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Substitution reactions are important in organic chemistry because they make it possible to convert readily available alkyl halides into a wide variety of other compounds. Substitution reactions are also important in the cells of plants and animals. Because cells exist in predominantly aqueous environments and alkyl halides are insoluble in water, biological systems use compounds in which the group that is replaced is more polar than a halogen and therefore more soluble in water. The reactions of some of these biological compounds are discussed in this chapter. [Pg.361]

ELDOR has been employed to study a number of systems such as inorganic compounds, organic compounds, biologically important compounds and glasses. The potential of ELDOR for studying slow molecular motions has been recognized by Freed and coworkers [29, 30]. [Pg.1572]

Nucleophilic substitution is one of a variety of mechanisms by which living systems detoxify halogenated organic compounds introduced into the environment Enzymes that catalyze these reactions are known as haloalkane dehalogenases The hydrolysis of 1 2 dichloroethane to 2 chloroethanol for example is a biological nude ophilic substitution catalyzed by a dehalogenase... [Pg.339]


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