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July 2005
Vol. 82 No. 7


 Chemical Education Today
Editorial
Keeping Chemistry and Chemists Safe967
John W. Moore
Especially for High School Teachers
"Only When You Know the Hazards..."969
Erica K. Jacobsen
Reports from Other Journals
Research Advances: Perchlorate in Dairy and Breast Milk Samples; NO Glow on Mars; Physical Chemistry to the Rescue: Differentiating Nicotinic and Cholinergic Agonists970
Angela G. King
Association Report: ACS Education
Going Green: Lecture Assignments and Lab Experiences for the College Curriculum974
Julie A. Haack, James E. Hutchison, Mary M. Kirchhoff, and Irvin J. Levy
Association Report: ACS Division of Chemical Education
Committee Reports, March 2005978
Commentary
Conceptual Considerations in Molecular Science985
Donald T. Sawyer
Ask the Historian
The Origins of Positive and Negative in Electricity988
William B. Jensen
Chemical Laboratory Information Profile
Copper(II) Acetate Monohydrate990
Jay A. Young
Chemical Laboratory Information Profile
Copper(I) Chloride991
Jay A. Young
News & Announcements993
The Information Page996
Letters
Response to "Chemistry Is Not a Laboratory Science"997
Stephen D. Morton
Letters
Reaction to "Chemistry Is Not a Laboratory Science"997
Lawrence J. Sacks
Letters
Reaction to "Chemistry Is Not a Laboratory Science"997
Stephen J. Hawkes
Letters
Taking Issue with "Chemistry Is Not a Laboratory Science"998
Chad E. Stephens
Letters
Taking Issue with "Chemistry Is Not a Laboratory Science"998
Stephen J. Hawkes
Letters
Equilibrium Constants and Water Activity999
David Keeports
Book and Media Reviews
Faculty Guide for Moving Teaching and Learning to the Web, Second Edition (Judith V. Boettcher and Rita-Marie Conrad)1000
Norbert J. Pienta
Book and Media Reviews
The Chemical Bond: A Fundamental Quantum–Mechanical Picture (Springer Series in Chemical Physics) (Tadamassa Shida)1000
Andrew J. Pounds
Book and Media Reviews
Fundamentals of Quantum Chemistry (Complementary Science Series), Second Edition (James E. House)1002
Matthew F. Tuchler
Book and Media Reviews
Introduction to Protein and Peptide Analysis with Mass Spectrometry (Fred Klink)1003
David T. Harvey
Advertising in This Issue1004
Out of the Editor's Basket1005

 Chemistry for Everyone
Chirality Made Simple: A 1- and 2-Dimensional Introduction to Stereochemistry1009
Robert E. Gawley

 In The Classroom
Amino Acid Complementarity: A Biochemical Exemplar of Stoichiometry for General and Health Sciences Chemistry1013
Ed Vitz
JCE DigiDemos: Tested Demonstrations
Demonstrating Encapsulation and Release: A New Take on Alginate Complexation and the Nylon Rope Trick1017
Andrienne C. Friedli and Inge R. Schlager
Computer Modeling and Research in the Classroom1021
Maria João Ramos and Pedro Alexandrino Fernandes
Advanced Chemistry Classroom and Laboratory
Factors Affecting the Relative Efficiency of General Acid Catalysis1026
Eugene E. Kwan
Stereogenic Centers and Axes: A Comparison of the Chiral Topologies Available to Cabcd and abC=C=Ccd1031
Paul Lloyd-Williams and Ernest Giralt
Differentiations of Enantiomers via Their Diastereomeric Association Complexes—There Are Two Ways of Shaking Hands1034
Albrecht Mannschreck and Roland Kiesswetter

