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Acylation. Acylation is the most rehable means of introducing a 3-substituent on the indole ring. Because 3-acyl substituents can be easily reduced to 3-aLkyl groups, a two-step acylation—reduction sequence is often an attractive alternative to direct 3-aLkylation. Several kinds of conditions have been employed for acylation. Very reactive acyl haUdes, such as oxalyl chloride, can effect substitution directiy without any catalyst. Normal acid chlorides are usually allowed to react with the magnesium (15) or 2inc (16) salts. The Vilsmeier-Haack conditions involving an amide and phosphoms oxychloride, in which a chloroiminium ion is the active electrophile, frequentiy give excellent yields of 3-acylindoles. 

Vinyl chloride -78 (Chloroethene) CH2 CHCI 472 4.0-22.0 1.0 2.1 -14 Colourless, sweet smelling liquefiable gas Polymerizes with light, heat, air or catalysts Normally inhibited Human carcinogen... 

A) solvent effects on the fluorescence emission, and (5) the effects of additional reagents and catalysts normally encountered in HPLC assays. 

The effects of catalysts (which effectively reduce the energy of activation), either intentional or unsuspected, is also relevant in this context. Increase in the concentration of a catalyst (normally used at 1-2%) may have a dramatic effect on reaction velocity. 

An FI catalyst normally assumes a C2-symmetric trans-O, ds-N, and d.s-Cl configuration as the predominant isomer. In addition, DFT calculations suggest that a catalytically active species derived from an FI catalyst favors a C2-symmetric configuration with a trans-O, cis-N, and d.v-polymer chain/coordinated olefin arrangement. Thus, FI catalysts have been targeted as catalysts capable of producing iPP via a site-control mechanism. 

Three-way catalysts are used in most 1981 gasoline-fueled automobiles to lower the levels of NO, CO, and hydrocarbons in engine exhaust. These catalysts normally operate under dynamic conditions catalyst temperature increases rapidly after the engine starts (during catalyst "warmup"), and exhaust flowrate and composition fluctuate under most modes of operation. The warmup of automotive catalysts is reasonably well understood (1). The operation of three-way catalysts in the dynamic exhaust environment after warmup is complex and less well understood. 

The catalyst can also have a significant influence on the stereoselectivity of cyclopropanation reactions [1023], For instance, cyclopropanation of styrene with ethyl diazoacetate and copper or rhodium catalysts normally proceeds with low diastereoselectivity. With ruthenium porphyrines as catalysts, however, up to 92% de can be achieved [1041,1042]. 

The results have shown that, for the hydrogenation of the aromatic compounds providing a large proportion of the H-donors in recycle solvents, the extent of cracking (apart from acenaphthylene and diboizothiophene) was relatively small at 400 C. Consequently, at this temperature for a run time of 2 h with catalysts normally applied to coal hydroliquefaction, loss... 

If the gasifier product stream is intended for downstream use as the feedstock for further upgrading such as methanation, methanol or Fischer Tropsch synthesis, very thorough desulphuri-sation is essential since the catalysts in these upgrading processes are highly sensitive to sulphur poisoning. The methanation catalysts normally cannot tolerate more than 0.05 ppm of sulphur in the feedstock. In addition to H2S sulphur values in the gasifier product it may contain COS, CS2, mercaptans and thiophenes. These are normally removed by activated carbon or zinc oxide filters ahead of the sensitive synthesis catalyst beds. 

To explain the observed kinetics, it has been postulated that, with hydrogen ions as catalyst, normal unreactive H3PO2 is transformed reversibly into an active form, the nature of which is unknown. This intermediate then reacts with the oxidizing agent to give H3PO3. Show that this scheme does explain the observed kinetics. 

Finally, hydrosilylation of 2-aLkenyl-5(47f)-oxazolones in the presence of an appropriate catalyst normally afforded p-addition compounds, for example, 141, although 4,4-dimethyl-2-vinyl-5(47f)-oxazolone 140 also yielded the corresponding oc-addition compound 142 (Scheme 7.41). ° ... 

Amorphous carbon is one of the most important and economical materials in catalysis and is generally used as a support for metallic catalysts. Normally, fine metallic particle catalysts are dispersed on such carbon supports. In the following section we briefly review such carbons, its uses and carbon deposits resulting... 

SMSI is also thought to affect methanation catalysts (normally transition metal or noble metals supported on alumina), which are used in the producton of substitute natural gas (SNG). In general, heating in H2 causes sintering on alumina and silica supports and heating in O2 or steam can cause dispersion and particle coalescence at 200 °C (Rukenstein and Lee 1984,1987, Nakayama et al 1984). The data have been based on ex situ EM studies. Here EM methods, especially under dynamic reaction conditions, can provide a wealth of new insights into metal-support interactions under reaction conditions. 

In normal nonregenerative or semiregenerative operations, yield losses are allowed to increase until it is economic to regenerate or replace the catalyst. Normally, yield losses are not allowed to increase beyond 2 vol %. In view of the improved yield stability of the platinum-rhenium catalysts it is now possible to operate at much lower yield losses or to operate to much lower activity levels than has been common in the past. The ability to increase temperature rise during the process cycle to high levels should be considered in the design of new plants using this catalyst. 

Promoters have been used to reduce the temperature at which the catalyst normally decomposes and to effect polymerization at ambient temperature. The use of a combination of monomer, catalyst, and promoter may have some advantage for field impregnation of cast-in-place concrete. 

Since asymmetric phase-transfer catalysts normally contain highly lipophilic chiral organic frameworks, and are reluctant to enter the aqueous phase, the Makosza interfacial mechanism seems plausible. 

The carbon-nitrogen double bond of phenanthridine can be reduced selectively by hydrogenation over Raney nickel, and attempted reductive dechlorination of 6-chloro derivatives in the presence of this catalyst normally results in the formation of the corresponding 5,6-dihydro compounds.106 Hydrogenations over palladium catalysts are more successful.203 325 Desulfurization of phenanthridinthione... 

The second example of this Section shows instead an opposite behaviour. In this example, the dissociation of the methyl fluoride (CH3F) CF bond in methanol (CH3OH) solution is illustrated. Similar reactions, namely the production of carbocations in polar solvents from alkyl halides, are important in organic synthesis where very often they are favoured by the presence of a catalyst, normally a metal cation. Methanol is a polar solvent the dielectric constant e is 32.6 at 298 K, about half of that of water, but the ratio (e — l)/e is close to unity, showing a strong capability to polarize in a static external electric field. Nevertheless this dissociation is energetically unfavourable. 

There are three stages to the production of an ethoxylate or other alkoxylate. An amount of initiator or catalyst (normally NaOH or KOH) is accurately charged to the pre-treatment vessel and mixed with some of the feedstock which is to be ethoxylated. This is warmed to 120-130°C and dehydrated until the water level is less than 200 ppm. The balance of the material to be ethoxylated is added to the reactor together with the initiator and warmed... 

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