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The Chemical Educator

ISSN: 1430-4171 (electronic version)

Table of Contents Vol. 24 Pages 1-all

 

A Colorimetric Approach to Hypochlorite Bleach Analysis
John C. O’C. Young—1
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Getting Off to a Good Start in Organic Chemistry: First-Exam Scores Predict Final Grades
Nicole Hollabaugh*, Paula Nolibos, and Andrew Thomas —6
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Green Biosynthesis of Nanoparticles and Modification of Carbon Electrodes Using Curcuma Longa Tuber Powder versus Punica Granatum L., Pomegranate to Detect Heavy Metals (Pb and Cd)
Matthew J. Kanthak, Tyler R. Mangold, Kai Muran, Suzanne Lunsford* and Tom Ryan —11
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Motivating and Enhancing the Chemical Instrumental Analysis Curriculum Through Chemical Entrepreneurship
Philip J. Carlson —16
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The Construction and Characterization of a Conductivity Meter for Use in High School and Undergraduate Science Labs
Aigerim Galyamova, Matthew M. Johnson, Balwant S. Chohan, and Dan G. Sykes* —22
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Synthesis of Solvatochromic Copper(II) Complex and Determination of the Donor Numbers of Polar Solvents
Ryo Horikoshi —27
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Polydispersity Analysis of Polyethylene Glycol by Gas and Liquid Chromatography
Jessica Zagari and Markus M. Hoffmann* —30
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Mendeleev, The Beethoven of Chemistry
Erwin Boschmann —35
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Experiential Learning through Guided-Inquiry: The Analysis of Herbicides in an Undergraduate Instrumental Analysis Laboratory Experiment at The University of Arkansas-Fort Smith
Sayo O. Fakayode* and Brian D. Abbott —38
Article in PDF format (1260 KB)

Aaron Klug (1926–2018), Whose 3-D Images of Biological Molecules Won Him the 1982 Nobel Chemistry Prize, Dies at 92, An Obituary-Tribute
George B. Kauffman —48
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Colorimetric Analysis of Household Products
John C. O’C. Young —52
Article in PDF format (266 KB) HTML format

