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Time-of-flight mass spectrometers have been used as detectors in a wider variety of experiments tlian any other mass spectrometer. This is especially true of spectroscopic applications, many of which are discussed in this encyclopedia. Unlike the other instruments described in this chapter, the TOP mass spectrometer is usually used for one purpose, to acquire the mass spectrum of a compound. They caimot generally be used for the kinds of ion-molecule chemistry discussed in this chapter, or structural characterization experiments such as collision-induced dissociation. Plowever, they are easily used as detectors for spectroscopic applications such as multi-photoionization (for the spectroscopy of molecular excited states) [38], zero kinetic energy electron spectroscopy [39] (ZEKE, for the precise measurement of ionization energies) and comcidence measurements (such as photoelectron-photoion coincidence spectroscopy [40] for the measurement of ion fragmentation breakdown diagrams). 

The rate of aqueous ozonation reactions is affected by various factors such as the pH, temperature, and concentration of ozone, substrate, and radical scavengers. Kinetic measurements have been carried out in dilute aqueous solution on a large number of organic compounds from different classes (56,57). Some of the chemistry discussed in the foUowing sections occurs more readily at high ozone and high substrate concentrations. 

A. Haas, The General Course of Reactions and Structural Correlations in Sulfur-Nitr ogen Chemistry Discussed in Terms of Car bon and Sulfur(IV) Equivalence, J. Organomet. Chem., 623, 3 (2001). 

Except for argon, the third-row elements make up an important fraction (about 30%) of the earth s crust. Silicon and aluminum are the second and third most abundant elements (oxygen is the most abundant). Both the occurrence and the mode of preparation of each element can be understood in terms of trends in chemistry discussed earlier in this chapter. 

T vo developments in the history of diazo and azo chemistry discussed in the previous section had important implications for the systematic nomenclature of these classes of compounds and for establishing their structural formulas ... 

This section provides information on the range of environmental conditions that occur in deep-well-injection zones in different geologic regions of the U.S. The section on lithology discusses the types of sedimentary formations that are suitable for deep-well injection and confining layers and provides some information on geologic formations that are used for deep-well injection of wastes. The section on brine chemistry discusses the typical range of chemical characteristics of formation waters found in injection zones. 

Considering the above-mentioned classification, it is highly pertinent to list the more important compounds reported in the literature during 1995-2005 in tabular form (Tables 1-7) as these structures are very much pertinent to the chemistry discussed in this chapter. 

Synthetic organic chemistry applications employing alkane C-H functionalizations are now well established. For example, alkanes can be oxidized to alkyl halides and alcohols by the Shilov system employing electrophilic platinum salts. Much of the Pt(ll)/Pt(rv) alkane activation chemistry discussed earlier has been based on Shilov chemistry. The mechanism has been investigated and is thought to involve the formation of a platinum(ll) alkyl complex, possibly via a (T-complex. The Pt(ll) complex is oxidized to Pt(iv) by electron transfer, and nucleophilic attack on the Pt(iv) intermediate yields the alkyl chloride or alcohol as well as regenerates the Pt(n) catalyst. This process is catalytic in Pt(ll), although a stoichiometric Pt(rv) oxidant is often required (Scheme 6).27,27l 2711... 

Slade, L. and Levine, H. 1985. Intermediate moisture systems concentrated and supersaturated solutions pastes and dispersions water as plasticizer the mystique of bound water thermodynamics versus kinetics (Number 24). Presented at Faraday Division, Royal Society of Chemistry Discussion Conference - Water Activity A Credible Measure of Technological Performance and Physiological Viability Cambridge, July 1-3. 

The main group duster chemistry discussed in this book can be considered to originate from two important, but apparently unrelated developments in inorganic chemistry in the 1930s. The first was the identification of the neutral boron hydrides by Stock [1]. The second was the observation by Zintl and co-workers [2-5] of anionic clusters formed from potentiometric titrations of post-transition metals (i.e., heavy main group elements) with sodium in liquid ammonia. 

P -Bromoacetals and f -bromoacetates readily undergo nickel (II) catalyzed cyclization onto alkenes [6, 7]. The process, illustrated in Scheme 12, has its nonelectrochemi-cal counterpart in free radical chemistry as well as in the vitamin Bi2-mediated chemistry discussed previously. It provides an exceptionally powerful method for the construction of six-membered rings under environmentally friendly conditions. 

