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The Chemical Educator
ISSN: 1430-4171 (electronic version)
Table of Contents Vol. 18 Pages 1-337
The Competitive Reaction of Nucleophiles in the Butanol
Series Revisited
Nabyl Merbouh*, Paul R. C. Saunders, Greg Gaube, Colin
Zhang, and Andrew R. Lewis*—1
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Carl Runge and the Periodic Table
Fathi Habashi*and Valery Tsimmerman—6
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The
Centenary of the Maillard Reaction
George B. Kauffman*and Jean-Pierre Adloff—9
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The Solubility of Ferrocene: An Experiment involving
Synthesis, Instrumental Analysis, and Physical Properties
Kristen M. Roberts, Sarah E. Cotner, Thomas C. Schultz,
Rebecca A. Roesner, and James E. House*—18
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Fluorescence Quenching by Resonant Energy Transfer
Bradly B. Baer, Kenneth A. Martin,
and Allan M. Nishimura*—21
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Determining the Solubility
Product of Silver Acetate and Verifying the Common-Ion Effect – A General
Chemistry Experiment
Marina Teixeira Laranjo and Suzana Trindade Amaral*—24
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A Visual Model for Simplifying
and Understanding Molar Solubility and Ksp Calculations for Sparingly Soluble
Salts in a General Chemistry Setting
Sarah Hopkins, Elizabeth Palmieri, and Charles D. Norris*—28
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A Simple Reflux Assembly Modification For Use In Vapor-Liquid Phase Equilibrium Experiments
Guangnan Ou* and
Biyan He—31
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Interrelating Conjugation, Aromaticity, and the Acid-Base Chemistry of Aromatics via a Computational Question-Driven Exercise
Priscilla Bryant, Todd Davis*, and Robert W. Holman*—33
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An Educational Model for Introducing Acid-Base Chemistry and Calculations in a Visually Affirmative Fashion in a General Chemistry Setting
Sarah Hopkins, Elizabeth
Palmieri, Kyle Williams, and Charles D. Norris*—35
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A Single General Formula for Pure Hydrocarbons
Edward W. Pitzer —38
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US-Africa Collaboration in Guided Inquiry Synthesis and Characterization of the “Frustrated” Amino Acid-Based Calixarene Molecules
Joseph K. Rugutt*, Kipgeno J. Rugutt, Michelle K. Johnson, Julius Koske, Denis Chirchir, Gilbert Cheruiyot, Joel Koech, Erick Mibei, Millie Chepkemoi Obel, Joseph Choge, Christine Chemutai Bii, and Ronald Rop—42
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Historic Development
of Green Chemistry
Ajay Kumar—50
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Iodine as a Probe for Demonstrating Solvatochromism
Sara M. Costello, Thomas B. Sobyra, and James E. House*—54
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Determination of Copper in Vitamin Tablets with Flame Atomic
Absorption Spectroscopy
Ali Bazzi*, Yiwei Deng, and Judith Bazzi—57
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Liquid-Vapor Equilibrium of a Binary Solution and Gas Chromatography:
An Experiment for General Chemistry Laboratory
Bidhya Kunwar, Deb Mlsna, Shawna Tazik and Todd Mlsna*—61
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Physical Chemistry Laboratory
Experiment: The Study of Silver Nanoparticles Influence on the Fluorescent
Properties of Ruthenium(II) Tris(bipyridine) Chloride
Timothy R. Brewer* and Michael Zielinski—66
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A Guided Inquiry Determination of Acetic Acid in White
Distilled Commercial Vinegar(Currently unavailable)
Joseph K. Rugutt*, Jennifer L. Langston, Michelle K. Johnson, Coy R. Guffey,Alexandria L. Cook, and Lindsey R. Ewen—71
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Online Homework and Student Success in Preparatory Chemistry
David Saiki* and Andreas Gebauer—74
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Determination
of Dissociation Constants of Weak Acids and Bases Using Indicators
Saptarshi Ghosh and Nitin Chattopadhyay*—80
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Decompostion of Hydrogen Peroxide
Fulgentius N. Lugemwa—85
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Optical Rotation
Measurement with a Novel Polarimeter
John C. O’C. Young—88
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Solvent-Free Pyridine-Free Peracetylation of Glucose: An Organic Chemistry Experiment
Li Cai*, Christopher
Rufty—96
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Solvent Effects on Electronic Absorption: Positive and
Negative Solvatochromism
Sarah J. Schmidtke Sobeck—99
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Anion-Exchange Separation and Complexometric Titrations: An
Analytical Chemistry Experiment
William R. Furlong and Ramee Indralingam*—104
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Identification of Unknown Proteins Using Three Forms of Polyacrylamide Gel
Electrophoresis: A Laboratory Experiment
Rosa V. Flores* and Sherla Centeno—107
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Tamiflu: An Advanced Organic Chemistry Laboratory in
Multi-Step Synthesis
Stephen R Sieck—110
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Adding Value to Organic Chemistry Curriculum by Infusing
Guided Inquiry Nanoscience
Experiments
Joseph K. Rugutt*, Alexandra E. Graham,
and Chulapol Thanomsing, Katie R. Wilson, Keil B.
