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When the analytical method s selectivity is insufficient, it may be necessary to separate the analyte from potential interferents. Such separations can take advantage of physical properties, such as size, mass or density, or chemical properties. Important examples of chemical separations include masking, distillation, and extractions. 

Table 1 Chemical properties important in method development...

Two chemical properties important in predicting fate in the deep-well environment are homogeneity and reversibility. Chemical processes can be broadly classified as either homogeneous or heterogeneous and either reversible or irreversible. 

The small portion of polymers used for their chemical reactivity are limited by the need for special chemical properties. Important in this context are ion-exchange resins and solid rocket fuels. 

Consider the plastic used in the construction of an automobile. List four different parts of a car that may be made of a polymer (consider the exterior, under the hood, and interior of the car—there are many more than four ). For each part, list two physical or chemical properties important for that part. For example, for plastic cup holders, the polymer must be moldable to form into correct shape and should not turn rubbery when heated to 150°F (if exposed to the sun or a hot cup of coffee). 

Crude oils present a wide variety of physical and chemical properties. Among the more important characteristics are the following ... 

Characterization of zeolites is primarily carried out to assess tire quality of materials obtained from syntliesis and postsyntlietic modifications. Secondly, it facilitates tire understanding of tire relation between physical and chemical properties of zeolites and tlieir behaviour in certain applications. For tliis task, especially, in situ characterization metliods have become increasingly more important, tliat is, techniques which probe tire zeolite under actual process conditions. 

Rings have a profound influence on many properties of a molecule small rings introduce. strain into a molecule, aromatic rings dramatically change its physical and chemical properties, rings present particular problems in syntheses, etc. Thus, a knowledge of the I ings contained in a molecule is important in many applications in chemoinformatics. 

Today, fragment coding is still quite important in patent databases (sec Chapter 5, Section 5.11, e.g., Dei went) where Markush structures are also stored. There, the fragments can be applied to substructure or othei types of searches where the fragments arc defined, c.g., on the basis of chemical properties. 

In the first chapter, devoted to thiazole itself, specific emphasis has been given to the structure and mechanistic aspects of the reactivity of the molecule most of the theoretical methods and physical techniques available to date have been applied in the study of thiazole and its derivatives, and the results are discussed in detail The chapter devoted to methods of synthesis is especially detailed and traces the way for the preparation of any monocyclic thiazole derivative. Three chapters concern the non-tautomeric functional derivatives, and two are devoted to amino-, hydroxy- and mercaptothiazoles these chapters constitute the core of the book. All discussion of chemical properties is complemented by tables in which all the known derivatives are inventoried and characterized by their usual physical properties. This information should be of particular value to organic chemists in identifying natural or Synthetic thiazoles. Two brief chapters concern mesoionic thiazoles and selenazoles. Finally, an important chapter is devoted to cyanine dyes derived from thiazolium salts, completing some classical reviews on the subject and discussing recent developments in the studies of the reaction mechanisms involved in their synthesis. 

We have already discussed one important chemical property of alkynes the acidity of acetylene and terminal alkynes In the remaining sections of this chapter several other reactions of alkynes will be explored Most of them will be similar to reactions of alkenes Like alkenes alkynes undergo addition reactions We 11 begin with a reaction familiar to us from our study of alkenes namely catalytic hydrogenation... 

The most important chemical property of the carbonyl group is its tendency to undergo nucleophilic addition reactions of the type represented m the general equation... 

Another important area of analytical chemistry, which receives some attention in this text, is the development of new methods for characterizing physical and chemical properties. Determinations of chemical structure, equilibrium constants, particle size, and surface structure are examples of a characterization analysis. 

Atoms with the same number of protons but a different number of neutrons are called isotopes. To identify an isotope we use the symbol E, where E is the element s atomic symbol, Z is the element s atomic number (which is the number of protons), and A is the element s atomic mass number (which is the sum of the number of protons and neutrons). Although isotopes of a given element have the same chemical properties, their nuclear properties are different. The most important difference between isotopes is their stability. The nuclear configuration of a stable isotope remains constant with time. Unstable isotopes, however, spontaneously disintegrate, emitting radioactive particles as they transform into a more stable form. 

The important chemical properties of acetyl chloride, CH COCl, were described ia the 1850s (10). Acetyl chloride was prepared by distilling a mixture of anhydrous sodium acetate [127-09-3J, C2H202Na, and phosphorous oxychloride [10025-87-3] POCl, and used it to interact with acetic acid yielding acetic anhydride. Acetyl chloride s violent reaction with water has been used to model Hquid-phase reactions. 

Physical and Chemical Properties. Tables 13, 14, 15, 16, and 17 contain the more important physical and some chemical properties of terephthafic acid and dimethyl terephthalate. 

The value of pigments results from their physical—optical properties. These ate primarily deterrniaed by the pigments physical characteristics (crystal stmcture, particle size and distribution, particle shape, agglomeration, etc) and chemical properties (chemical composition, purity, stabiUty, etc). The two most important physical—optical assets of pigments are the abiUty to color the environment in which they ate dispersed and to make it opaque. 

Chemical Properties. Elemental analysis, impurity content, and stoichiometry are determined by chemical or iastmmental analysis. The use of iastmmental analytical methods (qv) is increasing because these ate usually faster, can be automated, and can be used to determine very small concentrations of elements (see Trace AND RESIDUE ANALYSIS). Atomic absorption spectroscopy and x-ray fluorescence methods are the most useful iastmmental techniques ia determining chemical compositions of inorganic pigments. Chemical analysis of principal components is carried out to determine pigment stoichiometry. Analysis of trace elements is important. The presence of undesirable elements, such as heavy metals, even in small amounts, can make the pigment unusable for environmental reasons. 

Physical and Mechanical Properties. Whereas there are some similarities in the physical and chemical properties between corresponding members of the PGM triads, eg, platinum and palladium, the PGMs taken as a unit exhibit a wide range of properties (2). Some of the most important are summarized in Table 2. 

Chemical Properties. Reactions of quaternaries can be categorized iato three types (169) Hoffman eliminations, displacements, and rearrangements. Thermal decomposition of a quaternary ammonium hydroxide to an alkene, tertiary amine, and water is known as the Hoffman elimination (eq. la) (170). This reaction has not been used extensively to prepare olefins. Some cycHc olefins, however, are best prepared this way (171). Exhaustive methylation, followed by elimination, is known as the Hoffman degradation and is important ia the stmctural determination of unknown amines, especially for alkaloids (qv) (172). 

Physical and chemical properties of the three most important forms of sodium sulfate are summarized ia Table 3. The solubiUty of sodium sulfate ia water from 0 to 360°C is shown ia Figure 1 (5). The solubiUty of the NaClNa2S04-H2 0-saturated system is also shown. The aqueous solubiUty of sodium sulfate changes rapidly from 0 to 40°C, and addition of NaCl to a saturated solution of Na2S04 dramatically suppresses this solubiUty. These two effects are exploited by all manufacturers of sodium sulfate. 

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