What Can Black Panther Teach Us About Transition Metal Chemistry?
Sibrina N. Collins,* Jeffrey Ohmen, LaVetta Appleby, Meng Zhou, Jeffrey Morrissette, and Julie Zwiesler-Vollick —56
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An Inquiry-Based Molecular Modeling Laboratory for Students to Discover VSEPR Theory and Resonance Structures
Anna Le, Gregory James Marquino, and Yingbin Ge* —59
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Construction of an Arduino and Raspberry Pi-based Thermal Controller and Desorber as an Accessory for GC-MS
Dylan T. Holden, Leobardo Rodriguez-Segura, Michael A. Guckavan, and Garth E. Patterson* —62
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Palladium Catalyzed Ligand-free Suzuki-Miyaura Coupling Reaction in Aqueous Media: A Simple and Efficient Undergraduate Laboratory Experiment
Jayaraman Dineshkumar, Mishel Joy and Moumita Koley* —66
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Roses are Red, Violets are Blue, Unless Exposed to SO2: Using Natural Flowers as Colorful Sulfur Dioxide Detectors
Jeffrey J. Rosentreter* and Preston Hymas —71
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A Note on Detailed Balance and Absolute Concentration Robustness in the Teaching of Chemical Kinetics
Paul G. Jasien —75
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A Simple, Rapid Microwave-Based Procedure for the Synthesis of O-Methylated and N,O-Dimethylated Derivatives of Hydroxamic Acids Suitable for the Undergraduate Laboratory
Carolina Durand, Tiauna Griffin-Blake, Haylie Shinsato and Robert Aslanian* —80
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Alfred Bader (1924–2018), Chemist, Philanthropist, and Art Collector, An Obituary-Tribute
George B. Kauffman* —84
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Learning Organic Chemistry from Bark Beetle Pheromone Biosynthesis
Thomas E. Goodwin*, Linda P. Desrochers, Danny A. Fuller, C. Joi Chen, Stephen R. Jackson, L. Kenyon Plummer, Margaret E. Weddell, and Christopher C. Marvin —87
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Sydney Brenner (1927–2019), Decipherer of the Genetic Code, An Obituary-Tribute
George B. Kauffman* —91
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Paul Greengard (1925–2019), An Obituary-Tribute
George B. Kauffman* —93
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A Kinetic Experiment for Measuring the Concentration of Hypochlorite Used to Treat Water for Humanitarian Relief
Jessica Bloustine, Steven Gordon, Joseph Dennison, Ben Mullins, Clayton True, Hugh D. Slaton III, and Michael K. Bellamy* —96
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Utilizing HIV-1 Protease Inhibitor Drugs to Teach Drug Discovery and Molecular Modelling in the Organic Chemistry Lab
Monica. B. Pan, Macy L. Osborne, Autumn L. Maczko, Leslie A. Hiatt, Anuradha Liyana Pathiranage* —102
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Manfred Eigen (1927–2019), An Obituary-Tribute
George B. Kauffman* —107
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Synthesis and Analysis of Polymers: An Experiment Designed for Non-science Majors
Brian E. Love —109
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Thomas A. Steitz (1940–2018), An Obituary-Tribute
George B. Kauffman* —111
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An Adsorption Experiment Utilizing Bentonite, a Green and Inexpensive Clay
Madelyn E. Dulin and James E. House* —114
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Determining the Atomic Term Symbols of the d2 and f2 Electron Configurations in Minutes or Seconds with Scientific Rigor
Yingbin Ge —118
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Murray Gell-Mann (1929–2019), An Obituary-Tribute
George B. Kauffman* —120
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Less Is More: Samuel Hahnemann, Physician, Chemist, Translator, and the Founder of Homeopathy
George B. Kauffman* —123
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Primary Kinetic Salt Effect on Fading of Phenolphthalein in Strong Alkaline Media: Experimental Design for a Single Lab Session
Domingo González-Arjona*, Manuel M. Dominguez, Germán López-Pérez and Willem H. Mulder —126
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Products of Chemistry: The Other Wyeth: Nathaniel Convers Wyeth (1912–1990) and the Poly(ethylene terephthalate) Bottle
George B. Kauffman* —133
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Marcel Delépine, A Long-lived French Chemist
George B. Kauffman* —135
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Dr. Boom: Hubert Newcombe Alyea (1903–1996), America’s Master Lecture Demonstrator
George B. Kauffman* —136
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Leo A. Paquette, Master of Total Synthesis (1934–2019), An Obituary-Tribute
George B. Kauffman* —138
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Kary B. Mullis (1944–2019), An Obituary-Tribute
George B. Kauffman* —140
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John Robert Schrieffer (1931–2019), An Obituary-Tribute
George B. Kauffman* —142
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Understanding the Upper-Level Chemistry Students’ Perspective on Science Communication through Wikipedia Project-Based Learning: A Case-Study and Intervention
Lisa M. Eytel* and Eleanor V. H. Vandegrift —144
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Copper Complexes of Salicylaldehyde-Amine Adducts: A Simple and Reliable Colorimetric Alternative to the Classic Hinsberg Test for the Qualitative Analysis of Primary, Secondary, and Tertiary Amines
Timothy L. Friebe* and Donald M. Snyder —148
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Using Hund’s Rule and Spin Multiplicity to Assess Competing Versions of Group 3 and f-Block Constituency
Valery Tsimmerman and Conal Boyce * —152
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Frankenstein 200 Years Later: Chemistry, Literature and Pop Culture
Lorri L. Lewis, Paul Jaussen, Michael Scrivener, Daniel Shargel, Eric G. Meyer, Franco Delogu, Lior Shamir, and Sibrina N. Collins * —162
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Monitoring Basic Acetal Reactions by GC-MS
Houston Byrd*, Carolina Karanja, and Daniel LaSusa —166
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Multi-step Synthesis of Hexaarylbenzene for Organic Chemistry Lab
Ashley N. Lamm,* Dillon Puhl, Abbigail Cox, and Joshua J. Pak —170
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Simulation of pH-dependent Cyclic Voltammograms in Excel
Terje Hõim and Eugene T. Smith* —174
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Cyclic Voltammetry Using an Open Platform Microcontroller-based Potentiostat
Kenzie D. Waldkoetter, Marc Hill and Eugene T. Smith* —179
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A Personalized Automated Email Tool to Connect Faculty with Students in Large STEM Courses
Tara S. Carpenter*, Sarah M. Bass, and Linda C. Hodges —183
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Internal Standard Analysis of Marshmallow Peeps
Willis B. Jones, Clifton P. Calloway, Jr., and Bradley T. Jones* —188
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Online publication: 2019

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