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Furthermore, the study of the interaction of Br with the series of neutral organic Jt-acceptor reveals that the increase of acceptor strength of the aromatic (characterized by a positive shift of the reduction potential) is accompanied by a bathochromic shift of the new absorption band (from 355 to 465 nm). This observation further confirms the charge-transfer (CT) character of these complexes. 

Reforming units specifically used for the production of aromatics are called BTX reformers. The acronym BTX is based upon the desire to produce benzene, toluene, and xylenes as petrochemical feedstocks. Naphthas for theses units consist substantially of naphthenes and paraffins of six to eight carbons. The desired reaction is aromatization through dehydrogenation of the naphthenes and cy-clization and dehydrogenation of the paraffins to the analogous aromatic. Characterization of Products. 

One of the main difficulties faced by researchers interested in aromaticity characterization is the lack of a physical basis for this property, which makes its quantification difficult. The existence of rules of aromaticity that provide the magical numbers of electrons that are required to reach this property helps to characterize... 

The gas oil cut from catalytic cracking called Light Cycle Oil (LCO), is characterized by a very low cetane number (about 20), high contents in aromatics, sulfur and nitrogen, all of which strongly limit its addition to the diesel fuel pool to a maximum of 5 to 10%. 

Around 2000, the regulations should become more severe. In this area, a European limit of benzene of 3% appears very probable certain countries such as Germany are even looking at 1%. In Italy, it was decided towards the end of 1991, to limit benzene to 2.5% for leaded and unleaded fuels in the seven largest cities characterized by having heavy atmospheric pollution concurrently, in these same cities, the overall aromatic contents of gasolines should not exceed 33%. 

Nevertheless, this type of analysis, usually done by chromatography, is not always justified when taking into account the operator s time. Other quicker analyses are used such as FIA (Fluorescent Indicator Analysis) (see paragraph 3.3.5), which give approximate but usually acceptable proportions of saturated, olefinic, and aromatic hydrocarbons. Another way to characterize the aromatic content is to use the solvent s aniline point the lowest temperature at which equal volumes of the solvent and pure aniline are miscible. 

This value characterizes the level of aromatics in non-formulated oils the aniline point is higher for low aromatic contents. 

These properties concern paraffins that are part of food packaging materials. Their potential toxicity could be attributable to aromatic residues. The latter are thereby characterized directly or indirectly by ... 

Refining after year 2000 will be characterized by heavy residue conversion and the reduction in aromatics content. 

Kovats, E. and A. Wehrli (1959), Gas-chromatography characterization of organic compounds. III. Calculation of the retention indexes of aliphatic, alicyclic and aromatic compounds . Helv. Chim. Acta, Vol. 42, p. 2709. 

An enhancement of the simple substructure approach is the Fragment Reduced to an Environment that is Limited (FREL) method introduced by Dubois et al. [7] With the FREL method several centers of the molecule are described, including their chemical environment. By taking the elements H, C, N, O, and halogens into account and combining all bond types (single, double, triple, aromatic), the authors found descriptors for 43 different FREL centers that can be used to characterize a molecule. 

The mass spectra of phenylthiazoles are characterized by the presence of intense molecular ion peaks, due to the aromatic nature of the molecules, which represent 35, 41, and 44% of the total ionization for 2-, 4-, and 5-phenylthiazoles, respectively. 

Cycloalkene (Section 5 1) A cyclic hydrocarbon characterized by a double bond between two of the nng carbons Cycloalkyne (Section 9 4) A cyclic hydrocarbon characterized by a tnple bond between two of the nng carbons Cyclohexadienyl anion (Section 23 6) The key intermediate in nucleophilic aromatic substitution by the addition-elimination mechanism It is represented by the general structure shown where Y is the nucleophile and X is the leaving group... 

