Table of Contents

March 2007
Volume 84, Issue 3
Pages 375-556

About the Cover:

Churn students’ curiosity about thermodynamics using hurricanes to model heat engines. Pyykkö describes two undergraduate problems sure to excite students. The cover shows the category two hurricane Jeanne as it nears the Bahamas in 2004. This image of the storm was acquired by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Terra satellite.

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Chemical Education Today

New Technologies, New Opportunities

John W. Moore
p 375
Publication Date (Web): March 1, 2007 (Editorial)
DOI: 10.1021/ed084p375
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Make Your Classroom "The Best"

Erica K. Jacobsen
p 377
Publication Date (Web): March 1, 2007 (Editorial)
DOI: 10.1021/ed084p377
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Research Advances: DNA Computing Targets West Nile Virus, Other Deadly Diseases, and Tic-Tac-Toe; Marijuana Component May Offer Hope for Alzheimer's Disease Treatment; New Wound Dressing May Lead to Maggot Therapy—Without the Maggots

Angela G. King
p 378
Publication Date (Web): March 1, 2007 (Report)
DOI: 10.1021/ed084p378

Alliances to Promote Undergraduate Research

Kerry Karukstis
p 384
Publication Date (Web): March 1, 2007 (Report)
DOI: 10.1021/ed084p384

Confchem: Ensuring the Future through Education

Loretta L. Jones
p 389
Publication Date (Web): March 1, 2007 (Report)
DOI: 10.1021/ed084p389

Equipping the 2015 Chemical Technology Workforce: Partnering with Key Stakeholders

Blake J. Aronson , Jodi L. Wesemann
p 392
Publication Date (Web): March 1, 2007 (Report)
DOI: 10.1021/ed084p392

Program for the Division of Chemical Education: Chicago, March 25-29, 2007

Catherine H. Middlecamp , Wayne E. Jones Jr., George M. Bodner
p 394
Publication Date (Web): March 1, 2007 (Report)
DOI: 10.1021/ed084p394

High School Program: Chicago

JCE staff
p 396
Publication Date (Web): March 1, 2007 (Report)
DOI: 10.1021/ed084p396

Undergraduate Program: Chicago

Adam M. Boyd
p 402
Publication Date (Web): March 1, 2007 (Report)
DOI: 10.1021/ed084p402

CHED Events: Chicago

JCE staff
p 404
Publication Date (Web): March 1, 2007 (Report)
DOI: 10.1021/ed084p404

Presidential Events: Chicago

Frank Walworth
p 405
Publication Date (Web): March 1, 2007 (Report)
DOI: 10.1021/ed084p405

About Chicago

JCE staff
p 406
Publication Date (Web): March 1, 2007 (Report)
DOI: 10.1021/ed084p406

Magnesium

Jay A. Young
p 411
Publication Date (Web): March 1, 2007 (Communication)
DOI: 10.1021/ed084p411

Magnesium Chloride

Jay A. Young
p 412
Publication Date (Web): March 1, 2007 (Communication)
DOI: 10.1021/ed084p412

News and Announcements

JCE staff
p 415
Publication Date (Web): March 1, 2007 (News and Announcements)
DOI: 10.1021/ed084p415
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The Life and Scientific Legacy of George Porter (David Philips and James Barber, Eds.)

Richard Pagni
p 418
Publication Date (Web): March 1, 2007 (Book and Media Review)
DOI: 10.1021/ed084p418
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Introduction to HPLC (John Dolan and Dennis Saunders)

David Harvey
p 419
Publication Date (Web): March 1, 2007 (Book and Media Review)
DOI: 10.1021/ed084p419
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Chemistry for Everyone

Where Did the Water Go? Boyle's Law and Pressurized Diaphragm Water Tanks

Sundar Naga , James Brimhall
p 425
Publication Date (Web): March 1, 2007 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed084p425

In the Classroom

Applications of Reaction Rate

Kevin Cunningham
p 430
Publication Date (Web): March 1, 2007 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed084p430

Introducing Michaelis–Menten Kinetics through Simulation

Russell Herman , Christopher J. Halkides
p 434
Publication Date (Web): March 1, 2007 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed084p434

Known-to-Unknown Approach To Teach about Coulomb's Law

P. K. Thamburaj
p 438
Publication Date (Web): March 1, 2007 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed084p438

The Roles of Acids and Bases in Enzyme Catalysis

Hilton M. Weiss
p 440
Publication Date (Web): March 1, 2007 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed084p440

A "Classic Papers" Approach to Teaching Undergraduate Organometallic Chemistry

Andrew P. Duncan , Adam R. Johnson
p 443
Publication Date (Web): March 1, 2007 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed084p443

Hurricanes as Heat Engines: Two Undergraduate Problems

Pekka Pyykkö
p 447
Publication Date (Web): March 1, 2007 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed084p447

Cool! Rates of Heating and Cooling

Martin Bartholow
p 448A
Publication Date (Web): March 1, 2007 (Activity)
DOI: 10.1021/ed084p448A

In the Laboratory

Discovering the Thermodynamics of Simultaneous Equilibria. An Entropy Analysis Activity Involving Consecutive Equilibria

Thomas H. Bindel
p 449
Publication Date (Web): March 1, 2007 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed084p449

Introduction of Differential Scanning Calorimetry in a General Chemistry Laboratory Course: Determination of Thermal Properties of Organic Hydrocarbons

Ronald D'Amelia , Thomas Franks and William F. Nirode
p 453
Publication Date (Web): March 1, 2007 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed084p453

Flame Emission Spectrometry in General Chemistry Labs: Solubility Product (Ksp) of Potassium Hydrogen Phthalate

David Lindquist , John Mackin , Frazier W. Nyasulu and William Cusworth III
p 456
Publication Date (Web): March 1, 2007 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed084p456

