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JCE Featured Molecules
William F. Coleman Wellesley College Wellesley, MA 02481
Organic Xenobiotics February Featured Molecules The molecules for this month come from the article “Intermolecular Forces as a Key to Understanding the Environmental Fate of Organic Xenobiotics” by Ryan E. Casey and Faith A. Pittman (pages 260–264). The paper describes an interesting approach to introducing students in an environmental science course, with no required chemistry background, to important questions of the ways
in which molecular geometry and polarity affect the behavior of organic molecules in the environment. Fully manipulable (Chime) versions of these and other molecules are available at the Only@JCE Online Web site: http://www.JCE.DivCHED.org/JCEWWW/Features/ MonthlyMolecules/2005/Feb
DDT
atrazine
DDE
hydroxyatrazine
benzene
264
o-dichlorobenzene
Journal of Chemical Education
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hexachlorobenzene
Vol. 82 No. 2 February 2005
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pentachlorophenol
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