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  Home > JCE Print > Journal of Chemical Education > Issues > 2006  > December  >
Table of Contents
 
Cover
 December 2006
Vol. 83 No. 12

 Chemical Education Today
Editorial
Beating a Path to the National Science Digital Library1735
John W. Moore
Especially for High School Teachers
Formed Bonds1737
Diana S. Mason
Reports from Other Journals
Research Advances: Less Expensive and More Convenient Gaucher's Disease Treatment; Structural Loop Regions: Key to Multidrug-Resistance Transporters?; New Method Identifies Proteins in Old Artwork1738
Angela G. King
Association Report: CUR
A Council on Undergraduate Research Workshop Initiative To Establish, Enhance, and Institutionalize Undergraduate Research1744
Kerry K. Karukstis
Commentary
Let Us Give Lewis Acid–Base Theory the Priority It Deserves1746
Alan A. Shaffer
Ask the Historian
The Origin of the Term "Hypervalent"1751
William B. Jensen
CLIP, Chemical Laboratory Information Profile
o-Cresol1753
Jay A. Young
CLIP, Chemical Laboratory Information Profile
o-Dichlorobenzene1754
Jay A. Young
CLIP, Chemical Laboratory Information Profile
p-Dichlorobenzene1755
Jay A. Young
News & Announcements1756
The Information Page1760
Letters
A Mnemonic for Representative Element Groups1761
Timothy Chambers and Jennifer Arab
Letters
Understanding Isotopic Distributions in Mass Spectrometry1761
Juris Meija
Book and Media Reviews
Partners in Innovation: Teaching Assistants in College Science Courses (Elaine Seymour with Ginger Melton, Douglas J. Wiese, and Liane Pedersen-Gallegos)1762
Norbert J. Pienta
Book and Media Reviews
Teaching American Students: A Guide for International Faculty and Teaching Assistants in Colleges and Universities, 3rd Edition (Ellen Sarkisian)1763
Jeffrey Kovac
Advertising in This Issue1764
Out of the Editor's Basket1765

 Chemistry for Everyone
Products of Chemistry
Nature's Way To Make the Lantibiotics1769
Heather A. Relyea and Wilfred A. van der Donk

 In The Classroom
Mentoring an Undergraduate Research Student in the Structural and Nonstructural Properties of Drugs1779
Julie B. Ealy and Veronica Kvarta
Accessible Research Experiences: A New Paradigm for In-Lab Chemical Education1784
Marc M. Baum, Elizabeth S. Krider, and John A. Moss
Interdisciplinary Connections
Peer Review of Chemistry Journal Articles: Collaboration across Disciplines1788
Bozena Barbara Widanski and Debra Courtright-Nash
JCE Classroom Activity
A Kool Reaction from the Fine Print1792A
Susan A. S. Hershberger and Arlyne M. Sarquis
Chemical Principles Revisited
Precision in Stereochemical Terminology1793
LeRoy G. Wade, Jr.
A Graphical Representation To Teach the Concept of the Fourier Transform1795
E. Besalú
Safety Tips
Chemical Structure and Accidental Explosion Risk in the Research Laboratory1798
David G. Churchill
JCE DigiDemos: Tested Demonstrations
A Kinetics Demonstration Involving a Green–Red–Green Color Change Resulting from a Large-Amplitude pH Oscillation1804
Brian W. Pfennig and Richard T. Roberts
Projects That Assist with Content in a Traditional Organic Chemistry Course1807
John J. Esteb, John R. Magers, LuAnne McNulty, and Anne M. Wilson
Capsaicin, from Hot to Not; Can New Pain-Relieving Drugs Be Derived from This Substance Known To Cause Pain?1809
David B. Rusterholz
Chemical Aspects of Local and Regional Anesthesia1816
Robert Brunsvold and Daryl L. Ostercamp
Chemical Aspects of General Anesthesia: Part I. From Ether to Halothane1821
Robert Brunsvold and Daryl L. Ostercamp
Chemical Aspects of General Anesthesia: Part II. Current Practices1826
Robert Brunsvold and Daryl L. Ostercamp
JCE Featured Molecules
Molecular Model of Tubocurarine1831
William F. Coleman

 In the Laboratory
The Microscale Laboratory
Keeping Your Students Awake: Facile Microscale Synthesis of Modafinil, a Modern Anti-Narcoleptic Drug1832
Evangelos Aktoudianakis, Rui Jun Lin, and Andrew P. Dicks
A New Model for Transitioning Students from the Undergraduate Teaching Laboratory to the Research Laboratory. The Evolution of an Intermediate Organic Synthesis Laboratory Course1835
Jessica J. Hollenbeck, Emily N. Wixson, Grant D. Geske, Matthew W. Dodge, T. Andrew Tseng, Allen D. Clauss, and Helen E. Blackwell
A Research-Based Laboratory Course in Organic Chemistry1844
Thomas A. Newton, Henry J. Tracy, and Caryn Prudenté
Preparation, Purification, and Secondary Structure Determination of Bacillus circulans Xylanase. A Modular Laboratory Incorporating Aspects of Molecular Biology, Biochemistry, and Biophysical Chemistry1850
Sal Russo and Lisa Gentile
The Microscale Laboratory
Determination of Acidity Constants by Gradient Flow-Injection Titration1853
António C. L. Conceição and Manuel E. Minas da Piedade
Investigation of Fluorescence Lifetime Quenching of Ru(bpy)32+ by Oxygen Using a Pulsed Light-Emitting Diode1857
David A. Rusak, William H. James, III, Maria J. Ferzola, and Michael J. Stefanski
Advanced Chemistry Classroom and Laboratory
Studying Fast Reactions: Construction and Use of a Low-Cost Continuous-Flow Instrument1860
Patrick J. Bisson and James E. Whitten
Infrared Absorption Spectroscopy of Acetylene in the Lecture1864
Thomas E. Briggs and Scott T. Sanders
Refractive Index Determination of Transparent Polymers: Experimental Setup for Multi-Wavelength Determination and Calculation at Specific Frequencies Using Group Contribution Theory1867
Jay Dlutowski, Andres M. Cardenas-Valencia, David Fries, and Larry Langebrake
Green Chemistry
A Green Enantioselective Aldol Condensation for the Undergraduate Organic Laboratory1871
George D. Bennett

 Research: Science and Education
Engineering Faculty Attitudes to General Chemistry Courses in Engineering Curricula1873
Mehmet Garip, Erzat Erdil, and Ayhan Bilsel

 Information • Textbooks • Media • Resources
Computer Bulletin Board
Design of an Excel Spreadsheet To Estimate Rate Constants, Determine Associated Errors, and Choose Curve's Extent1879
Luís Moreira, Filomena Martins, and Ruben Elvas-Leitão
JCE WebWare: Web-Based Learning Aids
Looking behind the Spreadsheet Trendline1884
William F. Coleman and Edward W. Fedosky
JCE WebWare: Web-Based Learning Aids
A Method of Visual Interactive Regression1884
Michelle S. Kim, Maureen Burkart, and Myung-Hoon Kim
Annual Index for Volume 83, 20061886
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10/31/2006
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