Bernasconi

M. M. Kreevoy, D. G. Truhlar, Investigation of Rates and Mechanums of Reactions, Part f 4 Edition C. F. Bernasconi Ed., 13, John Wiley, New York (1986). 

Dimethylphenol [95-65-8] M 122.2, m 65°, b 225°/757mm, pK 10.36. Heated with an equal weight of cone H2SO4 at 103-105° for 2-3h, then diluted with four volumes of water, refluxed for Ih, and either steam distd or extracted repeatedly with diethyl ether after cooling to room temperature. The steam distillate was also extracted and evaporated to dryness. (The purification process depends on the much slower sulfonation of 3,5-dimethylphenol than most of its likely contaminants.). It can also be crystd from water, hexane or pet ether, and vacuum sublimed. [Kester Ind Eng Chem (Anal Ed) 24 770 1932 Bernasconi and Paschalis J Am Chem Soc 108 29691986.]... 

Crystd from water, EtOH, benzene or chloroform. Distd in a vacuum from, and stored over, P2O5. [Bernasconi et al. J Am Chem Soc 107 7692 1985-, Gratenhuis J Am Chem Soc 109 8044 1987],... 

Kreevoy, M., and Trnhlar, D. G., 1986. Transition-state dieory. Chapter 1 in Investigations of Rates and Mechanisms of Reactions, Vol. 6, Part 1, edited by C. F. Bernasconi. New York John Wiley c. Sons. 

In the chemical literature there are relatively few statements on the limits of our knowledge of reaction mechanisms. A notable statement was made by Bunnett in the book Investigations of Rates and Mechanisms (edited by Bernasconi, 1986, p. 361) ... one cannot expect to know or to prove a reaction mechanism in an absolute sense. The chemist can often reject conceivable mechanisms on the basis of experimental evidence and thereby narrow the field of possibilities, perhaps till only one remains. The evidence may also happen to eliminate some inconceivable possibilities, but how can one know whether there remains an inconceivable mechanism that is in full accord with the facts . .. . 

The kinetic and thermodynamic properties of Fischer-type carbene complexes have also been addressed by Bernasconi, who relates the strength of the 7r-donor substituent to the thermodynamic acidity [95-101] and the kinetics and mechanism of hydrolysis and reversible cyclization to differences in the ligand X [96,102]. 

Berger EA, Murphy PM, Farber JM (1999) Chemokine receptors as HIV-1 coreceptors roles in viral entry, tropism, and disease. Annu Rev Immunol 17 657-700 Bernasconi S, Cinque P, Peii G, Sozzani S, Crociati A, Torri W, Vicenzi E, Vago L, Lazzarin A, Poli G, Mantovani A (1996) Selective elevation of monocyte chemotactic protein-1 in the cerebrospinal fluid of AIDS patients with cytomegalovirus encephalitis. J Infect Dis 174 1098-1101... 

Hunkeler D, N Andersen, R Aravena, SM Bernasconi, BJ Butler (2001) Hydrogen and carbon isotope fractionation during aerobic biodegradation of benzene. Environ Sci Technol 35 3462-3467. 

Heller-Zeisler SF, FAjGELf A, Bernasconi G, Tajani a, Zeisler R (1998) Examination of a procedure for the production of a simulated filter-based air particulate matter reference material. Fresenius J Anal Chem 360 435-438. 

Sironi, M Munoz, C., Pollicino, T Siboni, A., Sciacca, F. L Bernasconi, S., Vecchi,A., Colot-ta, F and Montavani, A., Divergent effects of interleukin-10 on cytokine production by mononuclear phagocytes and endothelial cells. Eur. J. Immunol. 23,2692-2695 (1993). 

Arap W, Haedicke W, Bernasconi M et al. Targeting the prostate for destruction through a vascular address. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 2002 99 1527-1531. 

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