Table of Contents

July 2006
Volume 83, Issue 7
Pages 967-1104
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Using Lichen Extract To Study Hydrogen Bonding. Thomas K. Green and Charles A. Lane describe an organic chemistry laboratory that involves extracting and purifying usnic acid from common lichens. The students then perform a computational experiment to estimate the relative strengths of the intramolecular hydrogen bonds of usnic and isousnic acids, two related lichen secondary metabolites.

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Chemical Education Today

Endowing Excellence in Chemical Education

John W. Moore
p 967
Publication Date (Web): July 1, 2006 (Editorial)
DOI: 10.1021/ed083p967
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Join Us in Communicating Chemistry

Erica K. Jacobsen
p 969
Publication Date (Web): July 1, 2006 (Editorial)
DOI: 10.1021/ed083p969
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Undertaking Chemical Research at a Community College

David R. Brown
p 970
Publication Date (Web): July 1, 2006 (Report)
DOI: 10.1021/ed083p970
History, Education, and Documentation

Summer Reading

Cheryl Baldwin Frech , Jeff Kovac , Dick Pagni , Hal Harris , Brian Coppola
p 974
Publication Date (Web): July 1, 2006 (Commentary)
DOI: 10.1021/ed083p974
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Chemistry Teacher Connection

JCE staff
p 984
Publication Date (Web): July 1, 2006 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed083p984

Committee Reports, March 2006

p 985
Publication Date (Web): July 1, 2006 (Report)
DOI: 10.1021/ed083p985

Cumene

Jay A. Young
p 989
Publication Date (Web): July 1, 2006 (Communication)
DOI: 10.1021/ed083p989

p-Sulfanilic Acid

Jay A. Young
p 990
Publication Date (Web): July 1, 2006 (Communication)
DOI: 10.1021/ed083p990

News and Announcements

JCE staff
p 991
Publication Date (Web): July 1, 2006 (News and Announcements)
DOI: 10.1021/ed083p991
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Chemical Explanation: Characteristics, Development, Autonomy. International Society for the Philosophy of Chemistry: Summer Symposium on the Philosophy of Chemistry and Biochemistry, 2002 (Earley, Joseph E., Sr., ed.)

Daniel Berger
p 995
Publication Date (Web): July 1, 2006 (Book and Media Review)
DOI: 10.1021/ed083p995
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Chemistry for Everyone

Acid–Base Chemistry According to Robert Boyle: Chemical Reactions in Words as well as Symbols

David E. Goodney
p 1001
Publication Date (Web): July 1, 2006 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed083p1001
History, Education, and Documentation

Nonfood Applications of Proteinaceous Renewable Materials

Justin R. Barone and Walter F. Schmidt
p 1003
Publication Date (Web): July 1, 2006 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed083p1003
History, Education, and Documentation

In the Classroom

Molecular Handshake: Recognition through Weak Noncovalent Interactions

Parvathi S. Murthy
p 1010
Publication Date (Web): July 1, 2006 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed083p1010
History, Education, and Documentation

A Demonstration of the Continuous Phase (Second-Order) Transition of a Binary Liquid System in the Region around Its Critical Point

Michael R. Johnson , Vladimir M. Petrusevski
p 1014
Publication Date (Web): July 1, 2006 (Demo)
DOI: 10.1021/ed083p1014
History, Education, and Documentation

Semiempirical and DFT Investigations of the Dissociation of Alkyl Halides

Jack R. Waas
p 1017
Publication Date (Web): July 1, 2006 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed083p1017
History, Education, and Documentation

Word Reduction Editing in Second-Language Scientific Writing by East Asian and South Asian Chemistry Graduate Students

David G. Churchill
p 1022
Publication Date (Web): July 1, 2006 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed083p1022
History, Education, and Documentation

Chemical Research Writing: A Preparatory Course for Student Capstone Research

Hala G. Schepmann and Laura A. Hughes
p 1024
Publication Date (Web): July 1, 2006 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed083p1024
History, Education, and Documentation

Integration of a Communicating Science Module into an Advanced Chemistry Laboratory Course

Christopher Squier , Jessica Renaud , Sarah C. Larsen
p 1029
Publication Date (Web): July 1, 2006 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed083p1029

In the Laboratory

Implementing the Science Writing Heuristic in the Chemistry Laboratory

K. A. Burke and Thomas J. Greenbowe , Brian M. Hand
p 1032
Publication Date (Web): July 1, 2006 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed083p1032
History, Education, and Documentation