Harris, Kristina Y. Rykhlya, Tae-Wan Park, and
Kipgeno J. Rugutt—116
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Using Probability to Teach Chemical Equilibrium
Igor Novak—121
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Electrodeposition of Poly-P-Phenylene Conducting Polymer onto Different Electrodes (Platinum, Carbon and Gold) and Longevity Studies
Miyong Hughes, Beth Muir and Suzanne K. Lunsford*—123
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Guided Inquiry: The Determination of the Reaction Rates of
Potassium Iodate and Sodium Sulfite
Joseph K. Rugutt*, Michelle K. Johnson, Jennifer L.
Langston, Coy R. Guffey, Alexandria L. Cook, and Lindsey R. Ewen—126
Article in PDF format (470 KB) HTML
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Forensic Ink Analysis Using Thin-layer Chromatography Coupled
With Colorimetry and Surface-enhanced Raman Spectroscopy - An Undergraduate
Instrumental Analysis Experiment
Jennifer L. Beard, and Fei
Yan*—131
Article in PDF format (322 KB) HTML
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Implementation of a Computer-Aided Learning Toolbox for
Establishing an Instrumental Analysis Calibration and the Quality Parameters of
an Analytical Chemistry Method
D. González-Gómez*, A. Gallego Picó, A. Muñoz de la Peña, J. S. Jeong—136
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The Solvent-less Hydrogenation of Unsaturated Esters using 0.5%Pd/Al(O)OH as a Catalyst
Derek Fry and Kenneth O’Connor*—144
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A Kinetic Study of the Dehydration of Copper Sulfate
Pentahydrate
Andrew L. Sonnenberger and James E. House*—147
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Study of the Poly-(P-Phenylene)
Films Grown Electrochemically and Analyzed by FT-IR, Raman Spectroscopy and
Scanning Electron Microscopy; An Undergraduate Laboratory Experience
Miyong Hughes, Beth Muir, Alfons
Schulte, and Suzanne K. Lunsford*—152
Article in PDF format (75 KB) HTML
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Synthesis of Celecoxib in the Undergraduate Organic Chemistry
or Medicinal Chemistry Laboratories; Conventional vs. Microwave Heating
Marko Anderluh—155
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A Novel Lab Experiment for Introductory Thermodynamics –
“Water Heater Challenge”
Kevin A. Pyatt—159
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Excitation-Emission Fluorescence Spectroscopic Analysis in the Presence of Interferents: A Laboratory Experiment Integrating Analytical Chemistry and Advanced Data Processing
Valeria Boeris, Miguel A. Cabezón and Alejandro C. Olivieri*—165
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A Case Study Exploring How Graduate Students Instruct
Inquiry-Based Labs
Kimberly J. Smith* and Patricia A.
Metz—173
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Louis C. W. Baker (1921–2003), A Personal Tribute from His Wife,
Grateful Students, and Colleagues on the 10th Anniversary of His
Death
George B. Kauffman* and Violet E. S. Baker—179
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Construction and Demonstration of a Low-Cost Educational Transient Absorption Spectrometer
Felix Vietmeyer*and Masaru Kuno—196
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True Melting Point Determination
John C. O’C. Young—203
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Ivano
Bertini (1940–2012), Biological Inorganic Chemistry Pioneer, An
Obituary-Tribute
Harry B. Gray, Lucia Banci, Claudio Luchinat, Paola Turano, and George B.
