December 2009

Table of Contents

Online Supplements

Issue Highlights

Editorial: Celebrating a Volume and Heralding the Next

JCE in Transition: News for Authors, Reviewers, and Subscribers

Especially for HS Teachers: Teaching Is a Privilege

JCE Featured Molecule: Molecular Models of Chemical Weapons and Warfare Agents

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Understanding Chemical Reactions Using Multiple Levels of Representation

• Emphasizing Multiple Levels of Representation To Enhance Students’ Understandings of the Changes Occurring during Chemical Reactions

Chemical Weapons and Warfare Agents

• Weapons of Mass Destruction: It Is All about Chemistry
• JCE Featured Molecule: Molecular Models of Chemical Weapons and Warfare Agents

Organic Reaction Mechanisms

• New Bouncing Curved Arrow Technique for the Depiction of Organic Mechanisms
• A Method for Writing Open-Ended Curved Arrow Notation Questions for Multiple-Choice Exams and Electronic-Response Systems
• The Preparation of Allyl Phenyl Ether and 2-Allylphenol Using the Williamson Ether Synthesis and Claisen Rearrangement
• Monitoring the Nitroxide-Mediated Polymerization of Styrene Using Gel Permeation Chromatography and Proton NMR
• Kinetic versus Static Visuals for Facilitating College Students’ Understanding of Organic Reaction Mechanisms in Chemistry

Inorganic Chemistry Laboratories

• Quantifying the Electron-Donating Strength of Phosphine Ligands
• Synthesis and Characterization of Transition-Metal Complexes Containing 1,1´-Bis(diphenylphosphino)ferrocene
• The Trans Effect: A Guided-Inquiry Experiment for Upper-Division Inorganic Chemistry
• Synthesis of Superoxide Dismutase (SOD) Enzyme Mimetics. A Bioinorganic Laboratory Experiment