The chemical pathways leading to acid generation for both direct irradiation and photosensitization (both electron transfer and triplet mechanisms) are complex and at present not fully characterized. Radicals, cations, and radical cations aH have been proposed as reactive intermediates, with the latter two species beHeved to be sources of the photogenerated acid (Fig. 20) (53). In the case of electron-transfer photosensitization, aromatic radical cations (generated from the photosensitizer) are beHeved to be a proton source as weU (54). 

Characterization. In many cases, ftir is a timely and cost-effective method to identify and quantify certain functionaHties in a resin molecule. Based on developed correlations, ftir is routinely used as an efficient method for the analysis of resin aromaticity, olefinic content, and other key functional properties. Near infrared spectroscopy is also quickly becoming a useful tool for on-line process and property control. 

Coumarone—indene or coal-tar resins, as the name denotes, are by-products of the coal carbonization process (coking). Although named after two particular components of these resins, coumarone (1) and indene (2), these resins are actually produced by the cationic polymerization of predominantly aromatic feedstreams. These feedstreams are typically composed of compounds such as indene, styrene, and their alkylated analogues. In actuaUty, there is very tittle coumarone in this type of feedstock. The fractions used for resin synthesis typically boil in the range of 150—250°C and are characterized by gas chromatography. 

The ease of sample handling makes Raman spectroscopy increasingly preferred. Like infrared spectroscopy, Raman scattering can be used to identify functional groups commonly found in polymers, including aromaticity, double bonds, and C bond H stretches. More commonly, the Raman spectmm is used to characterize the degree of crystallinity or the orientation of the polymer chains in such stmctures as tubes, fibers (qv), sheets, powders, and films... 

H-Tyr-cyclo[-D-Om-Phe-Asp]-NH2 and its derivatives (87), which have been used to characterize the importance of the arrangement of the Tyr and Phe aromatic rings to. -receptor affinity. 

Phenol s chemical properties are characterized by the influences of the hydroxyl group and the aromatic ring upon each other. Although the stmcture of phenol is similar to cyclohexanol, phenol is a much stronger acid. Its piC in aqueous solution at 25°C is 9.89 x 10 ° (8). This characteristic allows aqueous hydroxides to convert phenol into their salts. The salts, especially those of sodium and potassium, are converted back into phenol by aqueous mineral acids or carboxyhc acids. 

Like mthenium, amines coordinated to osmium in higher oxidation states such as Os(IV) ate readily deprotonated, as in [Os(en) (NHCH2CH2NH2)] [111614-75-6], This complex is subject to oxidative dehydrogenation to form an imine complex (105). An unusual Os(IV) hydride, [OsH2(en)2] [57345-94-5] has been isolated and characterized. The complexes of aromatic heterocycHc amines such as pyridine, bipytidine, phenanthroline, and terpyridine ate similar to those of mthenium. Examples include [Os(bipy )3 [23648-06-8], [Os(bipy)2acac] [47691-08-7],... 

Aromatic polyethers are best characterized by their thermal and chemical stabiUties and mechanical properties. The aromatic portion of the polyether contributes to the thermal stabiUty and mechanical properties, and the ether fiinctionahty faciUtates processing but stiU possesses both oxidative and thermal stabiUty. With these characteristic properties as well as the abiUty to be processed as mol ding materials, many of the aromatic polyethers can be classified as engineering thermoplastics (see Engineering PLASTICS). 

A polysulfone is characterized by the presence of the sulfone group as part of its repeating unit. Polysulfones may be aUphatic or aromatic. AUphatic polysulfones (R and are alkyl groups) were synthesized by radical-induced copolymerization of olefins and sulfur dioxide and characterized many years ago. However, they never demonstrated significant practical utiUty due to their relatively unattractive physical properties, not withstanding the low cost of their raw materials (1,2). The polysulfones discussed in this article are those based on an aromatic backbone stmcture. The term polysulfones is used almost exclusively to denote aromatic polysulfones. 

The characterizations of MDA and PMDA are similar to those normally used for aromatic amines. In the manufacture of PMDA, the MDA isomer distribution and the formation of side products is deterrnined primarily by gas chromatography (48,49). The amine content is deterrnined by acid titration... 

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