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Cover
May 2006
Vol. 83 No. 5


 Chemical Education Today
Editorial
New ACS CPT Guidelines679
John W. Moore
Especially for High School Teachers
Persistent Misconceptions681
Diana S. Mason
Reports from Other Journals
Research Advances: Gaining Entry; Mesostructure Drastically Improves Efficiency of Organic Solar Cells; Detecting SO2682
Angela G. King
From Past Issues
Recent Chemical Patents or What Else Is New?687
Kathryn R. Williams
Commentary
Teaching To Avoid the "CSI Effect". Keeping the Science in Forensic Science 690
Elisa Bergslien
Ask the Historian
The Origin of Pyrex692
William B. Jensen
CLIP, Chemical Laboratory Information Profile
Methyl Methacrylate695
Jay A. Young
CLIP, Chemical Laboratory Information Profile
Benzoyl Peroxide696
Jay A. Young
CLIP, Chemical Laboratory Information Profile
Benzoic Acid697
Jay A. Young
News & Announcements698
Letters
Sugar Dehydration without Sulfuric Acid701
Edward F. Duhr, Allison S. Soult, John G. Maijub, and Fitzgerald B. Bramwell
Letters
Sugar Dehydration without Sulfuric Acid701
Todd P. Silverstein
Letters
One Chemistry Professor's Misconceptions about Gender and Scientific Ability: Was It Gender Bias or Gender-Population Bias?702
Fred H. Watson Jr. and Stephanie F. Watson
Letters
No "Driving Forces" in General Chemistry702
Evguenii I. Kozliak
Letters
Useful Work of a Process703
Bruno Lunelli
Letters
Useful Work of a Process703
Norman C. Craig
Corrections
Correction to "Determination of Hypochlorite in Bleaching Products with Flower Extracts To Demonstrate the Principles of Flow Injection Analysis" (re J. Chem. Ed. 2005, 82, 1815–1819)703
The Information Page704
Book and Media Reviews
And Gladly Teach: A Resource Book for Chemists Considering Academic Careers, Second Edition (A. Truman Schwartz, Ronald D. Archer, Amina K. El-Ashmawy, David K. Lavallee, Saundra McGuire, Geraldine Richmond, and Rebecca Eikey)705
Jeffrey Kovac
Book and Media Reviews
Physical Chemistry: Understanding Our Chemical World (Paul Monk)705
Brian K. Taylor
Book and Media Reviews
The Vocabulary and Concepts of Organic Chemistry, Second Edition (Milton Orchin, Roger S. Macomber, Allan R. Pinhas, R. Marshall Wilson)706
R. David Crouch
Advertising in This Issue708
Out of the Editor's Basket709

 Chemistry for Everyone
Calcium Phosphates and Human Beings713
Sergey V. Dorozhkin
Products of Chemistry
Luminescent Molecular Thermometers720
Seiichi Uchiyama, A. Prasanna de Silva, and Kaoru Iwai
Products of Chemistry
The Discovery and Development of Cisplatin728
Rebecca A. Alderden, Matthew D. Hall, and Trevor W. Hambley

 In The Classroom
Products of Chemistry
The Amazingly Versatile Titanocene Derivatives735
Donald C. Bowman
JCE Featured Molecules
Luminescent Molecular Thermometers740
William F. Coleman
Interactive Demonstrations for Mole Ratios and Limiting Reagents741
Crystal Wood and Bryan Breyfogle
JCE DigiDemos: Tested Demonstrations
Demonstrating Void Space in Solids: A Simple Demonstration To Challenge a Powerful Misconception749
Mary Whitfield
JCE DigiDemos: Tested Demonstrations
Taming the Barking Dog751
Ché Royce Seabourne, George Maxwell, and James Wallace
JCE DigiDemos: Tested Demonstrations
pH Paradoxes: Demonstrating That It Is Not True That pH ≡ -log[H+]752
Christopher G. McCarty and Ed Vitz
JCE DigiDemos: Tested Demonstrations
Classroom Demonstrations of Concepts in Molecular Fluorescence758
Jonathan P. Blitz, Daniel J. Sheeran, and Thomas L. Becker
JCE DigiDemos: Tested Demonstrations
Simultaneous Display of Spectral Images and Graphs Using a Web Camera and Fiber-Optic Spectrophotometer761
Brian K. Niece
JCE DigiDemos: Tested Demonstrations
The Fluorescence of Lignum nephriticum: A Flash Back to the Past and a Simple Demonstration of Natural Substance Fluorescence765
Mark Muyskens
JCE Classroom Activity
pHantastic Fluorescence768A
Mark Muyskens

 In the Laboratory
An Introduction to UV–Vis Spectroscopy Using Sunscreens769
Harriet P. Moeur, Andrew Zanella, and Thomas Poon
Intermolecular and Intramolecular Forces: A General Chemistry Laboratory Comparison of Hydrogen Bonding in Maleic and Fumaric Acids770
Frazier W. Nyasulu and John Macklin
DNA Profiling of the D1S80 Locus: A Forensic Analysis for the Undergraduate Biochemistry Laboratory774
D. Dewaine Jackson, Chad S. Abbey, and Dylan Nugent
Molecular Modeling Exercises and Experiments
(Strept)Avidin–Biotin: Two Interrelated Experiments for the Introductory Chemistry Laboratory777
David E. Hansen, Dengda Tang, Jon A. Sanborn, and Mark D. Marshall
Computer-Based Conformational Analysis of Acetylcholine and Muscarine Combined with an Overview of the Receptor–Ligand Interaction 780
Marcelo Tavares de Oliveira, Minéia Alves Santos, and Thais Horta Álvares da Silva
Acetal Protecting Groups in the Organic Laboratory: Synthesis of Methyl 4,6-O-Benzylidene-α-D-Glucopyranoside 782
Alexei V. Demchenko, Papapida Pornsuriyasak, and Cristina De Meo
Use of 1H NMR in Assigning Carbohydrate Configuration in the Organic Laboratory785
John L. Sorensen, Ross Witherell, and Lois M. Browne
Synthesis and Characterization of (σ2-terpyridyl)Re(CO)3Cl with Determination of Chemical Ring Exchange Constant788
Andrea Freyer, Alan Freyer, and Christine DiMeglio

 Research: Science and Education
Valence, Oxidation Number, and Formal Charge: Three Related but Fundamentally Different Concepts791
Gerard Parkin
Factors That Influence Relative Acid Strength in Water: A Simple Model800
Michael J. Moran
Chemical Education Research
Peer Instruction in the General Chemistry Laboratory: Assessment of Student Learning804
Christine L. McCreary, Michael F. Golde, and Randi Koeske
Chemical Education Research
Commonsense Chemistry: A Model for Understanding Students' Alternative Conceptions811
Vicente Talanquer
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