Reform Teaching Strategies Used by Student Teachers

The purposes of this study were to observe the teaching practices occurring in student teachers' science and mathematics K‐12 classrooms, compare the student teachers' perceptions of their teaching with what was actually occurring in their classrooms, and determine which college faculty members and courses these student teachers felt contributed to the teaching methods they used. Data on each student teacher were gathered via field notes of three classes, an observation protocol completed after each lesson, and an interview. Composites were written for each of the students. The total data set of all composites was examined to see if any patterns generalizable to the whole were evident. Differences between and among grade levels and content areas surfaced and are discussed.     

The preparation of 4-oxo-N-aryl-4H-1-benzopyran-2-acetamides by the condensation/cyclization of trilithiated acetoacetanilides with lithiated methyl salicylates

Several acetoacetanilides were trilithiated in excess lithium diisopropylamide, and the resulting polylithiated intermediates were regioselectively condensed with lithiated methyl salicylates followed by acid cyclization to substituted 4-oxo-N-aryl-4H-1-benzopyran-2-acetamides (benzopyranone-2-acetamides).     

The Novel Adamantane Isomer Tricyclo[4.4.0.03,9]decane (2-Homotwistbrendane)

Two synthetic approaches to the novel C₁₀H₁₆ hydrocarbon tricyclo[4.4.0.0^3,9]decane ( 1 ; 2-homotwistbrendane), one of the 19 members of the adamantaneland, and its Lewis-acid-catalyzed rearrangement are described. One route starts from tricyclo[4.3.0.0^3,8]nonan-2-one ( 2 ; 2-twistbrendanone). The missing tenth C-atom is introduced by ring enlargement (Tiffeneau-Demjanov method). Starting from methyl 8,9,10-trinorborn-5-ene-2-endo-carboxylate ( 8 ), ring enlargement by one C-atom, regio- and stereoselective introduction of a C₁ unit to a 2-endo,6-endo-disubstituted bicyclo[3.2.1]octane, and ring closure by acyloin condensation are the key steps in the second approach.     

Enhancement of phosphoprotein analysis using a fluorescent affinity tag and mass spectrometry

A fluorescent affinity tag (FAT) was synthesized and was utilized to selectively modify phosphorylated serine and threonine residues via beta-elimination and Michael addition chemistries in a 'one-step' reaction. This labeling technique was used for covalent modification of both phosphoproteins and phosphopeptides, allowing identification of these molecular species by fluorescence imaging after solution- or gel-based separation methods. In addition to the strong fluorescence of the rhodamine tag, a commercially available antibody can be used to enrich low-abundance post-labeled phosphopeptides present in complex mixtures. Application of this methodology to phosphorylation-site mapping has been evaluated for a phosphoprotein standard, bovine beta-casein. Initial results demonstrated low femtomole detection limits after fluorescence image analysis of FAT-labeled proteins or peptides.     

Heterotricyclodecane IX. 2, 7-Dioxa-isotwistan, 2, 7-Dioxatwistan und 2, 8-Dioxa-homotwistbrendan sowie Derivate

The synthesis of 2, 7-dioxa-isotwistane ( 10 ), 2, 7-dioxa-twistane ( 17 ), and 2, 8-dioxa-homotwistbrendane ( 36 ) and several of their derivatives is described starting from endo-2-hydroxy-9-oxabicyclo[3.3.1]non-6-ene ( 1 ). The 10^O(7)-isotwistane iodide 7 and the corresponding tosylate 15 as well as the 10^O(2)-iodide 9 were treated under reaction conditions suitable for molecular rearrangements involving oxonium ions g and i , respectively, by neighbouring group participation leading to 2, 7-dioxa-twistanes and 2, 8-dioxa-homotwistbrendanes, respectively.     

Conformational changes of cytosolic loops of bovine rhodopsin during the transition to metarhodopsin-II: an investigation by Fourier transform infrared difference spectroscopy.

In order to assign the structural changes of the protein, observed in the Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) difference spectra of the rhodopsin-metarhodopsin-II transition, to specific regions of the protein, rhodopsin was treated by proteases. Nonilluminated and bleached rhodopsin was treated with protease K and papain. Rhodopsin digested in the bleached state was subsequently regenerated with 11-cis-retinal. From these modified samples the rhodopsin-metarhodopsin-II FT-IR difference spectra were measured. Comparing the difference spectra with that of unmodified rhodopsin, clear deviations in the amide-I and amide-II spectral range are observed. This indicates that in the unmodified pigment conformational changes of those parts of the cytosolic surface take place which are susceptible to the proteases. From the larger spectral changes obtained with samples digested in the bleached state it is concluded that the extent of modification is larger. The difference spectra of rhodopsin modified with 10 mM dithiothreitol support the existence of the 4th loop which also undergoes conformational changes. The spectral changes are interpreted in terms of a transition of an ordered structure of the loops in rhodopsin to a more random structure in metarhodopsin-II. The results demonstrate that by combining FT-IR spectroscopy with protein modification by specific proteases, conformational changes of the protein can be localized to specific regions.     

The Adamantane Rearrangement of 1,2endo-Trimethylenenorbornane. Preliminary communication

1,2endo-Trimethylenenorbornane (1) in the presence of aluminium bromide in carbon disulfide at ?60° isomerizes at a much higher rate than its 2exo-isomer 2 to 2endo, 6endo-trimethylenenorbornane (3) as the sole product. By consequence, the hydrocarbon 2 being the next intermediate in the sequence of the adamantane rearrangement of 1 seems to be very unlikely.     

Heterotricyclodecane XXI 2-Aza-7-thia-twistane (bzw. 2-Thia-7-aza-twistane)

2-Aza-7-thia-twistanes (or 2-thia-7-aza-twistanes, respectively) The suitably substituted 9-thiabicylo[3.3.1]nonanes 7–9 and 17 were synthesized and subsequently cyclized to the 2-aza-7-thia-twistanes 21–23 and 19 , respectivelly, from which several other twistane derivatives ( 20 and 24–29 ) were prepared.     

The adamantane rearrangement of 1,2-trimethylenenorbornanes. Part IV. Hydride-ion abstraction in 1,2-exo-trimethylenenorbornane

In the AlBr₃-catalyzed adamantane rearrangement in CS₂ of 1,2-exo-trimethylenenorbornane ( 1 ) to 2-endo,6-endo-trimethylenenorbornane ( 3 ), hydride-ion abstraction occurs at C(6) from the exo-side. The k_H/k_D value for competition between 1 and 5 (D_exo-C(6)) was 1.58 ± 0.05, whereas no kinetic isotope effect was operative for competition between unlabeled 1 and 4 (D_endo-C(5)) and between 1 and 6 (D_endo-C(6)).