January 2009

Table of Contents

Online Supplements

Issue Highlights

Editorial: A Living Textbook of Chemistry—for Everyone

Especially for High School Teachers: A Real Rock Star?

JCE Featured Molecules: Molecular Models of Compounds in Lightsticks

5,12-Bis(phenylethynyl)naphthacene

1,2-dioxetanedione

rubrene, 5,6,11,12-tetra-phenylnaphthacene

Glowmatography

• Glowmatography
• JCE Featured Molecules: Molecular Models of Compounds in Lightsticks

Thermodynamics

• Letters: Equivalent Initial Conditions in the Study of Chemical Equilibrium: The Stoichiometric and Thermodynamic Points of View
• Nanotechnology Provides a New Perspective on Chemical Thermodynamics
• The Correlation of Standard Entropy with Enthalpy Supplied from 0 to 298.15 K
• An Informational–Theoretical Formulation of the Second Law of Thermodynamics
• On the Clausius–Clapeyron Vapor Pressure Equation
• Second- and Higher-Order Virial Coefficients Derived from Equations of State for Real Gases

Synthesis Laboratories

• Microwave Synthesis of a Long-Lasting Phosphor
• The Chemistry of Formazan Dyes. Synthesis and Characterization of a Stable Verdazyl Radical and a Related Boron-Containing Heterocycle
• The Synthesis and Characterization of Rouaite, a Copper Hydroxy Nitrate. An Integrated First-Year Laboratory Project
• An Esterification Kinetics Experiment That Relies on the Sense of Smell
• Green Chemistry: A Facile Solvent-Free Cannizzaro Reaction. An Instructional Model for Introductory Organic Chemistry Laboratory
• Microscale Synthesis of Chiral Alcohols via Asymmetric Catalytic Transfer Hydrogenation
• Use of Chiral Oxazolidinones for a Multi-step Synthetic Laboratory Module

Chemistry at the National Science Digital Library

• Editorial: A Living Textbook of Chemistry—for Everyone
• News & Announcements
• JCE Online: ConfChem: Chemistry at the National Science Digital Library

Glowmatography. The exocharmic glow of chemiluminescent lightsticks captivates students of all ages. In the article by Kuntzleman, Comfort, and Baldwin, the chemistry behind lightsticks is used to teach the theory and practice of chromatography. In addition, dyes collected in the eluate during the chromatographic process are analyzed using absorption and fluorescence spectroscopy. Lightstick chemistry is a useful introduction to topics such as chromatography, intermolecular forces, electronic absorption and emission spectroscopy, and catalysis. This activity can be used as a laboratory or demonstration and can be modified to suit the chemical education level and chemical discipline of the students.