Carbon dioxide bonds

Quantum mechanical calculations on the conformational properties of norepinephrine have also been reported. Interconversion of ephedrine and pseudo-ephedrine to a slight extent under y-irradiation has been observed. Absorption of carbon dioxide by cupric ephedrinates can be accounted for by carbamate formation rather than formation of metal-carbon dioxide bonds. -Acylation of /3-phenethylamines by protected amino-acids, e.g. N-CBZ-leucine, has been reported. ... 

If produced gas contains water vapour it may have to be dried (dehydrated). Water condensation in the process facilities can lead to hydrate formation and may cause corrosion (pipelines are particularly vulnerable) in the presence of carbon dioxide and hydrogen sulphide. Hydrates are formed by physical bonding between water and the lighter components in natural gas. They can plug pipes and process equipment. Charts such as the one below are available to predict when hydrate formation may become a problem. 

Note the much larger enthalpy of formation of silieon dioxide as compared with carbon dioxide this arises in part because of greater strength in the Si—O bonds and also because the Si—Si bond in silieon is mueh weaker than the C—C bond (p. 162). 

Carbon dioxide has a linear structure. The simple double-bonded formula, however, does not fully explain the structure since the measured carbon-oxygen bond lengths are equal but intermediate between those expected for a double and a triple bond. A more accurate representation is, therefore, obtained by considering carbon dioxide as a resonance hybrid of the three structures given below ... 

In liquid nitric acid, hydrogen bonding gives a loose structure similar to that of hydrogencarbonate ions. However, although pure nitric acid does not attack metals readily and does not evolve carbon dioxide from a carbonate, it is a conducting liquid, and undergoes auto-ionisation thus ... 

Lewis s concept of shared electron parr bonds allows for four electron double bonds and SIX electron triple bonds Carbon dioxide (CO2) has two carbon-oxygen double bonds and the octet rule is satisfied for both carbon and oxygen Similarly the most stable Lewis structure for hydrogen cyanide (HCN) has a carbon-nitrogen triple bond... 

Carbon dioxide (CO2) /80 0=C=0 Carbon has two double bonds which are counted as two bonded pairs Linear Linear ... 

We can combine our knowledge of molecular geometry with a feel for the polarity of chemical bonds to predict whether a molecule has a dipole moment or not The molec ular dipole moment is the resultant of all of the individual bond dipole moments of a substance Some molecules such as carbon dioxide have polar bonds but lack a dipole moment because their geometry causes the individual C=0 bond dipoles to cancel... 

Recall that the carbon atom of carbon dioxide bears a partial positive charge because of the electron attracting power of its attached oxygens When hydroxide ion (the Lewis base) bonds to this positively polarized carbon a pair of electrons in the carbon-oxygen double bond leaves carbon to become an unshared pair of oxygen... 

Both water and carbon dioxide have polar bonds but water is a polar molecule and carbon dioxide is not... 

Oxidation of carbon corresponds to an increase in the number of bonds between carbon and oxygen or to a decrease in the number of carbon-hydrogen bonds Conversely reduction corresponds to an increase in the number of carbon-hydrogen bonds or to a decrease in the number of carbon-oxygen bonds From Table 2 4 it can be seen that each successive increase m oxidation state increases the number of bonds between carbon and oxygen and decreases the number of carbon-hydrogen bonds Methane has four C—H bonds and no C—O bonds car bon dioxide has four C—O bonds and no C—H bonds... 

The transition state involves the carbonyl oxygen of one carboxyl group—the one that stays behind—acting as a proton acceptor toward the hydroxyl group of the carboxyl that IS lost Carbon-carbon bond cleavage leads to the enol form of acetic acid along with a molecule of carbon dioxide... 

The carbon-carbon bond forming potential inherent m the Claisen and Dieckmann reac tions has been extensively exploited m organic synthesis Subsequent transformations of the p keto ester products permit the synthesis of other functional groups One of these transformations converts p keto esters to ketones it is based on the fact that p keto acids (not esters ) undergo decarboxylation readily (Section 19 17) Indeed p keto acids and their corresponding carboxylate anions as well lose carbon dioxide so easily that they tend to decarboxylate under the conditions of their formation... 

The four carbon atoms of the butanoyl group originate m two molecules of acetyl coenzyme A Carbon dioxide assists the reaction but is not incorporated into the prod uct The same carbon dioxide that is used to convert one molecule of acetyl coenzyme A to malonyl coenzyme A is regenerated m the decarboxylation step that accompanies carbon-carbon bond formation... 

