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Peroxomonophosphoric acid (PMPA) oxidizes dimethyl sulphoxide in high yield in water and aqueous ethanol . In neutral solution the reaction mechanism was thought to be very complex but actually occurs by two different mechanisms that are very similar to those for sulphoxide oxidation by peracids in acidic and basic media. In an alkaline medium the mechanism involves nucleophilic attack by a phosphorus-containing species (probably POs ) on the sulphur atom of the sulphoxide, followed by O—O bond scission yielding the sulphone (equation 24). In acidic solution, on the other hand, the sulphoxide is the nucleophilic species as detailed in equation (25). It should be noted however that there is some evidence that these mechanisms are oversimplified since there are other nucleophilic species (such as H2P05 and HPO ") present in aqueous solutions of PMPA over a wide pH range . 

Abraham s solute descriptors to yield a predictive regression equation. Further, the solute dipolarity/polarizability, hydrogen bond acidity, and hydrogen bond basicity were found to favor blood and solute size favor brain. 

A complete study of the basic hydrolysis of pyrazolidinone (196) by ab initio calculations at RHF/6-31+GV/RHF/6-31-fG" and MP2/6-31-bGV/MP2/6-31- -G levels has been carried out. The alkaline hydrolysis has been studied through a Z ac2 mechanism, characterized by a nucleophilic attack of the hydroxyl group on the carbonyl of the y-lactam ring, formation of the tetrahedral intermediate, and cleavage of the C(2)-N(3) bond to yield the final reaction product. ... 

Acylpalladium intermediates can be involved in intramolecular processes leading to the formation of carbo- or heterocycles. In this chapter we discuss the cyclizations via the attack of acylpalladium intemediates at carbon centers and formation of new G-G bonds. The basic scheme (Scheme 7) of such processes includes the oxidative addition of Pd(0) to G(j )-X bonds (X = halogen or triflate), migratory insertion of GO, and subsequent intramolecular addition of acylpalladium intermediate to double or triple bonds to yield cyclic ketones. 

Under strongly basic conditions, we have seen that the ElcB mechanism may operate. In that case, the base removes the P-hydrogen atom. However, in this case, the phenyl sodium has removed the deuterium that is geminal to the chlorine. This deuterium is more acidic than any of the other hydrogen (protium) atoms. The resultant anion may then lose a chloride ion to give a carbene, which then inserts its lone pair into the P-carbon C-H bond. This yields the mono-deuteriated alkene. This type of reaction is called 1,1- or a-elimination, and is much less common than 1,2-elimination. 

There are five adjustable parameters per molecule X, the dispersion parameter q, the induction parameter x, the polarity parameter a, the hydrogen-bond acidity parameter and p, the hydrogen-bond basicity parameter. The induction parameter q often is set to a value of 1.0, yielding a four-parameter mcdel. The terms fi and are asymmetry factors calculated from the other parameters. A database of parameter values for 150 compounds, determined by regression of phase equilibrium data, is given by Lazzaroni et al. [Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 44(11), pp. 4075-4083 (2005)]. An application of MOSCED in the study of liquid-liquid extraction is described by Escudero, Cabezas, and Coca [Chem. Eng. Comm., 173, pp. 135—146 (1999)]. Also see Frank et al., Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 46, pp. 4621-4625 (2007). 

Some basic reactions of f 5-parasorbic acid were investigated, such as the partial reduction of the lactone grouping to form 2-hydroxy-6-methyl-5,6-dihy-dro-2H-pyran (128), glycosidation of 128, and addition reaction of some nucleophiles to he double bond to yield 4-substituted lactones (129). 

The protolysis occurs following the direct protonation of the different conditions, protolysis of a C—H bond occurs yielding rearranged t-pentyl ion (t-amyl cation, equation 31). 

The first example is the solvent polarity sensors, for instance, the fluorescence quantum yield of 9,10-di(butylaminomethyl)anthracene, which shows a dramatic response to solvent polarity with switching off at high polarities. Solvent dipolarity and hydrogen bond basicity are the controlling parameters. 

The question now is In spite of significant solvent effects, are the solution Lewis basicity scales closely related to the intrinsic gas-phase Lewis basicity scales This is an important question for computational chemists who need to identify the computational methods that yield reliable basicities. A relative comparison of gas-phase computed basicities with solution experimental basicities would avoid the difficult and approximate modelling of the solvent effect [105]. However, this comparison requires that experimental gas-phase and solution basicities (affinities) be strongly correlated. This correlation appears to exist for BF3 affinities and hydrogen-bond basicities. Equation 1.96... 

Small molecules in low viscosity solutions have, typically, rotational correlation times of a few tens of picoseconds, which means that the extreme narrowing conditions usually prevail. As a consequence, the interpretation of certain relaxation parameters, such as carbon-13 and NOE for proton-bearing carbons, is very simple. Basically, tlie DCC for a directly bonded CH pair can be assumed to be known and the experiments yield a value of the correlation time, t. One interesting application of the measurement of is to follow its variation with the site in the molecule (motional anisotropy), with temperature (the correlation... 

The addition of active methylene compounds (ethyl malonate, ethyl aoeto-acetate, ethyl plienylacetate, nltromethane, acrylonitrile, etc.) to the aP-double bond of a conjugated unsaturated ketone, ester or nitrile In the presence of a basic catalyst (sodium ethoxide, piperidine, diethylamiiie, etc.) is known as the Michael reaction or Michael addition. The reaction may be illustrated by the addition of ethyl malonate to ethyl fumarate in the presence of sodium ethoxide hydrolysis and decarboxylation of the addendum (ethyl propane-1 1 2 3-tetracarboxylate) yields trlcarballylic acid ... 

Glycosidic thiol groups can be introduced into glycosyl bromides by successive reactions with thiourea and aqueous sodium disulfite (D. Horton, 1963 M. Cemy, 1961, 1963). Such thiols are excellent nucleophiles in weakly basic media and add to electrophilic double bonds, e.g., of maleic esters, to give Michael adducts in high yields. Several chiral amphiphiles have thus been prepared without any need for chromatography (J.-H. Fuhrhop, 1986 A). 

Theoretical analysis of certain features in the electromagnetic spectrum yields basic molecular parameters such as bond lengths and bond stiffness. We shall see presently that the mechanical spectra can be related to molecular parameters and not just modelistic characteristics as we have used until now. 

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