Teaching Lab Report Writing through Inquiry: A Green Chemistry Stoichiometry Experiment for General Chemistry

Kristen L. Cacciatore , Hannah Sevian
p 1039
Publication Date (Web): July 1, 2006 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed083p1039
History, Education, and Documentation

The Synthesis of Copper(II) Carboxylates Revisited

Kevin Kushner , Robert E. Spangler , Ralph A. Salazar Jr. and J. J. Lagowski
p 1042
Publication Date (Web): July 1, 2006 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed083p1042
History, Education, and Documentation

Usnic Acid and the Intramolecular Hydrogen Bond. A Computational Experiment for the Organic Laboratory

Charles A. Lane , Thomas K. Green
p 1046
Publication Date (Web): July 1, 2006 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed083p1046

Enantioselective Reduction by Crude Plant Parts: Reduction of Benzofuran-2-yl Methyl Ketone with Carrot (Daucus carota) Bits

Silvana Ravía , Daniela Gamenara , Valeria Schapiro , Ana Bellomo , Jorge Adum , Gustavo Seoane and David Gonzalez
p 1049
Publication Date (Web): July 1, 2006 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed083p1049
History, Education, and Documentation

Reactivity of the Monoterpenoid Nerol with p-Toluenesulfonic and Chlorosulfonic Acids: Selective Syntheses of alpha-Terpineol and alpha-Cyclogeraniol. An Activity for the Undergraduate Organic Lab

Pablo J. Linares-Palomino , Sofía Salido , Joaquín Altarejos , Manuel Nogueras and Adolfo Sánchez
p 1052
Publication Date (Web): July 1, 2006 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed083p1052
History, Education, and Documentation

Stereospecific Synthesis of the Geometrical Isomers of a Natural Product

T. Grove , D. DiLella and E. Volker
p 1055
Publication Date (Web): July 1, 2006 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed083p1055
History, Education, and Documentation

Regiospecific Epoxidation of Carvone: A Discovery-Oriented Experiment for Understanding the Selectivity and Mechanism of Epoxidation Reactions

Kendrew K. W. Mak , Y. M. Lai and Yuk-Hong Siu
p 1058
Publication Date (Web): July 1, 2006 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed083p1058
History, Education, and Documentation

Rapid and Stereoselective Conversion of a trans-Cinnamic Acid to a beta-Bromostyrene

Thomas A. Evans
p 1062
Publication Date (Web): July 1, 2006 (Lab-Expt)
DOI: 10.1021/ed083p1062
History, Education, and Documentation

Using Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy for Measuring Ternary Phase Diagrams

Jennifer K. Woodworth , Jacob C. Terrance and Markus M. Hoffmann
p 1065
Publication Date (Web): July 1, 2006 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed083p1065
History, Education, and Documentation

Circular Dichroism Method for Heat Capacity Determination of Proteins

Cecil L. Jones , Chris Bailey and Kiran Kumar Bheemarti
p 1067
Publication Date (Web): July 1, 2006 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed083p1067
History, Education, and Documentation

Research: Science and Education

The Heat Capacity of Ideal Gases

Robert L. Scott
p 1071
Publication Date (Web): July 1, 2006 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed083p1071
History, Education, and Documentation

Geometry and Thermodynamics: Exploring the Internal Energy Landscape

A. P. Hantsaridou and H. M. Polatoglou
p 1082
Publication Date (Web): July 1, 2006 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed083p1082
History, Education, and Documentation

Achieving Chemical Equilibrium: The Role of Imposed Conditions in the Ammonia Formation Reaction

Joel Tellinghuisen
p 1090
Publication Date (Web): July 1, 2006 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed083p1090
History, Education, and Documentation

How To Motivate Students To Study before They Enter the Lab

Lea Pogacnik and Blaz Cigic
p 1094
Publication Date (Web): July 1, 2006 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed083p1094
History, Education, and Documentation

Information • Textbooks • Media • Resources

CHEMnet: Analysis of the Use of Special Features and Multimedia Elements of an Online Chemistry Course

Sabine Nick
p 1099
Publication Date (Web): July 1, 2006 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed083p1099
History, Education, and Documentation

Amino Acids

William F. Coleman
p 1103
Publication Date (Web): July 1, 2006 (Tech Report)
DOI: 10.1021/ed083p1103
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The Joy of Toys, on CD-ROM. Abstract of a Classroom Resource Compilation

Jon L. Holmes
p 1104
Publication Date (Web): July 1, 2006 (Tech Report)
DOI: 10.1021/ed083p1104
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