In keeping with its biogenetic origin m three molecules of acetic acid mevalonic acid has six carbon atoms The conversion of mevalonate to isopentenyl pyrophosphate involves loss of the extra carbon as carbon dioxide First the alcohol hydroxyl groups of mevalonate are converted to phosphate ester functions—they are enzymatically phosphorylated with introduction of a simple phosphate at the tertiary site and a pyrophosphate at the primary site Decarboxylation m concert with loss of the terti ary phosphate introduces a carbon-carbon double bond and gives isopentenyl pyrophos phate the fundamental building block for formation of isoprenoid natural products... 

Peroxyesters undergo single- or multiple-bond scission to generate acyloxy and alkoxy radicals, or alkyl and alkoxy radicals and carbon dioxide ... 

Reactions. Heating an aqueous solution of malonic acid above 70°C results in its decomposition to acetic acid and carbon dioxide. Malonic acid is a useful tool for synthesizing a-unsaturated carboxyUc acids because of its abiUty to undergo decarboxylation and condensation with aldehydes or ketones at the methylene group. Cinnamic acids are formed from the reaction of malonic acid and benzaldehyde derivatives (1). If aUphatic aldehydes are used acryhc acids result (2). Similarly this facile decarboxylation combined with the condensation with an activated double bond yields a-substituted acetic acid derivatives. For example, 4-thiazohdine acetic acids (2) are readily prepared from 2,5-dihydro-l,3-thiazoles (3). A further feature of malonic acid is that it does not form an anhydride when heated with phosphorous pentoxide [1314-56-3] but rather carbon suboxide [504-64-3] [0=C=C=0], a toxic gas that reacts with water to reform malonic acid. 

VoIa.tiIes. Manganese may contain some chemically bonded water or carbon dioxide both of which can be removed by calcining or sintering. The Mexican Molango ore (Table 4) is an example of a low grade ore that is upgraded by calcination in a rotary kiln. 

Chemical Properties The formation of salts with acids is the most characteristic reaction of amines. Since the amines are soluble in organic solvents and the salts are usually not soluble, acidic products can be conveniendy separated by the reaction with an amine, the unshared electron pair on the amine nitrogen acting as proton acceptor. Amines are good nucleophiles reactions of amines at the nitrogen atom have as a first step the formation of a bond with the unshared electron pair of nitrogen, eg, reactions with acid anhydrides, haUdes, and esters, with carbon dioxide or carbon disulfide, and with isocyanic or isothiocyanic acid derivatives. 

Sihcon carbide is comparatively stable. The only violent reaction occurs when SiC is heated with a mixture of potassium dichromate and lead chromate. Chemical reactions do, however, take place between sihcon carbide and a variety of compounds at relatively high temperatures. Sodium sihcate attacks SiC above 1300°C, and SiC reacts with calcium and magnesium oxides above 1000°C and with copper oxide at 800°C to form the metal sihcide. Sihcon carbide decomposes in fused alkahes such as potassium chromate or sodium chromate and in fused borax or cryohte, and reacts with carbon dioxide, hydrogen, ak, and steam. Sihcon carbide, resistant to chlorine below 700°C, reacts to form carbon and sihcon tetrachloride at high temperature. SiC dissociates in molten kon and the sihcon reacts with oxides present in the melt, a reaction of use in the metallurgy of kon and steel (qv). The dense, self-bonded type of SiC has good resistance to aluminum up to about 800°C, to bismuth and zinc at 600°C, and to tin up to 400°C a new sihcon nitride-bonded type exhibits improved resistance to cryohte. 

Catalysis. Catalytic properties of the activated carbon surface are useful in both inorganic and organic synthesis. For example, the fumigant sulfuryl fluoride is made by reaction of sulfur dioxide with hydrogen fluoride and fluorine over activated carbon (114). Activated carbon also catalyzes the addition of halogens across a carbon—carbon double bond in the production of a variety of organic haUdes (85) and is used in the production of phosgene... 

Carbon-sulfur bonds can be formed by the reaction of elemental sulfur with a lithio derivative, as illustrated by the preparation of thiophene-2-thiol (201) (700S(50)104). If dialkyl or diaryl disulfides are used as reagents to introduce sulfur, then alkyl or aryl sulfides are formed sulfinic acids are available by reaction of lithium derivatives with sulfur dioxide. 

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