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In addition to the successful reductive carbonylation systems utilizing the rhodium or palladium catalysts described above, a nonnoble metal system has been developed (27). When methyl acetate or dimethyl ether was treated with carbon monoxide and hydrogen in the presence of an iodide compound, a trivalent phosphorous or nitrogen promoter, and a nickel-molybdenum or nickel-tungsten catalyst, EDA was formed. The catalytst is generated in the reaction mixture by addition of appropriate metallic complexes, such as 5 1 combination of bis(triphenylphosphine)-nickel dicarbonyl to molybdenum carbonyl. These same catalyst systems have proven effective as a rhodium replacement in methyl acetate carbonylations (28). Though the rates of EDA formation are slower than with the noble metals, the major advantage is the relative inexpense of catalytic materials. Chemistry virtually identical to noble-metal catalysis probably occurs since reaction profiles are very similar by products include acetic anhydride, acetaldehyde, and methane, with ethanol in trace quantities. 

The combination of the ether and the newly discovered radioactivity seemed to virtually every Theosophist writing on chemistry and physics a confirmation of all of the occult sciences espoused by Theosophy. As one Theosophist, Fio Hara, put it in an article on The Advance of Science Towards Occult Teachings in the February 1906 Theosophical Review,... 

The combination of alternative screening approaches, virtual screening, parallel medicinal chemistry in combination with an early profiling on the multitude of relevant compound properties will hopefully generate an improved basis for proper decisions about which promising lead series to take forward. 

Xue, L. and Bajorath, J. (2000) Molecular descriptors in chemoinformatics, computational combinatorial chemistry, and virtual screening. Combin. Chem. High Throughput Screen. 3, 363-372. 

The various topics discussed in this book have up to this point been arranged as far as possible on the basis of chemical structure compounds that contain one oxygen and one nitrogen atom have, for example, as a general rule preceded those that contain two nitrogen atoms. The fact that virtually all of the entities that follow show CNS activity combined with the circumstance that phenothiazines comprise a large part of this section require a departure from that approach. The serendipitous discovery of the antipsychotic activity of the phenothiazines in the early 1950s virtually opened the modern era of medicinal chemistry. These will thus be discussed at the outset to preserve historical perspective. 

The structure of cationic lipids and polymers is readily amenable to chemical modification [35, 36] allowing the exploration of a virtually unlimited number of combinations and strategies at the mercy of chemists creative abilities. Various reviews have been focused on cationic lipids, dendrimers and polymers in terms of their chemical structures and their transfection properties [36—41], in an attempt to shed some light on the chemical requirements necessary to mediate gene delivery. The focus of this chapter will be to explore these carriers from a synthetic perspective, with a description of the chemical strategies used for the preparation via synthetic organic chemistry (excluding polymer synthesis) of cationic lipids and dendrimers. 

Variations on the basic structural theme of 1 have led to a plethora of unusual macrocyclic systems, collectively known as porphyrin analogs or porphyrinoids. These molecules, often nontrivial to synthesize, exhibit remarkable physical and chemical properties and their chemistry has been extensively reviewed [2-18], With the impressive range of structural modifications introduced so far, the term porphyrinoid has ultimately expanded to encompass a wide range of often exotic macrocycles, some of which contain no pyrrole rings at all, or have a structural outline barely resembling that of porphyrin. Some of the generic modification types are shown in Fig. 1. Combination of these design concepts provides a virtually inexhaustible source of structural diversity. 

Development of weed resistance to triazine herbicides has necessitated alternative weed control strategies. Rotation of triazines with other herbicides and combining triazines with other chemistries has been effective in ornamentals and Christmas tree plantations (Van Himme, 1989). Supplemental treatments in Christmas trees have been effective, using directed sprays of phenoxy herbicides or glyphosate before resistant weeds mature and produce seeds. Weed resistance from triazines is not a problem in most forest settings where the herbicide is applied only once or twice in a rotation, since 1 or 2 years of herbaceous weed control normally ensures survival and eventual dominance by conifers. When the conifer canopy closes, virtually all herbaceous vegetation is shaded out for some decades hence resistant weeds, if present, fail to survive from one generation to the next. 

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