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June 2007
Volume 84, Issue 6
Pages 903-1067
About the Cover:

The cover features a lab involving the synthesis of plant hormones and their effects on the fern, Ceratopteris richardii. Stilts and Fisher describe this collaborative project in which organic chemistry students synthesize derivatives of auxin-type compounds, and biochemistry–cell biology lab students test these compounds for auxin-like activity. The images on the cover show 14-day-old gametophtyes cultured on medium without hormones (bottom photo) and on medium with 1-naphthalene acetic acid (top photo shown with a molecular model of the hormone). Molecules from this article are the Featured Molecules for this issue.

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Chemical Education Today

Leadership in Chemistry Research and Education

John W. Moore
p 903
Publication Date (Web): June 1, 2007 (Editorial)
DOI: 10.1021/ed084p903
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This Is Your Life

Erica K. Jacobsen
p 905
Publication Date (Web): June 1, 2007 (Editorial)
DOI: 10.1021/ed084p905
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Research Advances: A Simple Method for Making Lilliputian Cups; Uncovering a New Reason Why Patients Respond Differently to the Same Drug Dose; A New Look at Bacterial Infections

Angela G. King
p 906
Publication Date (Web): June 1, 2007 (Report)
DOI: 10.1021/ed084p906

The Impact of Undergraduate Research on America's Global Competitiveness

Kerry Karukstis
p 912
Publication Date (Web): June 1, 2007 (Report)
DOI: 10.1021/ed084p912

Summer Reading

Cheryl Frech , Dick Pagni , Jeffery Kovac , Brian Coppola , Hal Harris
p 916
Publication Date (Web): June 1, 2007 (Commentary)
DOI: 10.1021/ed084p916
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The Origin of the Names Malic, Maleic, and Malonic Acid

William B. Jensen
p 924
Publication Date (Web): June 1, 2007 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed084p924

Cyclohexane

Jay A. Young
p 925
Publication Date (Web): June 1, 2007 (Communication)
DOI: 10.1021/ed084p925

Triethylamine

Jay A. Young
p 926
Publication Date (Web): June 1, 2007 (Communication)
DOI: 10.1021/ed084p926

News and Announcements

JCE staff
p 929
Publication Date (Web): June 1, 2007 (News and Announcements)
DOI: 10.1021/ed084p929
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Communicating Chemical and Mathematical Equations in Email

Carl W. David
p 932
Publication Date (Web): June 1, 2007 (Letter)
DOI: 10.1021/ed084p932
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Celebrating Earth Day

Andy Jorgensen
p 933
Publication Date (Web): June 1, 2007 (Letter)
DOI: 10.1021/ed084p933
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J. Chem. Educ. 2004, 81, 596–604

Donald G. Truhlar and Christopher J. Cramer , Anne Lewis and John A. Bumpus
p 934
Publication Date (Web): June 1, 2007 (Addition/Correction)
DOI: 10.1021/ed084p934.1
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J. Chem. Educ. 2007, 84, 106–107

Brian J. Bozlee
p 934
Publication Date (Web): June 1, 2007 (Addition/Correction)
DOI: 10.1021/ed084p934.2
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J. Chem. Educ. 2007, 84, 462–464

Mario Branca , Isabella Soletta
p 934
Publication Date (Web): June 1, 2007 (Addition/Correction)
DOI: 10.1021/ed084p934.3
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The Quantum in Chemistry, An Experimentalist's View (Roger Grinter)

Matthew F. Tuchler
p 935
Publication Date (Web): June 1, 2007 (Book and Media Review)
DOI: 10.1021/ed084p935
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Chemistry for Everyone

Some Observations of Ben Franklin Related to the Stilling of Waves by Oil

Marcos Gugliotti
p 941
Publication Date (Web): June 1, 2007 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed084p941
History, Education, and Documentation

Mustard Gas: Its Pre-World War I History

Ronald J. Duchovic , Joel A. Vilensky
p 944
Publication Date (Web): June 1, 2007 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed084p944
History, Education, and Documentation

The History of Science as a Tool To Identify and Confront Pseudoscience

Seth C. Rasmussen
p 949
Publication Date (Web): June 1, 2007 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed084p949
History, Education, and Documentation

Introducing Summer High School Student–Researchers to Ethics in Scientific Research

Patricia Ann Mabrouk
p 952
Publication Date (Web): June 1, 2007 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed084p952
History, Education, and Documentation

Building a Successful Middle School Outreach Effort: Microscopy Camp

Leslie Flynn , Page Johnson , R. Lee Penn
p 955
Publication Date (Web): June 1, 2007 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed084p955

In the Classroom

Using News Assignments To Develop Skills for Learning about Science from Public Information Sources

Mary M. Walczak
p 961
Publication Date (Web): June 1, 2007 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed084p961
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Interdisciplinary Educational Collaborations: Chemistry and Computer Science

Daniel T. Woo , Benjamin T. Hudson , Joji C. Mori , Evey S. M. Ngan and Wing-Yee Pak , Ronald S. Haines
p 967
Publication Date (Web): June 1, 2007 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed084p967

A New Perspective on the Structure of Chemistry as a Basis for the Undergraduate Curriculum

Martin J. Goedhart
p 971
Publication Date (Web): June 1, 2007 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed084p971
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CARBOHYDECK: A Card Game To Teach the Stereochemistry of Carbohydrates

