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December 2008
Vol. 85 No. 12


 Chemical Education Today
Editorial
Sustainability1595
John W. Moore
Especially for High School Teachers
Sharing and Its Rewards1597
Laura E. Slocum
Reports from Other Journals: Research Advances
Research Advances: New Molecule Key to Anti-Heart Attack Drug?; 12 Million Molecules, 143 Basic Shapes; Improving Non-Stick Surfaces at the Flip of a Switch1598
Angela G. King
Association Report: SOCED
Revising the ACS Guidelines for Chemistry Programs in Two-Year Colleges: Exploring Changes and Opportunities1602
John V. Clevenger, Margaret S. Richards, and Jodi L. Wesemann
Commentary
Chemistry in Sustainable Development and Global Environment1604
Peter Abeta Iyere
Association Report: ACS
Sustainability Education and the ACS Committee on Environmental Improvement1608
Laura E. Pence
Association Report: ACS Division of Chemical Education
Graduate Student Symposium Planning Committee Experiences1609
Justin D. Fair, Ashley L. Bartelson, Besnik Bajrami, Christine M. Cardillo, Michelle L. Dean, Sadagopan Krishnan, Naimish Sardesai, and Tyson A. Miller
Association Report: ACS Division of Chemical Education
Committee Reports, August 20081610
Committee Members
Association Report: ACS Division of Chemical Education
From Our Roving Reporter1614
Morton Z. Hoffman
Association Report: ACS Division of Chemical Education
CHED Salutes Outreach Volunteers1615
Betty Moore and Linda Fanis
The Information Page1616
CLIP, Chemical Laboratory Information Profile
Salicylic Acid1617
Jay A. Young
CLIP, Chemical Laboratory Information Profile
Resorcinol1618
Jay A. Young
News & Announcements1619
Letters
Assessing Nitration Products of Benzene Derivatives Using TLC Analysis1623
Rita K. Hessley
Corrections
J. Chem. Educ. 1999, 76, 1578–15831624
John Andraos
Book & Media Reviews
The Way of Synthesis. Evolution of Design and Methods for Natural Products (Tomáลก Hudlicky and Josephine W. Reed)1626
David G. J. Young
Advertising in This Issue1626
Out of the Editor's Basket1627

 Chemistry for Everyone
Secondary School Chemistry
Ionic Blocks1631
Richard S. Sevcik, Rex Gamble, Elizabet Martinez, Linda D. Schultz, and Susan V. Alexander

 In the Classroom
Student Learning and Evaluation in Analytical Chemistry Using a Problem-Oriented Approach and Portfolio Assessment 1633
Mary C. Boyce and Kuki Singh
Teaching with Technology
Using a Tablet PC To Enhance Student Engagement and Learning in an Introductory Organic Chemistry Course1638
Terry L. Derting and James R. Cox

