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Cover
December 2005
Vol. 82 No. 12


 Chemical Education Today
Editorial
JCE LivTexts: Living Textbooks for Chemistry1751
John W. Moore
Especially for High School Teachers
JCE: The Leader of Change1753
Diana S. Mason
Reports from Other Journals
Research Advances: Nitric Oxide Synthase Reduces Cr(VI); The Chemistry of Popcorn: It's All About "Pop-Ability"; Nanotubes May Help Heal Broken Bones; New Method Unites Organic Materials and Nanotechnology1754
Angela G. King
Commentary
Are Some Elements More Equal Than Others?1761
Ronald L. Rich
Ask the Historian
The Origins of the Symbols A and Z for Atomic Weight and Number1764
William B. Jensen
From Past Issues
The ACS Prize Essay Contest1765
Richard E. Rice
CLIP, Chemical Laboratory Information Profile
Benzidine1768
Jay A. Young
CLIP, Chemical Laboratory Information Profile
Benzene1769
Jay A. Young
CLIP, Chemical Laboratory Information Profile
Benzaldehyde1770
Jay A. Young
News & Announcements1771
Letters
Authors: Know the Hazards, Please!1775
Jay A. Young
Letters
Authors: Know the Hazards, Please!1775
Anne K. Bentley, Mohammed Farhoud, Arthur B. Ellis, George C. Lisensky, Anne-Marie L. Nickel, and Wendy C. Crone
The Information Page1776
Book and Media Reviews
The Fly in the Ointment: 70 Fascinating Commentaries on the Science of Everyday Life (Joe Schwarcz)1777
Wheeler Conover
Book and Media Reviews
The Cartoon Guide to Chemistry (Larry Gonick and Craig Criddle)1777
Harold H. Harris
Book and Media Reviews
Instant Notes in Organic Chemistry, 2nd Edition (Graham L. Patrick)1778
Thomas H. Eberlein
Book and Media Reviews
Named Organic Reactions, 2nd Edition (Thomas Laue and Andreas Plagens) 1780
R. W. Holman
Book and Media Reviews
Name Reactions and Reagents in Organic Synthesis, 2nd Edition (Bradford P. Mundy, Michael G. Ellerd, and Frank G. Favaloro) 1780
R. W. Holman
Book and Media Reviews
Strategic Applications of Named Reactions in Organic Synthesis: Background and Detailed Mechanisms (László Kürti and Barbara Czakó)1780
R. W. Holman
Advertising in This Issue1782
Out of the Editor's Basket1783

 Chemistry for Everyone
Interdisciplinary Connections
Exploration of the Chemistry of Plants: A General Education Course1787
Margareta Séquin

 In The Classroom
Concepts in Biochemistry
Cholesterol and Plants1791
E. J. Behrman and Venkat Gopalan
Organic Chemistry of the Cell: An Interdisciplinary Approach To Learning with a Focus on Reading, Analyzing, and Critiquing Primary Literature1794
Craig A. Almeida and Louis J. Liotta
A New Exploration of the Torsional Energy Surface of n-Pentane Using Molecular Models and Molecular Modeling Software1800
Sérgio E. Galembeck, Giovanni F. Caramori, and José Ricardo Romero

 In the Laboratory
Molecular Modeling Exercises and Experiments
Analyzing the 3D Structure of Human Carbonic Anhydrase II and Its Mutants Using Deep View and the Protein Data Bank1805
Noam J. Ship and Deborah B. Zamble
JCE Classroom Activity
I Screen, You Screen, We All Screen for Phenolics1808A
Michael B. Sady
Presumptive and Confirmatory Drug Tests1809
Craig Anderson
Brewing Science in the Chemistry Laboratory: A "Mashing" Investigation of Starch and Carbohydrates1811
Michael W. Pelter and Jennifer McQuade
Acid-Catalyzed Isomerization of Carvone to Carvacrol1813
Richard A. Kjonaas and Shawn P. Mattingly
Determination of Hypochlorite in Bleaching Products with Flower Extracts To Demonstrate the Principles of Flow Injection Analysis1815
Luiz Antônio Ramos, Kátia Roberta Prieto, Éder Tadeu Gomes Cavalheiro, and Carla Cristina Schmitt Cavalheiro
Topics in Chemical Instrumentation
Sequential-Injection Analysis: Principles, Instrument Construction, and Demonstration by a Simple Experiment1820
A. Economou, P. D. Tzanavaras, and D. G. Themelis
Computer Bulletin Board
Simple and Inexpensive Computer Interface to a Durrum Stopped-Flow Apparatus Tested Using the Iron(III)–Thiocyanate Reaction1823
Craig M. Hoag
Development of a Multiple-Element Flame Emission Spectrometer Using CCD Detection1826
Caryn S. Seney, Karen V. Sinclair, Robin M. Bright, Paul O. Momoh, and Amelia D. Bozeman
Variable Effects during Polymerization1830
S. K. Lunsford
Just Click It: Undergraduate Procedures for the Copper(I)-Catalyzed Formation of 1,2,3-Triazoles from Azides and Terminal Acetylenes1833
William D. Sharpless, Peng Wu, Trond Vidar Hansen, and James G. Lindberg
A Solvent-Free Baeyer–Villiger Lactonization for the Undergraduate Organic Laboratory: Synthesis of γ-t-Butyl-ε-caprolactone1837
John J. Esteb, J. Nathan Hohman, Diana E. Schlamadinger, and Anne M. Wilson
Comparative Methylation of 1,8-Dihydroxy-9,10-anthraquinone: Chemoselectivity in the Organic Chemistry Laboratory1839
Grigoriy A. Sereda
Monitoring the Rate of Solvolytic Decomposition of Benzenediazonium Tetrafluoroborate in Aqueous Media Using a pH Electrode 1841
Floyd L. Wiseman

 Research: Science and Education
Further Analysis of Boiling Points of Small Molecules, CHwFxClyBrz1842
Guy Beauchamp
Concepts in Biochemistry
Glycosyltransferases A and B: Four Critical Amino Acids Determine Blood Type1846
Natisha L. Rose, Monica M. Palcic, and Stephen V. Evans
JCE Featured Molecules
Chemistry of Blood Type 1853
William F. Coleman
Assessment of Molecular Construction in Undergraduate Biochemistry1854
Deborah Booth, Robert C. Bateman Jr., Rudy Sirochman, David C. Richardson, Jane S. Richardson, Steven W. Weiner, Mary Farwell, and Cindy Putnam-Evans
Chemical Education Research
Chem-2-Chem: A One-to-One Supportive Learning Environment for Chemistry1859
Rosita Báez-Galib, Héctor Colón-Cruz, Wilfredo Resto, and Michael R. Rubin
Chemical Education Research
Beyond "Student Attitudes": Chemistry Self-Concept Inventory for Assessment of the Affective Component of Student Learning1864
Christopher F. Bauer

 Information • Textbooks • Media • Resources
Teaching with Technology
Interdisciplinary, Application-Oriented Tutorials: Design, Implementation, and Evaluation1871
Carolyn Herman, Rachel E. Casiday, Roberta K. Deppe, Michelle Gilbertson, William M. Spees, Dewey Holten, and Regina F. Frey
JCE LivTexts
Introducing JCE LivTexts: Physical Chemistry1880
Theresa Julia Zielinski
JCE LivTexts
Quantum States of Atoms and Molecules1880
David M. Hanson, Theresa Julia Zielinski, Erica Harvey, and Robert Sweeney

 Index
Annual Index for Volume 82, 20051881
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November 1, 2005
November 4, 2005
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