Manuel João Costa
p 977
Publication Date (Web): June 1, 2007 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed084p977
History, Education, and Documentation

Receptor Surface Models in the Classroom: Introducing Molecular Modeling to Students in a 3-D World

Werner J. Geldenhuys , Michael Hayes , Cornelis J. Van der Schyf and David D. Allen , Sarel F. Malan
p 979
Publication Date (Web): June 1, 2007 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed084p979
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A New Tool To Aid Students in NMR Interpretation

John V. McClusky
p 983
Publication Date (Web): June 1, 2007 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed084p983
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A Method for Analyzing A + 2 Isotope Patterns for Use in Undergraduate Organic Courses

Ray A. Gross Jr.
p 987
Publication Date (Web): June 1, 2007 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed084p987
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In the Laboratory

On the Successful Use of Inquiry-Driven Experiments in the Organic Chemistry Laboratory

Christina Noring Hammond , Jerry R. Mohrig , David A. Colby
p 992
Publication Date (Web): June 1, 2007 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed084p992

Synthesis of Plant Auxin Derivatives and Their Effects on Ceratopteris richardii

Corey E. Stilts and Roxanne Fisher
p 999
Publication Date (Web): June 1, 2007 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed084p999
History, Education, and Documentation

Molecular Models of Plant Hormones

William F. Coleman
p 1003
Publication Date (Web): June 1, 2007 (Tech Report)
DOI: 10.1021/ed084p1003
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On the Use of "Green" Metrics in the Undergraduate Organic Chemistry Lecture and Lab To Assess the Mass Efficiency of Organic Reactions

John Andraos and Murtuzaali Sayed
p 1004
Publication Date (Web): June 1, 2007 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed084p1004
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Synthesis and NMR Spectral Analysis of Amine Heterocycles: The Effect of Asymmetry on the 1H and 13C NMR Spectra of N,O-Acetals

Shahrokh Saba , James A. Ciaccio , Jennifer Espinal and Courtney E. Aman
p 1011
Publication Date (Web): June 1, 2007 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed084p1011
History, Education, and Documentation

Formation of a Ruthenium–Arene Complex, Cyclometallation with a Substituted Benzylamine, and Insertion of an Alkyne

Michael J. Chetcuti and Vincent Ritleng
p 1014
Publication Date (Web): June 1, 2007 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed084p1014
History, Education, and Documentation

Study of Metal–NH3 Interfaces (Metal = Cu, Ni, Ag) Using Potentiostatic Curves

Nelson Nunes , Angela Martins and Ruben Elvas Leitão
p 1017
Publication Date (Web): June 1, 2007 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed084p1017
History, Education, and Documentation

Modeling the Effect of Polychromatic Light in Quantitative Absorbance Spectroscopy

Rachel Smith and Kevin Cantrell
p 1021
Publication Date (Web): June 1, 2007 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed084p1021
History, Education, and Documentation

Instrumental Analysis in the High School Classroom: UV–Vis Spectroscopy

Walt Erhardt
p 1024
Publication Date (Web): June 1, 2007 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed084p1024
History, Education, and Documentation

Characterizing Water Quality in Students' Own Community

S. K. Lunsford , Nicole Speelman and Amber Yeary , William Slattery
p 1027
Publication Date (Web): June 1, 2007 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed084p1027
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Peer-Developed and Peer-Led Labs in General Chemistry

Kim Kostka , Lorena Tribe
p 1031
Publication Date (Web): June 1, 2007 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed084p1031

Research: Science and Education

The Effects of Inquiry-Based Instruction on Elementary Teaching Majors' Chemistry Content Knowledge

Michael J. Sanger
p 1035
Publication Date (Web): June 1, 2007 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed084p1035
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High School Chemistry Instructional Practices and Their Association with College Chemistry Grades

Philip M. Sadler , Robert H. Tai
p 1040
Publication Date (Web): June 1, 2007 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed084p1040

"One Firm Spot": The Role of Homework as Lever in Acquiring Conceptual and Performance Competence in College Chemistry

Gaea Leinhardt , Jordi Cuadros and David Yaron
p 1047
Publication Date (Web): June 1, 2007 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed084p1047

Conversion of Chemical Reaction Energy into Useful Work in the Van't Hoff Equilibrium Box

N. M. Bazhin , V. N. Parmon
p 1053
Publication Date (Web): June 1, 2007 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed084p1053
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Getting the Weights of Lewis Structures out of Hückel Theory: Hückel–Lewis Configuration Interaction (HL-CI)

Stéphane Humbel
p 1056
Publication Date (Web): June 1, 2007 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed084p1056
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Enhanced Intensity Distribution Analysis of the Rotational–Vibrational Spectrum of HCl

Monty L. Fetterolf
p 1062
Publication Date (Web): June 1, 2007 (Article)
DOI: 10.1021/ed084p1062
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Information • Textbooks • Media • Resources

The Inversion Potential of Ammonia: An Intrinsic Reaction Coordinate Calculation for Student Investigation

Arthur M. Halpern , B. R. Ramachandran and Eric D. Glendening
p 1067
Publication Date (Web): June 1, 2007 (Lab-Expt)
DOI: 10.1021/ed084p1067
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