JCE Online Journal of Chemical EducationDivision of Chemical Education, American Chemical SocietyAmerican Chemical Society
 | Subscriptions  | Software Orders  | Support  | Contributors  | Advertisers  | 

JCE Print
   Current Issue
 Previous Issues
 Supplements
 Search JCE Index

JCE Digital Library
   JCE DLib Catalog
   ChemInfo
 Data-Driven Exercises
 DigiDemos
 Featured Molecules
 LivTexts
 LrnCom
 QBank
 SymMath
 WebWare

JCE Software
   Latest Releases
 Software & Video
 Downloads
 Support

Only@JCE Online
   JCE Online Store
 JCE HS CLIC
 JCE Discussion Forums
   Biographical Snapshots
 ChemEd Resource Shelf
 Hal's Picks
 Project Chemlab
 Reviewed WWW Sites
 "Web-Ed" Articles

About JCE
   Features
 Publications
 Operations
 Outreach
 Contact Us


  Home > JCE Print > Journal of Chemical Education > Issues > 2008  > November  >
Table of Contents
 
Cover
 November 2008
Vol. 85 No. 11

 Chemical Education Today
Editorial
Does Information Want To Be Free?1467
John W. Moore
Especially for High School Teachers
National Chemistry Week: What Works?1469
Erica K. Jacobsen
Reports from Other Journals: Research Advances
Research Advances. Toward an Urgently Needed Antidote for Cyanide Poisoning Disasters; Synthetic Rose "Petal Effect"; Cell Phone Diagnosis1470
Angela G. King
Association Report: CUR
Broadening Participation in Undergraduate Research1474
Kerry K. Karukstis
Classroom Activity Connections
"Having a Ball with Chemistry": More Things to Try1478
Thomas S. Kuntzleman, David Sellers, and Rachel Hoffmeyer
Ask the Historian
The Origin of the Rotavap1481
William B. Jensen
Commentary
Lanthanum (La) and Actinium (Ac) Should Remain in the d-block1482
Laurence Lavelle
CLIP, Chemical Laboratory Information Profile
Hydroquinone1485
Jay A. Young
CLIP, Chemical Laboratory Information Profile
Biphenyl1486
Jay A. Young
News & Announcements1487
Letters
Artistic Periodic Table in Honor of Mendeleev1489
Antonio Marchal Ingrain
Letters
French Mnemonics for the Periodic Table1489
Gilles Olive and David Riffont
Letters
The Flyleaf Table: An Alternative1490
Philip J. Stewart
Letters
Response to "The Flyleaf Periodic Table"1491
Laurence Lavelle
Letters
The Periodic Table: Facts or Committees?1491
William B. Jensen
Letters
Author of "The Flyleaf Periodic Table" Responds1493
Roy W. Clark
The Information Page1494
Book & Media Reviews
Molecules and Medicine (E. J. Corey, Barbara Czakó, and László Kürti)1495
Robert E. Buntrock
Advertising in This Issue1496
Out of the Editor's Basket1497

 Chemistry for Everyone
Communicating about Matter with Symbols: Evolving from Alchemy to Chemistry1501
Luigi Fabbrizzi

 In the Classroom
Separation Anxiety: An In-Class Game Designed To Help Students Discover Chromatography1512
Michael J. Samide
Saying What You Mean: Teaching Mechanisms in Organic Chemistry1515
J. Brent Friesen
Teaching Organic Synthesis: A Comparative Case Study Approach1519
David A. Vosburg
JCE Concept Connections
Novel Organic Courses1523
Arietta W. Clauss
Percy Julian, Robert Robinson, and the Identity of Eserethole1524
Addison Ault

 In the Laboratory
A One-Pot, Asymmetric Robinson Annulation in the Organic Chemistry Majors Laboratory1531
Kiel E. Lazarski, Alan A. Rich, and Cheryl M. Mascarenhas
Borohydride Reduction of Estrone. Demonstration of Diastereoselectivity in the Undergraduate Organic Chemistry Laboratory1535
Animesh Aditya, David E. Nichols, and G. Marc Loudon
Green Chemistry
The Synthesis of N-Benzyl-2-azanorbornene via Aqueous Hetero Diels–Alder Reaction1538
Xavier Sauvage and Lionel Delaude
A More Challenging Interpretative Nitration Experiment Employing Substituted Benzoic Acids and Acetanilides1541
Edward M. Treadwell and Tung-Yin Lin
Experimental Design and Optimization: Application to a Grignard Reaction1544
Naoual Bouzidi and Christel Gozzi
The Synthesis of a Cockroach Pheromone. An Experiment for the Second-Year Organic Chemistry Laboratory1548
Patty L. Feist
NMR and IR Spectroscopy for the Structural Characterization of Edible Fats and Oils. An Instrumental Analysis Laboratory1550
Molly W. Crowther
Identification of Secondary Metabolites in Citrus Fruit Using Gas Chromatography and Mass Spectroscopy1555
Jean-Michel Lavoie, Esteban Chornet, and André Pelletier
Study of Molecular-Shape Selectivity of Zeolites by Gas Chromatography1558
Pei-Yu Chao, Yao-Yuan Chuang, Grace Hsiuying Ho, Shiow-Huey Chuang, Tseng-Chang Tsai, Chi-Young Lee, Shang-Tien Tsai, and Jun-Fu Huang
Synthesis and Base Hydrolysis of a Cobalt(III) Complex Coordinated by a Thioether Ligand1562
Lee Roecker
Laser Measurement of the Speed of Sound in Gases: A Novel Approach to Determining Heat Capacity Ratios and Gas Composition1565
J. Clayton Baum, R. N. Compton, and Charles S. Feigerle

 Research: Science and Education
Gas Nonideality at One Atmosphere Revealed Through Speed of Sound Measurements and Heat Capacity Determinations1568
Arthur M. Halpern and Allen Liu
Chemical Education Research
Effectiveness of Facilitating Small-Group Learning in Large Lecture Classes. A General Chemistry Case Study1571
D. C. Lyon and J. J. Lagowski
Promoting Student Learning through Group Problem Solving in General Chemistry Recitations1577
Madhu Mahalingam, Fred Schaefer, and Elisabeth Morlino

 On the Web
Computer Bulletin Board
Mass Spectrometry Theatre: A Model for Big-Screen Instrumental Analysis1582
John Allison
JCE Featured Molecules
Molecular Models of Natural Products1584
William F. Coleman
Created:
Last Updated:
 9/11/2008
9/25/2008
  Home > JCE Print > Journal of Chemical Education > Issues > 2008 > November > Table of Contents


Subscriptions
 Subscription Info
 Order Forms

JCE HS CLIC

Our Secondary School editors work hard to distill all the JCE materials to produce a fraction of particular interest to high school teachers. We call it CLIC.
 JCE HS CLIC

Contributions Welcome
JCE welcomes your submission
 Contributors' Corner

Advertisers
In recent years we have worked hard to better match our advertisers with our readers. When shopping for chemistry education materials, visit our advertisers' WWW sites first.
 Recent Advertisers

Be An Ambassador
Take JCE along on your outreach missions. Copies of the Journal, guest access to JCE Online, our publications catalog, and more are available for your participants.
 Outreach with JCE

Comments to
jceonline@chem.wisc.edu		 Copyright © Division of Chemical Education, Inc., American Chemical Society.
All rights reserved.