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  Home > JCE Print > Journal of Chemical Education > Issues > 2005  > February  >
In the Classroom
Featured Molecules
Organic Xenobiotics
William F. Coleman
Chemistry Department, Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA 02481
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February 2005
Vol. 82 No. 2
p. 264
Abstract
The molecules for this month come from the article “Intermolecular Forces as a Key to Understanding the Environmental Fate of Organic Xenobiotics” by Ryan E. Casey and Faith A. Pittman. The paper describes an interesting approach to introducing students in an environmental science course, with no required chemistry background, to important questions of the ways in which molecular geometry and polarity affect the behavior of organic molecules in the environment.

Fully manipulable (Chime) versions of these molecules appear below. These and other molecules are available at Only@JCE Online.

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Figure 1. Atrazine molecule.
Interactive Chime-based structure (top); static structure graphic (bottom).

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Figure 2. Hydroxyatrazine molecule.
Interactive Chime-based structure (top); static structure graphic (bottom).

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Figure 3. DDT molecule.
Interactive Chime-based structure (top); static structure graphic (bottom).

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Figure 4. DDE molecule.
Interactive Chime-based structure (top); static structure graphic (bottom).

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Figure 5. Benzene molecule.
Interactive Chime-based structure (top); static structure graphic (bottom).

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Figure 6. o-Dichlorobenzene molecule.
Interactive Chime-based structure (top); static structure graphic (bottom).

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Figure 7. Hexachlorobenzene molecule. Interactive Chime-based structure (top); static structure graphic (bottom).

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Figure 8. Pentachlorophenol molecule. Interactive Chime-based structure (top); static structure graphic (bottom).
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 Coleman, William F. J. Chem. Educ. 2005 82 264.
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