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Table of Contents
 
Cover
March 2004
Vol. 81 No. 3


 Chemical Education Today
Editorial
The Magical Touch of a Perceptive Individual295
John W. Moore
Especially for High School Teachers
The Digitized World Is upon Us297
Diana S. Mason
Commentary
Teaching Molecular Geometry with the VSEPR Model298
Ronald J. Gillespie
ACS National Meeting. Program for the Division of Chemical Education: Anaheim, March 28–April 1, 2004306
Frank Torre, Maureen Scharberg, and Eric J. Kantorowski
ACS National Meeting. Presidential Events310
ACS National Meeting. Undergraduate Program312
Emily T. Thompson
ACS National Meeting. CHED Events314
ACS National Meeting. Anaheim in April315
Lin W. Morris
Association Report: CUR
Getting Started in Research with Undergraduates322
Merlyn D. Schuh and Kerry K. Karukstis
NSF Highlights
Microscale Syntheses, Reactions, and 1H NMR Spectroscopic Investigations of Square Planar Macrolyclic Tetraamido-N Co(III) Complexes Relevant to Green Chemistry325
Erich S. Uffelman, Jonathan R. Doherty, Carl Schulze, Amy L. Burke, Kristen R. Bonnema, Tanya T. Watson, and Daniel W. Lee, III
Chemical Laboratory Information Profile
Sodium Iodide330
Jay A. Young
Chemical Laboratory Information Profile
Aluminum Chloride331
Jay A. Young
The Information Page332
News & Announcements333
Letters
Death of the Chemistry Textbook? I Think Not335
Roy W. Clark
Letters
Evaluating Weak versus Tight Coomassie Blue-Protein Binding335
Todd Silverstein
Book and Media Reviews
The Molecular World, a series: The Third Dimension; Metals and Chemical Change; Kinetics and Mechanisms; Molecular Modelling and Bonding; Alkenes and Aromatics; Separation, Purification, and Identification; Elements of the p-Block; Mechanism and Synthesis (L. E. Smart) 337
Paul Charlesworth
Advertising in This Issue342
Out of the Editor's Basket343

 Chemistry for Everyone
Products of Chemistry
The Monosodium Glutamate Story: The Commercial Production of MSG and Other Amino Acids347
Addison Ault
Analysis by Gender of the Doctoral and Postdoctoral Institutions of Faculty Members at the Top-Fifty Ranked Chemistry Departments356
Valerie J. Kuck, Cecilia H. Marzabadi, Susan A. Nolan, and Janine P. Buckner

 In The Classroom
JCE DigiDemos: Tested Demonstrations
A Reaction That Takes Place in Beakers but Not in Conical Flasks: A Catalysis-Related Demonstration364
Colin White
JCE DigiDemos: Tested Demonstrations
Classroom Demonstration of a Spot Test for Phenylpyruvic Acid and Its Relationship to Phenylketonuria366
Christopher J. Halkides
The Substitution–Elimination Mechanistic Disc Method368
Paul T. Buonora and Yu Jin Lim
Thermodynamics in Context: A Case Study of Contextualized Teaching for Undergraduates373
John Holman and Gwen Pilling
A Classroom Exercise Aimed at the Development of an Intuitive Understanding of PVT Phase Behavior of Fluids376
Markus M. Hoffmann
Use of Molecular Symmetry To Describe Pauli Principle Effects on the Vibration–Rotation Spectroscopy of CO2(g)379
M. L. Myrick, P. E. Colavita, A. E. Greer, B. Long, and D. Andreatta

 In the Laboratory
Alkene Isomerization Using a Solid Acid as Activator and Support for a Homogeneous Catalyst383
Andrew J. Seen
JCE Classroom Activity
Checkerboard Chromatography384A
Charles A. Smith
An Improved Method for the Extraction and Thin-Layer Chromatography of Chlorophyll a and b from Spinach385
Hao T. Quach, Robert L. Steeper, and G. William Griffin
Developing Investigation Skills in an Introductory Multistep Synthesis Using Fluorene Oxidation and Reduction388
Mark G. Stocksdale, Steven E. S. Fletcher, Ian Henry, Paul J. Ogren, Michael A. G. Berg, Roy D. Pointer, and Barrett W. Benson
Estimation of Laminar Burning Velocities by Direct Digital Photography391
J. Uske and R. Barat
Preparation and Analysis of Libethenite: A Project for the First-Year Laboratory394
Kelly E. Ginion and Claude H. Yoder
Investigation of Cu(II) Binding to Bovine Serum Albumin by Potentiometry with an Ion Selective Electrode: A Biophysical Chemistry Experiment for the Undergraduate Curriculum395
Jie Liu
Advanced Chemistry Classroom and Laboratory
96-Well Plate Colorimetric Assay for Ki Determination of (±)-2-Benzylsuccinic Acid, an Inhibitor of Carboxypeptidase A: A Laboratory Experiment in Drug Discovery398
Mark P. Wentland, Shaan Raza, and Yingtong Gao
Topics in Chemical Instrumentation
A Modular Laser Apparatus for Polarimetry, Nephelometry, and Fluorimetry in General Chemistry401
Scott A. Darveau, Jessica Mueller, April Vaverka, Cheri Barta, Anthony Fitch, Jessica Jurzenski, and Yvonne Gindt
Topics in Chemical Instrumentation
Automated Flow-Injection Instrument for Chemiluminescence Detection Using a Low-Cost Photodiode Detector: An Interdisciplinary Project in Chemical Instrumentation, Graphical Programming, Computer Interfacing, and Analytical Chemistry406
A. Economou, D. Papargyris, and I. Stratis
Measuring PVT Phase Behavior with a Variable Volume View Cell411
Markus M. Hoffmann and Jason D. Salter

 Research: Science and Education
Water, Water, Everywhere: Phase Diagrams of Ordinary Water Substance414
L. Glasser
The Gibbs Energy Basis and Construction of Boiling Point Diagrams in Binary Systems419
Norman O. Smith
The Gibbs Treatment of Interfaces423
Allan J. B. Spaull
Schrödinger Equation Solutions That Lead to the Solution for the Hydrogen Atom424
Paul F. Newhouse and K. C. McGill
A Model for the Chemical Bond427
Valerio Magnasco
A Generalized Pre-Equilibrium Approximation in Chemical and Photophysical Kinetics436
Margaret Rae and Mário N. Berberan-Santos
Chemical Education Research
Effects of an Active Learning Environment: Teaching Innovations at a Research I Institution441
Maria T. Oliver-Hoyo, DeeDee Allen, William F. Hunt, Joy Hutson, and Angela Pitts

 Information • Textbooks • Media • Resources
Featured Molecules
Bioorganic Synthesis: Monosodium Glutamate and Other Amino Acids448
William F. Coleman
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