Atom restriction

Substituents on the a-carbon atom restrict chain flexibility but, being relatively small, lead to a significantly higher Tg than with polyethylene. Differences in the Tg s of commercial polymers (approx. 104°C), syndiotactic polymers (approx. 115°C) and anionically prepared isotactic polymers (45°C) are generally ascribed to the differences in intermolecular dipole forces acting through the polar groups. 

Stearic acid is a saturated fatty acid. This means it has only single bonds between its carbon atoms. This means it can coil up and form into random shapes. Double bonds between carbon atoms restrict the bending of the molecule at the point of the bond, like a hinge that lets a door swing back and forth but not up and down. Triple bonds are even more restrictive, locking the joint in place three-dimensionally, like the legs of a tripod. 

The development during the past year of a statistical theory of unsynchronized resonance of covalent bonds in a metal, with atoms restricted by the electroneutrality principle to forming bonds only in number u — 1, u, and v + 1, with u the metallic valence, has led directly to the value 0.70 0.02 for the number of metallic orbitals per atom.39 This theory also has led to the conclusions that stability of a metal or alloy increases with increase in the ligancy and that for a given value of the ligancy, stability is a maxi-... 

The broad, featureless nature of the Si NMR signal is likely due to one of three phenomena that are well-known to cause such effects in NMR spectroscopy a multiplicity of chemical and physical environments about the silicon atoms restricted segmental motion in polycyclic or cage-like molecules or ne broadening due to ySi magnetic interactions with the numerous N quadrupoles. 

The presence of two substituents on every alternate carbon atom restricts chain mobility, so polyalkyl methacrylates are less flexible than the corresponding polyalkyl acrylates. Also, the presence of an alpha alkyl group increases (compared with the corresponding polyalkyl acrylates) the stability of polyalkyl methacrylates to light and chemical degradation,... 

Except for very small n, this procedure is obviously not feasible. The approach presented below is a variation of this procedure, and limits the number of representations that must be generated by establishing a partial order of atoms, restricting the numbering permitted, and saving the results of the path tracing. 

The nuclei of the atoms in a solid and the inner electrons form ion cores with energy levels little different from corresponding levels in free atoms. The characteristics of the valence electrons arc modified greatly, however. The stale functions of these outer electrons greatly overlap those of neighboring atoms. Restrictions of the Pauli Exclusion Principle and the Uncertainty Principle force modification of the state functions, and the development of a set of split energy levels becomes a quasi-continuous band of levels of width, which are several electron volts for most solids. Importantly, unoccupied levels of the atoms are also split into bands. The electronic characteristics of solids are determined by the relative position in energy of the occupied and unoccupied levels as well as by die characteristics of the electrons within a band. 

The n orbitals of the ylids 2.98 and 2.100 are isoelectronic with those of an allyl anion, in which produces Ti-bonding on both sides of the central atom, restricting rotation. 

On the other hand, the polysilanes are not strictly infinite one-dimensional chains. Several experimental studies (15.45.47) in solution have suggested that the polysilanes are trans or nearly trans planar only over 20-35 silicon atoms, restricted... 

In order to obtain molecular systems in which the internal motion is easier to study, it is customary to introduce halogen atoms in the molecules because of the enhanced scattering power of these atoms. On the other hand, the larger halogen atoms restrict the internal motion more than is the case in unsubstituted molecules. Halogen substitution thus leads to systems with less torsional freedom than the parent hydrocarbons. 

A unique database is the GDB-13 database (49), which is an exhaustive enumeration of small-molecule structures containing up to 13 heavy atoms (restricted to C, H, N, O, S, P, and Cl). Although the database does not contain activity information associated with the structures, it can be used as a source of structures for virtual screening purposes (50). It is similar in nature to databases such as ZINC (51). The key difference is that the latter are all commercially available, whereas the former are completely virtual. This class of databases is useful primarily for virtual screening type methods, where the goal is to identify candidates for more in-depth study, rather than to explicitly understand SAR trends. 

When two five-membered rings are cis fused, for example, as in l,4 3,6-dianhydro-hexitols, the common bridge atoms restrict the mobility of the individual atoms, and therefore only the combination of the two envelope conformations has to be considered (Figure 2.31). 

Optical activity of natural products may depend on chemical factors such as asymmetric carbon atoms, restricted rotation, etc. These may be termed primary structural features. There are also secondary structures, e.g., helices or random coils, that may confer chirality to a natural product. Optical rotatory dispersion (ORD, i.e., rotation of plane-polarized radiation over a range of wave-lengths usually from approximately 200 to approximately 500/im) has been used in studies of the conformations of many different molecules, including polymers, proteins, and polypeptides [90]. 

Figure 22.15 Molecular structure of hydrogen peroxide. The repulsive interaction of the 0 —H bonds with the ione-pairs ot electrons on each 0 atom restricts the free rotation around the 0—0 single bond. 

Some of the mechanical and thermal characteristics of polymers are a function of the ability of chain segments to experience rotation in response to applied stresses or thermal vibrations. Rotational flexibility is dependent on repeat unit structure and chemistry. For example, the region of a chain segment that has a double bond (C=C) is rotationaUy rigid. Also, introduction of a bulky or large side group of atoms restricts rotational movement. For example, polystyrene molecules, which have a phenyl side group (Table 14.3), are more resistant to rotational motion than are polyethylene chains. 

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