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Table of Contents
 
Cover
 June 1996
Vol. 73 No. 6

 General Interest
When Drug Molecules Look in the Mirror481
Edwin Thall
Recent Advances in Archaeological Chemistry: A Summary of the Three Major Papers Presented as an Introduction to the Archeological Chemistry Symposium, Anaheim, California485
Wen Chen and Mary Virginia Orna, O.S.U.
Mendeleev and Moseley: The Principal Discoverers of the Periodic Law490
George Gorin
The Curiously Intertwined Histories of Benzene and Cyclohexane494
E. W. Warnhoff
Why the 4s Orbital Is Occupied before the 3d498
Melvyn P. Melrose and Eric R. Scerri
Simple Treatment of the Symmetry Labels for the d-d States of Octahedral Complexes504
Derek W. Smith
On Balancing "Redox Challenges"507
Oliver G. Ludwig
High Resolution Energy Dispersive Spectrometry with Charge-Induced X-Rays: Principles, Comparison with Other Methods, and Possible Applications508
A. E. Pillay and M. Peisach
All Positive Ions Give Acid Solutions in Water516
Stephen J. Hawkes
Group Project Format in First-Semester General Chem Lab536
Theresa C. Varco-Shea, Jeanne Darlington, and Marilyn Turnbull

 Features
Editorially Speaking
Re-Harnessing the Genie479
J. J. Lagowski
In This Issue480
Overhead Projector Demonstrations
Why Don't Water and Oil Mix?497
Katia Pravia and David F. Maynard
Computer Series
Biochemical Data on the Web518
Peter Barmettler
Computer Series
Applications of Neural Computing for Process Chemists: II. Examples518
D. Mukesh
JCE Software
Schroedinger.m: A Mathematica Package for Solving the Time-Independent Schrödinger Equation523
John C. Hansen
JCE Software
Winspec: A Microwave Spectroscopy Tutor523
Ian J. McNaught and Rory Moore
JCE Software
Lesson Planner for Demonstrations in Organic Chemistry Videodisc524
Todd A. Surovell
NSF Highlights
Systematic Changes in the Undergraduate Chemistry Curriculum Progam Award and Course and Curriculum Development Program Awards525
Provocative Opinion
Science-Technology-Society (STS) and ChemCom Courses Versus College Chemistry Courses: Is There a Mismatch?532
Michael J. Sanger and Thomas J. Greenbowe
Tested Demonstrations
Sodium Chloride Revisited539
Robert V. Stick and Mauro Mocerino
Tested Demonstrations
A Demonstration of Wöhler's Experiment: Preparation of Urea from Ammonium Chloride and Potassium Cyanate539
Zoltán Tóth
Tested Demonstrations
Relative Rates of Effusion through Punctured Balloons539
William C. Deese and Anna Marie Washburn
Tested Demonstrations
Azo Dyes539
Robert V. Stick and Mauro Mocerino
Letters
Letters598
Topics in Chemical Instrumentation
Electrospray Ionization Mass Spectrometry: Part II: Applications in Characterization of Peptides and ProteinsA118
Ray Bakhtiar, Steven A. Hofstadler, and Richard D. Smith
The Microscale Laboratory
Preparation and Properties of a Stable Organic Cation: A Microscale Experiment for Organic ChemistryA124
K. P. Manfredi and L. A. McGrew
The Microscale Laboratory
The Synthesis of [Pd(mu-Cl)(C6H4N=NPh)]2A126
Francisco J. Arnáiz
The Microscale Laboratory
A Microscale Conductance Assay of Total Electrolyte Concentration in Animal TissueA127
Charles J. Malerich
The Microscale Laboratory
The Use of PTFE Membranes for the Construction of Semimicroscale Gas ReactorsA128
Michael Schallies, Hans-Otto Schnelle, and Klaus Kunze
Computer Bulletin Board
Interfacing "8088" Computers in the Chemistry LaboratoryA130
James Goodrich and Bill Durham
Computer Bulletin Board
Viewing and Printing Scientific and Math ASCII Characters on Old and New IBM Compatible ComputersA130
Joseph G. Schnable and Mary S. Kowalewski
Computer Bulletin Board
Using Inexpensive "Find and Circle" Word Search Software in the Study of Chemical NomenclatureA131
Jerome Mullin and Pamela Courtney
Reviews
Elements of General, Organic, and Biological Chemistry, Ninth EditionA135
reviewed by John Ganchoff
Reviews
The Second Law: Energy, Chaos, and Form, Revised EditionA135
reviewed by Lou Massa
Reviews
Concepts in Physical ChemistryA136
reviewed by George B. Kauffman
Reviews
American Chemical Society Directory of Graduate Research, 1995A136
reviewed by George B. Kauffman