Kauffman*—209
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Using
Astronomy to Teach Chemistry
Dominic
L. Ventura* and Rachel
S. Ventura—224
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François
Jacob (1920–2013), the Last Survivor of the 1965 Nobel Prize in Physiology or
Medicine Laureates, Dies at Age 92
George B. Kauffman* and Jean-Pierre Adloff—227
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Metal Ion Identification and Estimation using the Water Absorbent Polymer Polyacrylate
Ling Zhou and Neil D. Danielson*—233
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Reduction of Greenhouse Effect of Industrial Gas Emissions: a
Simple Demonstration of Post-Combustion CO2 Capture and Storage
Odette Esam, and Aleksey Vasiliev*—238
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Jerome Karle
(1918–2013), Pioneer Crystallographer and 1985 Nobel Chemistry Laureate, Dies
at Age 94
George B. Kauffman* and Jean-Pierre Adloff—242
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Using iPads in the Chemistry Classroom: Focusing on Paperless
Education and Identification and Directed use of Pedagogically DirectedApplications
Jason D. Hofstein*,
Lucas Tucker, Kenneth Swarner, Daniel Moriarty,
LinsayTegas, Nick
DeMarte, and Nicole Adiletta—248
Article in PDF format (392 KB) HTML
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An Undergraduate Organic Chemistry Laboratory Experiment: The
Use of Thin Layer Chromatography to Monitor the Hydrogenation of Unsaturated
Esters
Kenneth O’Connor—255
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Demonstrating Rational Drug Design using Free Docking
Software
Elizabeth A. Bartholomew, Stephen J. Savioli, Maya M. West,
Brent D. Feske, Mitch H. Weiland and Clifford W. Padgett*—259
Article in PDF format (257 KB) HTML
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Cyclic Voltammetry of Cytochrome c as an Undergraduate Laboratory Exercise
Kevin R. Hoke* and Madison R. Chandler —262
Article in PDF format (186 KB) HTML
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Determination of Artificial
Dyes in Mountain Dew Products
Jason Hofstein*, Michael Murphy,
Nikolas Zagarella, Kevin Rhoads, Cynthia Woodbridge,
and Robert Williams—269
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Continued Linear Growth of Organic Chemistry Textbooks
Steven C.
Farmer—273
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A Chemically Intuitive Procedure for Drawing Lewis Structures
Yimin Zhu—275
Article in PDF format (146 KB) HTML
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An Understandable Explanation of the Ground State Electron
Configurations of the First-row Transition Metals for Undergraduate Students:
An Exercise in Critical Thinking and Analysis
J. Dominic Smith—279
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Helping Students Visualize the Electrolysis of Water by Using
Acid-Base Indicators to Create Colorful Designs
Rajeev B. Dabke*, James
O. Schreck, Jacqueline McGuire, Eunhye Claire Cho—287
Article in PDF format (61 KB) HTML
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An Undergraduate Research-based Organic Chemistry Lab Project on Guided
Inquiry Green Synthesis of Novel Crystalline Diels-Alder Monomers for Ring
Opening Metathesis Polymerization (ROMP)
Joseph K. Rugutt*,
Travis L. Pohl, Benton G. Grills, Taewan Park,
Chulapol Thanomsing,
Nicole Christian, Kipngeno J. Rugutt, Joel Koech,
Millie Chepkemoi Obel, Gilbert Cheruiyot, Denis Chirchir, and Ronald Rop—290
Article in PDF format (148 KB) HTML
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Infusing the Undergraduate Curriculum with Medicinal Chemistry Techniques Using Real-World Examples Involving Bioassay-Directed Synthesis of Chalcone-based Citrus Fruit Bioregulators
Joseph K. Rugutt*,
Travis L. Pohl, Benton G. Grills, Taewan Park,
Chulapol Thanomsing, Christine
Chemutai Bii, Kipngeno J. Rugutt, Joel Koech, Britteny Duru, Leyla Gil,
and Grecia Leslie—295
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Determination of the Empirical
Formula of Zinc Bromide Using Microwave Technology: A Simple Experiment for the
Undergraduate General Chemistry Laboratory
David J. Foreman and Javier E. Horta*—302
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Alfred
Werner and Coordination Chemistry: A Century after His Nobel Prize
George B. Kauffman—304
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Teaching Atomic Theory
Using Photoelectron Spectroscopy Data
Joseph M. Bergman,
Sarah B. Boesdorfer,
Jeffrey S. Carver, Frackson Mumba, and William J. F. Hunter*—314
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The Instrumental
Analysis of Benzene, Toluene, Ethylbenzene, and Xylenes (BTEX) in Gasoline by
Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry (GC-MS)
Wes E. Steiner*, Kelsey A. Morrison, and Fredrick L. Joslin—319
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Henry Moseley (1887–1915): A Brilliant Short-Lived
Scientist
George B. Kauffman*and Jean-Pierre Adloff—327
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Paul Walden
(1863–1957): A Retrospective View on the Sesquicentennial of His Birth
George B. Kauffman*and Jean-Pierre Adloff—333
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