High-Resolution Vibration–Rotation Spectroscopy of CO2: Understanding the Boltzmann Distribution

Karen J. Castle
p 459
Publication Date (Web): March 1, 2007 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed084p459

Cp /Cv Ratios Measured by the Sound Velocity Method Using Calculator-Based Laboratory Technology

Mario Branca , Isabella Soletta
p 462
Publication Date (Web): March 1, 2007 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed084p462

An Inquiry-Based Chemistry Laboratory Promoting Student Discovery of Gas Laws

A. M. R. P. Bopegedera
p 465
Publication Date (Web): March 1, 2007 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed084p465

Using Dalton's Law of Partial Pressures To Determine the Vapor Pressure of a Volatile Liquid

Fred R. Hilgeman and Brent Wilson , Gary Bertrand
p 469
Publication Date (Web): March 1, 2007 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed084p469

Nuclear Overhauser Effect Spectroscopy. An Advanced Undergraduate Experiment

Michael T. Huggins and Freida Billimoria
p 471
Publication Date (Web): March 1, 2007 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed084p471

The Aldol Addition and Condensation: The Effect of Conditions on Reaction Pathway

R. David Crouch , Amie Richardson , Jessica L. Howard , Rebecca L. Harker and Kathryn H. Barker
p 475
Publication Date (Web): March 1, 2007 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed084p475

Improved Synthesis of Geodken's Macrocycle through the Synthesis of the Dichloride Salt

J. H. Niewahner , Keith A. Walters and Ashley Wagner
p 477
Publication Date (Web): March 1, 2007 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed084p477

An Inexpensive Kinetic Study: The Reaction of FD&C Red #3 (Erythrosin B) with Hypochlorite

Maher M. Henary and Arlene A. Russell
p 480
Publication Date (Web): March 1, 2007 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed084p480

Using a Premade Grignard Reagent To Synthesize Tertiary Alcohols in a Convenient Investigative Organic Laboratory Experiment

Roy D. Pointer , Michael A. G. Berg
p 483
Publication Date (Web): March 1, 2007 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed084p483

Sterically Hindered Square-Planar Nickel(II) Organometallic Complexes: Preparation, Characterization, and Substitution Behavior

Manuel Martínez , Guillermo Muller , Mercè Rocamora and Carlos Rodríguez
p 485
Publication Date (Web): March 1, 2007 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed084p485

Experiments in Thermodynamics and Kinetics of Phosphine Substitution in (p-Cymene)RuCl2(PR3)

Norris W. Hoffman , Oleg V. Ozerov and Claudia M. Fafard
p 489
Publication Date (Web): March 1, 2007 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed084p489

Molecular Models of Ruthenium(II) Organometallic Complexes

William F. Coleman
p 492
Publication Date (Web): March 1, 2007 (Tech Report)
DOI: 10.1021/ed084p492
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Research: Science and Education

Consistent Application of the Boltzmann Distribution to Residual Entropy in Crystals

Evguenii I. Kozliak
p 493
Publication Date (Web): March 1, 2007 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed084p493

Pressure–Volume Integral Expressions for Work in Irreversible Processes

Eric A. Gislason , Norman C. Craig
p 499
Publication Date (Web): March 1, 2007 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed084p499

Particle Model for Work, Heat, and the Energy of a Thermodynamic System

Howard DeVoe
p 504
Publication Date (Web): March 1, 2007 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed084p504

The Determination of Heat Capacity Ratios in a Simple Open System

Glen L. Holden
p 513
Publication Date (Web): March 1, 2007 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed084p513

Effect of a Perturbation on the Chemical Equilibrium: Comparison with Le Châtelier's Principle

Emilio Martínez Torres
p 516
Publication Date (Web): March 1, 2007 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed084p516

Predominance Diagrams, a Useful Tool for the Correlation of the Precipitation–Solubility Equilibrium with Other Ionic Equilibria

Constantino Fernández Pereira , Manuel Alcalde , Rosario Villegas and José Vale
p 520
Publication Date (Web): March 1, 2007 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed084p520

Hydrophilic Inorganic Macro-Ions in Solution: Unprecedented Self-Assembly Emerging from Historical "Blue Waters"

Tianbo Liu , Ekkehard Diemann and Achim Müller
p 526
Publication Date (Web): March 1, 2007 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed084p526

Dealing with Outliers: Robust, Resistant Regression

Leslie Glasser
p 533
Publication Date (Web): March 1, 2007 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed084p533

Evaluating Peer-Led Team Learning: A Study of Long-Term Effects on Former Workshop Peer Leaders

Leo Gafney , Pratibha Varma-Nelson
p 535
Publication Date (Web): March 1, 2007 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed084p535

Constructing a Graphic Organizer in the Classroom: Introductory Students' Perception of Achievement Using a Decision Map To Solve Aqueous Acid–Base Equilibria Problems

Stephen DeMeo
p 540
Publication Date (Web): March 1, 2007 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed084p540

Information • Textbooks • Media • Resources

Effects on Student Achievement in General Chemistry Following Participation in an Online Preparatory Course. ChemPrep, a Voluntary, Self-Paced, Online Introduction to Chemistry

Beatrice Botch , Roberta Day , William Vining and Barbara Stewart , David Hart , Kenneth Rath and Alan Peterfreund
p 547
Publication Date (Web): March 1, 2007 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed084p547

Examining the Effects of Introducing Online Access to ACS Journals at Primarily Undergraduate Institutions

R. G. Landolt
p 554
Publication Date (Web): March 1, 2007 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed084p554

Molecular Structures from 1H NMR Spectra: Education Aided by Internet Programs

Barbara Debska and Barbara Guzowska-Swider
p 556
Publication Date (Web): March 1, 2007 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed084p556
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