 In the Laboratory
Enantiomeric Resolution of (±)-Mandelic Acid by (1R,2S)-(–)-Ephedrine. An Organic Chemistry Laboratory Experiment Illustrating Stereoisomerism1040
Marsha R. Baar and Andrea L. Cerrone-Szakal
Chiral Crystallization of Ethylenediamine Sulfate1043
Lawrence Koby, Jyothi B. Ningappa, Maria Dakessian, and Louis A. Cuccia
An Engaging Illustration of the Physical Differences among Menthol Stereoisomers1046
Edward M. Treadwell and T. Howard Black
JCE Featured Molecules
Menthol Stereoisomers1048
William F. Coleman
Use of Enzymes in Organic Synthesis: Reduction of Ketones by Baker's Yeast Revisited1049
James Patterson and Snorri Th. Sigurdsson
The Addition of Bromine to 1,2-Diphenylethene 1051
Judith C. Amburgey-Peters and LeRoy W. Haynes
Circular Dichroism Investigation of Dess–Martin Periodinane Oxidation in the Organic Chemistry Laboratory1053
Nicole A. Reed, Robert D. Rapp, Christian S. Hamann, and Pamela G. Artz
Green Chemistry
A Microwave-Assisted Reduction of Cyclohexanone Using Solid-State-Supported Sodium Borohydride1055
Lori L. White and Kevin W. Kittredge
The Ethylene Ketal Protecting Group Revisited: The Synthesis of 4-Hydroxy-4,4-diphenyl-2-butanone1057
Marsha R. Baar, Charles E. Russell, and Kristin L. Wustholz
The Microscale Laboratory
Generation, Isolation, and Characterization of a Stable Enol from Grignard Addition to a Bis-Ester. A Microscale Experiment for the Undergraduate Organic Chemistry Laboratory1059
Olivier J.-C. Nicaise, Kyle F. Ostrom, and Brent J. Dalke
Steel Wool and Oxygen: A Look at Kinetics1065
James Gordon and Katherine Chancey
Kinetics of Alcohol Dehydrogenase-Catalyzed Oxidation of Ethanol Followed by Visible Spectroscopy1068
Kestutis Bendinskas, Christopher DiJiacomo, Allison Krill, and Ed Vitz
Measuring Gas-Phase Basicities of Amino Acids Using an Ion Trap Mass Spectrometer. A Physical Chemistry Laboratory Experiment1071
Lee S. Sunderlin, Victor Ryzhov, Lanea M. M. Keller, and Elizabeth R. Gaillard
FIA-Spectrophotometric Method for Determination of Nitrite in Meat Products: An Experiment Exploring Color Reduction of an Azo-Compound1074
José C. Penteado, Lúcio Angnes, Jorge C. Masini, and Paulo C. C. Oliveira
An Experimental Introduction to Interlaboratory Exercises in Analytical Chemistry1079
L. Puignou and M. Llauradó
Simplex Optimization of Headspace-Enrichment Conditions of Residual Petroleum Distillates Used by Arsonists1082
Molly M. Warnke, Angela E. Erickson, and Eugene T. Smith
Enthalpy of Vaporization by Gas Chromatography. A Physical Chemistry Experiment1086
Herbert R. Ellison

 Research: Science and Education
Temperature Dependence of Viscosities of Common Carrier Gases1089
Trent S. Sommers and Tal M. Nahir
What Is a Reaction Rate?1091
Guy Schmitz
The Relationship between Balancing Reactions and Reaction Lifetimes: A Consideration of the Potassium–Argon Radiometric Method for Dating Minerals1094
William A. Howard

 Information • Textbooks • Media • Resources
JCE SymMath: Symbolic Mathematics in Chemistry
Symbolic Mathematics Documents Large and Small1099
Theresa Julia Zielinski
JCE SymMath: Symbolic Mathematics in Chemistry
Computing Liquid–Vapor Phase Diagrams for Non-Ideal Binary Mixtures1100
Franklin M. C. Chen
JCE SymMath: Symbolic Mathematics in Chemistry
Circular Birefringence and Circular Dichroism Simulation1100
Zachary Brown and Ronald Starkey
JCE SymMath: Symbolic Mathematics in Chemistry
Data Analysis (Damped Oscillations) Using the Genfit Function1101
R. D. Poshusta
JCE SymMath: Symbolic Mathematics in Chemistry
Exploring the Uncertainty Principle1101
Franklin M. C. Chen
JCE Software
Chemistry Comes Alive!, Volume 7 Abstract of Special Issue 32, a CD-ROM of Flames and Explosions 1102
Rachel Bain, Jerrold J. Jacobsen, James H. Maynard, and John W. Moore
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