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Figure B2.5.16. Different multiphoton ionization schemes. Each scheme is classified according to the number of photons that lead to resonant intennediate levels and to the ionization continuum (liatched area). Adapted from [110].

In the European Union, coal-derived complex chemical substances, ie, those contained in the European Inventory of Existing Commercial Chemical Substances, have been classified for carcinogenicity in the twenty-first adaptation to technical progress of the European Commission (EC) Dangerous Substances Directive 1994 67/548/EEC (57). The EC Regulation 793/93 requires data sets to be submitted by producers or importers to the... 

The cyclobutene-butadiene interconversion can serve as an example of the reasoning employed in construction of an orbital correlation diagram. For this reaction, the four n orbitals of butadiene are converted smoothly into the two n and two a orbitals of the ground state of cyclobutene. The analysis is done as shown in Fig. 11.3. The n orbitals of butadiene are ip2, 3, and ij/. For cyclobutene, the four orbitals are a, iz, a, and n. Each of the orbitals is classified with respect to the symmetiy elements that are maintained in the course of the transformation. The relevant symmetry features depend on the structure of the reacting system. The most common elements of symmetiy to be considered are planes of symmetiy and rotation axes. An orbital is classified as symmetric (5) if it is unchanged by reflection in a plane of symmetiy or by rotation about an axis of symmetiy. If the orbital changes sign (phase) at each lobe as a result of the symmetry operation, it is called antisymmetric (A). Proper MOs must be either symmetric or antisymmetric. If an orbital is not sufficiently symmetric to be either S or A, it must be adapted by eombination with other orbitals to meet this requirement. 

An orbital correlation diagram can be constructed by examining the symmetry of the reactant and product orbitals with respect to this plane. The orbitals are classified by symmetry with respect to this plane in Fig. 11.9. For the reactants ethylene and butadiene, the classifications are the same as for the consideration of electrocyclic reactions on p. 610. An additional feature must be taken into account in the case of cyclohexene. The cyclohexene orbitals tr, t72. < i> and are called symmetry-adapted orbitals. We might be inclined to think of the a and a orbitals as localized between specific pairs of carbon... 

Plants have evolved and adapted to suit the atmospheric conditions in which they find themselves. This atmosphere may contain traces of gases which we would classify as pollutants. However, in many cases these may be necessary for the plants existence. Near to industrial centers, the relative concentrations of the various gases change, and this can have an adverse effect on the plants development. 

The different forms of energy may be classified according to tlieir practical value as regards adaptability, or availability, for the performance of useful work. 

Both dehydrogenases of the pentose phosphate pathway can be classified as adaptive enzymes, since they increase in activity in the well-fed animal and when insulin is given to a diabetic animal. Activity is low in diabetes or starvation. Malic enzyme and ATP-citrate lyase behave similarly, indicating that these two enzymes are involved in lipogenesis rather than gluconeogenesis (Chapter 21). 

All of the major RM characterization/certification approaches, for total concentrations of constituents, can be classified in one of four categories. A fifth approach deals with method-spedfic schemes in which characterization is by a defined method giving a method-spedfic assessed property value. The following is a dassifi-cation based on the author s interpretation and adaptation of descriptions of RM certification procedures in the literature (see summary in Table 3.1). 

A variety of in vitro assays are available to identify compounds as substrates and inhibitors of P-gp. These assays, which have been reviewed elsewhere in great detail [20-24], can be classified into three general categories (1) transport, (2) accumulation/ efflux and (3) ATPase activity [20-28]. It is important to note that these in vitro model systems can be adapted for measuring the interaction of dmgs with other important drug transporter systems [22]. 

Jurs, P. C., Kowalski, B. R., Isenhour, T. L., Reilley, C. N. Anal. Chem. 41, 1969b, 690-695. Computerized learning machines applied to chemical problems. Convergence rate and predictive ability of adaptive binary pattern classifiers. 

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