One of the disadvantages of the chemistry discussed in the previous two sections is that the conversions transform a substance having two or more functional groups, to an adduct possessing one fewer. An interesting and useful variant calls for replacement of the alkene with either an alkyne 124 or an allene 125 [54]. Though modified from its original form, functionality is maintained in the adduct 127. 

In this final chapter the salient features of the transition elements are surveyed. This affords an opportunity to assemble some important mechanistic chemistry discussed in the previous chapters, thus furnishing an index. More important, each element is reviewed with key references mainly to recent literature, whieh gives access to the older literature. References in previous chapters give fuller tables of data. 

The radical chemistry discussed above is very useful for the manipulation or synthesis of complex products. 

Many chemical model studies and proposed mechanisms have been presented for the OEC in PSII [3, 104, 116-128], These draw heavily on the redox and coordination chemistry discussed in Sect. 16.1.4 and on the extensive work with isolated biological materials. Space does not permit full coverage thus, only some of the more significant stages in the model and mechanism development are described in the following paragraphs. 

However, tropospheric ozone formed as an air pollutant by VOC-NOx chemistry discussed throughout this book can also impact solar radiation reaching the earth s surface. For example, Frederick et al. (1993) reported that measurements of broadband UV in Chicago had a marginally significant negative correlation to surface 03 concentrations under clear-sky conditions. 

In addition to gas-phase chemistry, aqueous-phase chemistry discussed in Chapter 8.C.3 taking place in clouds can also be important in remote regions. For example, modeling studies by Lelieveld and Crutzen (1990) suggest that clouds may decrease the net production of 03 by uptake of H02, dissociation to H+ + 02, and reaction of 03 with 02 in cloud droplets. 

Although there has been some controversy over whether there is indeed a true ozone deficit problem (e.g., Crutzen et al., 1995), a combination of measured concentrations of OH, HOz, and CIO with photochemical modeling seems to indicate that it may, indeed, exist (Osterman et al., 1997 Crtuzen, 1997), although the source of the discrepancy remains unclear. Measurements of CIO in the upper stratosphere have found concentrations that are much smaller (by a factor of 2) than predicted by the models (e.g., Dessler et al., 1996 Michelsen et al., 1996). Because of the chlorine chemistry discussed later, model overestimates of CIO will also result in larger predicted losses of 03 and hence smaller concentrations. 

As a result, increasing NCI, emissions does not have a significant direct effect at lower altitudes as it does at higher ones but rather has indirect effects on the halogen and HOx cycles, which reduce the ozone destruction due to these species. The net result, then, is interference in these other ozone-destroying cycles, leading to an increase in ozone at these altitudes as seen in the model predictions in Fig. 12.7. (In the very low stratosphere, NOx can also produce 03 through the VOC-NO,. chemistry discussed in Chapter 6.)... 

These aerosols play a major role in stratospheric chemistry by directly providing surfaces for heterogeneous chemistry (discussed in more detail later) as well as serving as nuclei for polar stratospheric cloud formation. Figure 12.21 schematically shows the processes believed to be involved in PSC formation. The thermodynamic stability of the various possible forms of PSCs at stratospherically relevant temperatures and the transitions between them are discussed in detail by Koop et al. (1997a). 

The finding that the heterogeneous chemistry that occurs on polar stratospheric clouds also occurs in and on liquid solutions in the form of liquid aerosol particles and droplets in the atmosphere provided a key link in understanding the effects of volcanic eruptions on stratospheric ozone in both the polar regions and midlatitudes. As discussed herein, the liquid particles formed from volcanic emissions are typically 60-80 wt% H2S04-H20, and hence the chemistry discussed in the previous section can also occur in these particles (Hofmann and Solomon, 1989). We discuss briefly in this section the contribution of volcanic emissions to the chemistry of the stratosphere and to ozone depletion on a global scale. For a brief review of this area, see McCormick et al. (1995). 

However, as expected from the chemistry discussed in Chapter 7.E, simultaneous control of NH3 has a significant effect on particle nitrate formation, since the formation of ammonium nitrate is a major mechanism for conversion of gaseous HN03 to particulate nitrate. Thus, Meng et al. (1997) predict that a 50% reduction in both NO. and NH3 would give about the same reduction in particulate nitrate. 

In summary, the atmospheric chemistry discussed throughout this book is an integral part of the risk assessment of many airborne chemicals. A firm understanding of such processes is critical to the develop-... 

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