Compound molecular framework

Our journey begins with the photo-induced union of 3,4-dimethylfuran (19) and / -(benzyloxy)-propanal (18) (see Scheme 5). Irradiation of a solution of these two simple, achiral compounds in benzene with a 450 W Hanovia lamp equipped with a vycor filter results in the exclusive formation of head-to-head, exo photoadduct 17 in 63% yield. As a cw-fused dioxabicyclo[3.2.0]heptene system, intermediate 17 possesses a folded molecular framework to which access is obstructed on the concave face. In the presence of mCPBA, the less hindered convex face of the enol ether double bond is oxidized in a completely diastereoselective fashion, affording intermediate 16 in 80% yield after regioselective opening of... 

Notwithstanding what has been stated above (generalisation 2), the construction of the molecular framework has priority over the oxidation levels of the functional groups and even of the carbon skeleton itself. This means that all the following compounds are synthetically equivalent ... 

The basic molecular frameworks of the three classes of compounds examined in this chapter are >N-OH for hydroxylamines, >C=NOH for oximes and for... 

In chemical reactions between low-molecular-weight compounds, new substances are formed that can, in principle, be separated from the unconverted reactants and by-products, e.g., by means of chromatography. With chemical reactions of macromolecular substances the situation is more complicated in that the main reaction and side reactions take place on the same molecular framework. If, for example, only 80 out of 100 CRUs in a polymer chain react in the desired sense while the rest either does not react at all or reacts in some other way, the remaining 20 units cannot be separated from the others since they all belong to the same macromolecule consequently, one cannot obtain a chemically uniform reaction product. 

Fig. 4.15 Hit list from Feature Tree fragment space searches are grouped by a molecular framework analysis (y-axis) and the Feature Tree similarity score (x-axis). The search algorithm indeed produces compounds from...

Carbon compounds can be classified according to their molecular framework as acyclic (not cyclic), carbocyclic (containing rings of carbon atoms), or heterocyclic (containing at least one ring atom that is not carbon). They may also be classified according to functional group (Table 1.6). 

The stereocontrolled construction of complex organic molecules relies absolutely upon the ability to form new carbon-carbon bonds in a controlled fashion, while building up the molecular framework. Organic halogen-containing compounds play a pivotal role in these molecular constructions. 

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