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Torsional Asymmetry. Rotation about single bonds of most acyclic compounds is relatively free at ordinary temperatures. There are, however, some examples of compounds in which nonbonded... 

Fig.1 Mechanical resonances of a 4-pL rotor filled with a specially shaped solid, simulating cylindrical and conical asymmetry Rotation speed was slowly increased by servo-controlled drive pressure. Cylindrical imbalance (long dash) enables corresponding modes of resonance to be identified. The ratio of jerk positions closely corresponds to the theoretical ratio of two different resonance modes. Higher bearing pressure increases the force constant and the frequencies of the mechanical resonances...

The calculation of was carried out for two asymmetry rotators one with rotation about axis x coinciding with the H...0 bond and the second with rotation about y axis coinciding with the 0-0 bond ... 

So, of the 9 eartesian displaeements, 3 are of ai symmetry, 3 of b2,2 of bi, and 1 of a2- Of these, there are three translations (ai, b2, and b i) and three rotations (b2, b i, and a2). This leaves two vibrations of ai and one of b2 symmetry. For the H2O example treated here, the three non zero eigenvalues of the mass-weighted Hessian are therefore of ai b2, and ai symmetry. They deseribe the symmetrie and asymmetrie streteh vibrations and the bending mode, respeetively as illustrated below. 

The eigenfunetions of J2, Ja (or Jc) and Jz elearly play important roles in polyatomie moleeule rotational motion they are the eigenstates for spherieal-top and symmetrie-top speeies, and they ean be used as a basis in terms of whieh to expand the eigenstates of asymmetrie-top moleeules whose energy levels do not admit an analytieal solution. These eigenfunetions J,M,K> are given in terms of the set of so-ealled "rotation matrices" whieh are denoted Dj m,k ... 

Chiral separations are concerned with separating molecules that can exist as nonsupetimposable mirror images. Examples of these types of molecules, called enantiomers or optical isomers are illustrated in Figure 1. Although chirahty is often associated with compounds containing a tetrahedral carbon with four different substituents, other atoms, such as phosphoms or sulfur, may also be chiral. In addition, molecules containing a center of asymmetry, such as hexahehcene, tetrasubstituted adamantanes, and substituted aHenes or molecules with hindered rotation, such as some 2,2 disubstituted binaphthyls, may also be chiral. Compounds exhibiting a center of asymmetry are called atropisomers. An extensive review of stereochemistry may be found under Pharmaceuticals, Chiral. 

The microwave spectrum of isothiazole shows that the molecule is planar, and enables rotational constants and NQR hyperfine coupling constants to be determined (67MI41700>. The total dipole moment was estimated to be 2.4 0.2D, which agrees with dielectric measurements. Asymmetry parameters and NQR coupling constants show small differences between the solid and gaseous states (79ZN(A)220>, and the principal dipole moment axis approximately bisects the S—N and C(4)—C(5) bonds. 

An E-Z discrimination between isomeric oxaziridines (27) was made by NMR data (69JCS(C)2650). The methyl groups of the isopropyl side chains in the compounds (27) are nonequivalent due to the neighboring carbon and nitrogen centres of asymmetry and possibly due to restricted rotation around the exocyclic C—N bond in the case of the Z isomer. The chemical shift of a methyl group in (Z)-(27) appears at extraordinarily high field, an effect probably due to the anisotropic effect of the p-nitrophenyl group in the isomer believed to be Z. 

It is considered that in these new forms racemisation or reversible inversion has occurred at the centre of asymmetry in the phthalide group, and that the centre of asymmetry in the isoquinoline nucleus is unaffected. The melting-point, 176°, of each new isomeride is depressed by addition of the corresponding a-narcotine and the specific rotation of l-j3-narcotine, W548 is 101° (CHCI3) or — 59-2° (N. HCl), that of i-a-narcotine, under the same conditions being — 246° and -f 50-4° respectively. 

Using the (— )-Aowocincholoipon produced as described, Rabe and Schultze, by the same sequence of reactions, have produced (—)-dihydro-quininone (m.p. 98-9[a]f, ° — 70-0° (final value EtOH)), which on hydrogenation in presence of palladium gave a mixture of bases, of which (—)-dihydroquinidine and (-j-)-dihydroquinine were isolated. The characters of these mirror-image isomerides of dihydroquinidine and dihydroquinine respectively have been given already with the directions of rotation at the centres of asymmetry C , C , C , C (see table, p. 446). 

Chondrodendron polyanthum, 371 Chondrodendron tomentosum, 363, 371, 373, 377, 391 alkaloids, 376 Chondrodine, 363, 364 Chondrofoline, 364, 365 Chrycentrine, 172, 313 Chiysanthemine, 773 Chrysanthemum cineraricefoHum, 773 Chuchuara, 781 Chuehuhuasha, 781 Cicuta virosa, 13 Cinchamidine, 419, 429 Cinchene, 439 Cinchenine, 438, 439, 440 apoCinchenine, 440, 441 Cincholoipon, 438 Cincholoiponic acid, 438, 443 Cinchomeronic acid, 183 Cinchona alkaloid structure, synthesis, 457 Cinchona alkaloids, bactericidal action of some derivatives, 478 centres of asymmetry, 445 constitution, 435 formulae and characters of transformation products, 449, 451 general formula, 443 hydroxydihydro-bases, 448, 452-4 melting-points and specific rotations, 446... 

At higher pressures only Raman spectroscopy data are available. Because the rotational structure is smoothed, either quantum theory or classical theory may be used. At a mixture pressure above 10 atm the spectra of CO and N2 obtained in [230] were well described classically (Fig. 5.11). For the lowest densities (10-15 amagat) the band contours have a characteristic asymmetric shape. The asymmetry disappears at higher pressures when the contour is sufficiently narrowed. The decrease of width with 1/tj measured in [230] by NMR is closer to the strong collision model in the case of CO and to the weak collision model in the case of N2. This conclusion was confirmed in [215] by presenting the results in universal coordinates of Fig. 5.12. It is also seen that both systems are still far away from the fast modulation (perturbation theory) limit where the upper and lower borders established by alternative models merge into a universal curve independent of collision strength. 

Kaltschmidt JA, Davidson CM, Brown NH, Brand AH 2000 Rotation and asymmetry of the mitotic spindle direct asymmetric cell division in the developing central nervous system. Nat Cell Biol 2 7-12... 

Mass loss in rotating star is asymmetric. Very hot star have a dominant polar wind. Stars with Teff below about 24 000 K, due to their larger opacities, may have an equatorial ejection forming a disc. Polar ejection removes little angular momentum, while equatorial ejection removes a lot. ft is thus also important to consider the wind asymmetries in massive rotating stars. Also, rotation produces a general enhancement of the mass loss rates [7]. 

The problem of retention of asymmetry of the formed free radical in the fast geminate recombination of radicals was studied by photolysis of the optically active azo-compound PhMeCH—N=NCH2Ph [88,89]. The radical pair of two alkyl radicals was initiated by the photolysis of the azo-compound in benzene in the presence of 2-nitroso-2-methylpropane as a free radical acceptor. The yield of the radical pair combination product was found to be 28%. This product PhMeEtCCH2Ph was found to be composed of 31% 5,5 -(-)(double retention), 48% meso (one inversion), and 21% R.R(+) double inversion. These results were interpreted in terms of the competition between recombination (kc), diffusion (kD), and rotation (kml) of one of the optically active radicals with respect to another. The analysis of these data gave kxo[Pg.126]

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