 In the Laboratory
Designing and Conducting a Purification Scheme as an Organic Chemistry Laboratory Practical1644
Kate J. Graham, Brian J. Johnson, T. Nicholas Jones, Edward J. McIntee, and Chris P. Schaller
Preparation of a N-Heterocyclic Carbene Nickel(II) Complex. Synthetic Experiments in Current Organic and Organometallic Chemistry.1646
Vincent Ritleng, Eric Brenner, and Michael J. Chetcuti
JCE Classroom Activity
[#99] Clip Clues: Discovering Chemical Formulas1648A
Carmen Fies and Diana Mason
Green Chemistry
Cocrystal Controlled Solid-State Synthesis. A Green Chemistry Experiment for Undergraduate Organic Chemistry1649
Miranda L. Cheney, Michael J. Zaworotko, Steve Beaton, and Robert D. Singer
Synthesis of Albendazole Metabolite: Characterization and HPLC Determination1652
Graciela Mahler, Danilo Davyt, Sandra Gordon, Marcelo Incerti, Ivana Núñez, Horacio Pezaroglo, Laura Scarone, Gloria Serra, Mauricio Silvera, and Eduardo Manta
Investigating the Stability of Benzoyl Peroxide in Over-the-Counter Acne Medications1655
Marina Canepa Kittredge, Kevin W. Kittredge, Melissa S. Sokol, Arlyne M. Sarquis, and Laura M. Sennet
JCE Concept Connections
Real-World Topics: Medicinal Chemistry1657
Arrietta Clauss
Salicylate Detection by Complexation with Iron(III) and Optical Absorbance Spectroscopy. An Undergraduate Quantitative Analysis Experiment1658
Jeremy T. Mitchell-Koch, Kendra R. Reid, and Mark E. Meyerhoff
Troubleshooting 101: An Instrumental Analysis Experiment1660
Joseph E. Vitt
Cost-Effective Teacher
The Fuge Tube Diode Array Spectrophotometer1663
B. T. Arneson, S. R. Long, K. K. Stewart, and J. J. Lagowski
Playing with Liquid Foams: Learning Physical Chemistry1667
Hernán Ritacco
Integrating Statistical Mechanics with Experimental Data from the Rotational–Vibrational Spectrum of HCl into the Physical Chemistry Laboratory1670
Bret R. Findley and Steven E. Mylon
Ab Initio Determinations of Photoelectron Spectra Including Vibronic Features. An Upper-Level Undergraduate Physical Chemistry Laboratory1672
Richard L. Lord, Lisa Davis, Evan L. Millam, Eric Brown, Chad Offerman, Paul Wray, and Susan M. E. Green

 Research: Science and Education
Advanced Chemistry Classroom and Laboratory
The Rotating Morse–Pekeris Oscillator Revisited1675
José Zúñiga, Adolfo Bastida, and Alberto Requena
A New "Bottom-Up" Framework for Teaching Chemical Bonding1680
Tami Levy Nahum, Rachel Mamlok-Naaman, Avi Hofstein, and Leeor Kronik
Orbital Exponent Optimization in Elementary VB Calculations of the Chemical Bond in the Ground State of Simple Molecular Systems1686
Valerio Magnasco
Two Equivalent eg Orbitals for the Discussion of Bonding in Octahedral Complexes1692
Kai Brandhorst, Jörg Grunenberg, and Matthias Tamm
Forging Faculty–Student Relationships at the College Level Using a First-Year Research Experience1696
David C. Forbes and Patricia M. Davis

 On the Web
Synthesis Explorer: A Chemical Reaction Tutorial System for Organic Synthesis Design and Mechanism Prediction1699
Jonathan H. Chen and Pierre Baldi
JCE WebWare: Web-Based Learning Aids
A Web-Based Interactive Module to Teach Acid–Base Principles of Drug Action1704
Maria A. Hernandez and Jolanta Czerwinska
JCE SymMath: Symbolic Mathematics in Chemistry
Intellectual Property Rights and the Symbolic Mathematics Chemistry Community1705
Theresa Julia Zielinski
JCE SymMath: Symbolic Mathematics in Chemistry
Evaluating Volumetric and Other Thermodynamic Properties by Means of Cubic Equations of State1707
Immaculada Suárez and Baudilio Coto
JCE SymMath: Symbolic Mathematics in Chemistry
Maple-Assisted Template for Automatic Calculation of Second Order AA′XX′ NMR Spectra1707
Gavin Heverly-Coulson, Benjamin Vail, Starr Dostie, Amber Findleton, and Mihai Scarlete
JCE SymMath: Symbolic Mathematics in Chemistry
Introductory Explorations of the Fourier Series1708
Theresa Julia Zielinski
JCE Concept Connections
Fourier Transforms1708
JCE Featured Molecules
Molecular Models of Peroxides and Albendazoles1710
William F. Coleman
JCE Online: Index
Information for Volume 85, 2008 of the Journal of Chemical Education1711
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