 Secondary School Chemistry
Products of Chemistry
Superabsorbent Polymers: An Idea Whose Time Has Come512
Fredric L. Buchholz
Trading Post
The Design and Assessment of Chemistry Portfolios528
Charles F. Adamchik, Jr.
Trading Post
Tape and Tetrahedra531
John W. Hill

 Laboratory Experiments
Research in Undergraduate Instruction: A Biotech Lab Project for Recombinant DNA Protein Expression in Bacteria542
Mark Brockman, Alfred B. Ordman, and A. Malcolm Campbell
Cation Analysis Scheme by Differential Pulse Polarography544
Pilar García-Armada, José Losada, and Santiago de Vicente-Pérez
Photochemical Preparation and Radioactivity of cis-Cr(CO)4(CH3CN)2: An Advanced Undergraduate Inorganic Laboratory Experiment548
Timothy J. McNeese and Karin A. Ezbiansky
The Synthesis and Reactions of Nickel(III) Stabilized by a Nitrogen-Donor Macrocycle551
David E. Berry, Suzanne Girard, and Alexander McAuley
Epoxidation of Alpha-Methylstyrene and its Lewis Acid Rearrangement to 2-Phenylpropanal555
David L. Garin, Melissa Gamber, and Bradley J. Rowe
A Simple Method for Isolation of Caffeine from Black Tea Leaves: Use of a Dichloromethane-Alkaline Water Mixture as an Extractant556
Tetsuo Onami and Hitoshi Kanazawa
Determination of Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) in River and Bay Sediments: An Undergraduate Laboratory Experiment in Environmental Chemistry Using Capillary Gas Chromatography with Electron Capture Detection558
Susan E. Kegley, Kristen J. Hansen, and Kevin L. Cunningham
The Analysis of Riboflavin in Urine Using Fluorescence563
Julie A. Henderleiter and Richard M. Hyslop
Use of Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry (GC-MS) in Nonscience Major Course Laboratory Experiments565
Keith S. Kostecka, Zafra M. Lerman, and Sanford A. Angelos
Examination of a Reaction Mechanism by Polarimetry: An Experiment for the Undergraduate Organic Chemistry Laboratory567
Michael D. Mosher, Chad O. Kelly, and Melvyn W. Mosher
1H NMR Analysis of R/S Ibuprofen by the Formation of Diasteriomeric Pairs: Microscale Stereochemistry Experiment for the Undergraduate Organic Laboratory569
Stephanie E. Sen and Keith S. Anliker
GC-MS and GC-FTIR Characterization of Products: From Classical Freshman and Sophomore Syntheses572
D. S. Amenta, T. C. Devore, T. N. Gallaher, C. M. Zook, and J. A. Mosbo
The Helium-Neon Laser-Induced Fluorescence Spectrum of Molecular Iodine: An Undergraduate Laboratory Experiment576
John S. Muenter
The Nitrogen-Laser Excited Luminescence of Pyrene: A Student Laboratory Study of Excimer Dynamics580
John S. Muenter and John L. Deutsch
An Easily Demonstrated Zero-Order Reaction in Solution585
Kathryn Hindmarsh and Donald A. House
A Computer Experiment in Physical Chemistry: Linear Dichroism in Nematic Liquid Crystals586
Erhan Demirbas and Robin Devonshire
Thermal Analysis of Carbon Allotropes: An Experiment for Advanced Undergraduates590
D. M. Crumpton, R. A. Laitinen, J. Smieja, and D. A. Cleary
Determination of Free-Energy Relationships Using Gas Chromatography592
Nicholas H. Snow

 Notes
CMA Announces the 1996 Responsible Care Catalyst Awards Winners517
Improved End Point Detection in the Redox Titration of Vitamin C in Green Peppers547
S. Todd Deal and Sandi R. Pope
Economical Mixed Solvents for NMR Studies550
Jeffrey T. Burke
Separatory Flask and Beaker557
Albert W. M. Lee
A Modified Splash Guard568
Ranjit Desai and Phillip Eskola
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