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The work of Melander and Carter (1964) on 2,2 -dibromo-4,4 -di-carboxybiphenyl-6,6 -d2 (1) has been referred to above in the introductory and theoretical sections, where it was pointed out that the availability of two detailed theoretical computations of the inversion barrier (Westheimer and Mayer, 1946, Westheimer, 1947 Hewlett, 1960) made this system especially attractive for the study of steric isotope efifects. Furthermore, in the preferred initial-state conformation the two bromines are probably in van der Waals contact (cf. Hampsoii and Weissberger, 1936 Bastiansen, 1950), and thus initial-state steric effects are unaffected by deuterium substitution in the 6 and 6 positions. The barrier calculations provided two different theoretical values for the non-bonded H Br distance in the transition state which, together with the corresponding H Br potential function, could be inserted in equation (10) to yield values for A AH. For... 

Application of the test substance to the test system is without doubt the most critical step of the residue field trial. Under-application may be corrected, if possible and if approved by the Study Director, by making a follow-up application if the error becomes known shortly after the application has been made. Over-application errors can usually only be corrected by starting the trial again. The Study Director must be contacted as soon as an error of this nature is detected. Immediate communication allows for the most feasible options to be considered in resolving the error. If application errors are not detected at the time of the application, the samples from such a trial can easily become the source of undesirable variability when the final analysis results are known. Because the application is critical, the PI must calculate and verify the data that will constitute the application information for the trial. If the test substance weight, the spray volume, the delivery rate, the size of the plot, and the travel speed for the application are carefully determined and then validated prior to the application, problems will seldom arise. With the advent of new tools such as computers and hand-held calculators, the errors traditionally associated with applications to small plot trials should be minimized in the future. The following paragraphs outline some of the important considerations for each of the phases of the application. 

Based on the X-ray data (see above), the accessibility of the concave functional group was studied. By computer modelling (Connolly-routine [34]), spheres of varying sizes were rolled over the van der Waals-surfaces of the concave reagents which were calculated from the X-ray data, and the resulting contact surface was monitored. 

Since molecular mechanics "strain energy" calculations (43, 44) have become a valuable tool in interpretation of molecular structure results from crystallographic studies, certain computing techniques used there will be mentioned. The method is simple in principle the strain energy of a particular conformation of a molecule is expressed as the sum of terms of several types, each related to certain structural parameters for example, bond length, non-bonded contacts, torsion angle. 

We will in this section consider the mathematical structure for computational procedures when calculating molecular properties of a quantum mechanical subsystem coupled to a classical subsystem. Molecular properties of the quantum subsystem are obtained when considering the interactions between the externally applied time-dependent electromagnetic field and the molecular subsystem in contact with a structured environment such as an aerosol particle. Therefore, we need to study the time evolution of the expectation value of an operator A and we express that as... 

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