklin M. C. Chen , Theresa Julia Zielinski
p 1726
Publication Date (Web): November 1, 2006 (Tech Report)
DOI: 10.1021/ed083p1726.2
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Following the Extent of a Reaction with the Help of Maple

Inmaculada Suárez and Baudilio Coto
p 1726
Publication Date (Web): November 1, 2006 (Tech Report)
DOI: 10.1021/ed083p1726.3
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A Summary of Statistical Thermodynamics Calculations

Theresa Julia Zielinski
p 1727
Publication Date (Web): November 1, 2006 (Tech Report)
DOI: 10.1021/ed083p1727.1
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The Diffusion Game—Using Symbolic Mathematics Software To Play the Game on a Large Scale

W. Tandy Grubbs
p 1727
Publication Date (Web): November 1, 2006 (Tech Report)
DOI: 10.1021/ed083p1727.2
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