Acid initiation

At the equivalence point, the moles of acetic acid initially present and the moles of NaOH added are identical. Since their reaction effectively proceeds to completion, the predominate ion in solution is CH3COO-, which is a weak base. To calculate the pH we first determine the concentration of CH3COO-. 

In place of a proton source, ie, a Briimsted acid, a cation source such as an alkyl haUde, ester, or ether can be used in conjunction with a Friedel-Crafts acid. Initiation with the ether-based initiating systems in most cases involves the haUde derivative which arises upon fast haUdation by the Friedel-Crafts acid, MX (2). 

In conclusion, furan and 2-alkylfurans can be polymerized only by acidic initiators or by y-radiation because the other standard methods of polyaddition fail to induce a chain-propagation reaction. 

Another chromatographic method is pyrolysis/gas-liquid chromatography. The sample is mixed with P205 and heated to 400°C. This technique yields the chain length distribution of the fatty acids initially used [107],... 

Neutralization of the sulfonation product from a-olefins is more complex than neutralization of the corresponding products of alkylbenzenes. This is because the S03-a-olefin acid product contains about 50% free sulfonic acid, the rest being C(l,3) and D(l,4) sultones, assuming that with acid aging the 0(1,2) sultones have disappeared. In the case of a-olefins an excess of caustic (1.5-2.0% excess) must be added to neutralize both the sulfonic acid initially present and that formed on subsequent hydrolysis of the C(l,3) and D(l,4) sultones. The sultones (ring-structured esters) cannot be converted to their proper salts by a simple neutralization but need a hydrolysis step. 

Hall and his co-workers43 synthesized several 2-oxabicyclo[2.1.1 ]hexan-3-ones from the corresponding 3-chlorocyclobutanecarboxylic acids. These monomers polymerized readily when heated with a variety of basic or acidic initiators. Some of the results of the polymerization are listed in Table 2. 

Initiation of protein synthesis requires that an mRNA molecule be selected for translation by a ribosome. Once the mRNA binds to the ribosome, the latter finds the correct reading frame on the mRNA, and translation begins. This process involves tRNA, rRNA, mRNA, and at least ten eukaryotic initiation factors (elFs), some of which have multiple (three to eight) subunits. Also involved are GTP, ATP, and amino acids. Initiation can be divided into four steps (1) dissociation of the ribosome into its 40S and 60S subunits (2) binding of a ternary complex consisting of met-tRNAf GTP, and eIF-2 to the 40S ribosome to form a preinitiation complex (3) binding of mRNA to the 40S preinitiation complex to form a 43S initiation complex and (4) combination of the 43S initiation complex with the 60S ribosomal subunit to form the SOS initiation complex. 

The acid initially, protonates the nitrosamine to give a charged intermediate having significant water solubility. When the agent is gaseous hydrogen chloride or concentrated hydrochloric acid, the protonated intermediate is rapidly... 

Formation permeability damage caused by precipitation of dissolved minerals such as colloidal silica, aluminum hydroxide, and aluminum fluoride can reduce the benefits of acidizing (132-134). Careful treatment design, particularly in the concentration and amount of HF used is needed to minimize this problem. Hydrofluoric acid initially reacts with clays and feldspars to form silicon and aluminum fluorides. These species can react with additional clays and feldspars depositing hydrated silica in rock flow channels (106). This usually occurs before the spent acid can be recovered from the formation. However, some workers have concluded that permeability damage due to silica precipitation is much less than previously thought (135). 

The synthesis of triquinane acids, initiated by the preparation of isocomenic acid [22], thus provided a general method for control of the stereochemistry of secondary methyl groups in these terpenes. The [4+1] annulation based on the dienes of type 23 then laid the groundwork for the first-generation design and a model study for the approach to retigeranic acid [23]. 

There are relatively few entries in the non-fused dioxepin area, and most of these focus on reactions of these systems. For example the triflic acid-initiated polymerisation of 1,3-dioxepane in the presence of acetic acid and hexanedicarboxylic acid has been studied and mechanistic aspects discussed <00JPS(A)1232>. Biodegradable microspheres for the controlled delivery of drugs have been made from copolymers and homopolymer blends of L-lactide and l,5-dioxepan-2-one <00PP1628>. Ring contraction of 5-methylene-l,3-dioxepanes (eg. Ill) on reaction with trimethylsilyl trifluoromethanesulfonate in the presence of base afforded the exo tetrahydropyrans, in good yields <00TL2171>. 

For one stream, the loading solution (2mM acetic acid) initially flowed at 4.0 mL/min through the extraction column to waste for approximately 1 min. The column switching valve then switched so that the mobile phase eluted analytes from the extraction column onto the analytical column. During the elution step, the loading pump transmitted the wash solution directly to waste. After elution, the column switching valve returned to its original position to wash (weak base solution followed by 100% MeOH) and re-equilibrate (2mM acetic acid) the extraction column with a... 

In this review there is for the first time a comparative discussion of the three propagating species the unpaired cation, the paired cation and the ester formed from the monomer and an acidic initiator. The relative kinetic importance of these three under different conditions of temperature and of solvent polarity are discussed qualitatively and by means of a three-term rate-equation. From these considerations are derived the optimum conditions for achieving a monoeidic system with the aim of obtaining kinetically simple reactions. It is also emphasised that an initiation reaction that is fast compared to the propagation, and the chemistry of which is known and simple, is essential for the unambiguous determination of propagation rate constants. 

Diazotization of the aminosulfonic acid and subsequent coupling onto the sodium salt of 2-hydroxy-3-naphthoic acid initially affords the monoazo compound in the form of its soluble sodium salt. Subsequent reaction with chlorides or sulfates of alkaline earth metals or with a manganese salt, frequently in the presence of a dispersion agent, or rosin or its derivatives, at elevated temperature yields the insoluble BONA pigment lake. 

Acrylic acid, Initiator, Water, 1148 Aluminium chloride, Water, 0062 Barium peroxide, Propane, 0216 1,3-Benzodithiolium perchlorate, 2677 1,1 -Bis(fluorooxy)tetrafluoroethane, 0641 Borane-tetrahydrofuran, 0138 Boron tribromide, Water, 0122 Bromine, Aluminium, Dichloromethane, 0261 Bromine, Tungsten, Tungsten trioxide, 0261 f 1,3-Butadiene, 1480 Calcium oxide, Water, 3937 Chlorine trifluoride, Refractory materials, 3981 Chromium trioxide, Acetic acid, 4242 Copper(II) oxide, Boron, 4281 Diazoacetonitrile, 0675 Dihydroxymaleic acid, 1447 Ethyl azide, 0872... 

Other polymerisation incidents are f Acrylaldehyde, 1145 Acrylamide, 1180 Acrylic acid, 1148 Acrylic acid, Initiator, Water, 1148 f Acrylonitrile, 1107 f Acrylonitrile, Initiators, 1107 f Acrylonitrile, Silver nitrate, 1107 f Acryloyl chloride, 1093 Allyl 4-toluenesulfonate, 3315 Aluminium chloride, Alkenes, 0062 3 - Aminopropiononitrile f Aziridine, Acids, 0863... 

Scheme 28 Oxidative conversion of carbon acids initiated by deprotonation by superoxide.

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