Conjugation extent

Table 5 The influence of the anchtning group conjugation extent on the performance of DSSC under AM 1.5G fight irradiation [46]...

Determination of the dissociation constants of acids and bases from the change of absorption spectra with pH. The spectrochemical method is particularly valuable for very weak bases, such as aromatic hydrocarbons and carbonyl compounds which require high concentrations of strong mineral acid in order to be converted into the conjugate acid to a measurable extent. 

Section 10 7 Conjugated dienes are stabilized by electron delocalization to the extent of 12-16 kJ/mol (3 kcal/mol) Overlap of the p orbitals of four adja cent sp hybridized carbons in a conjugated diene gives an extended tt system through which the electrons are delocalized... 

A meta nitro group is not directly conjugated to the phenoxide oxygen and thus stabi hzes a phenoxide ion to a smaller extent m Nitrophenol is more acidic than phenol but less acidic than either o or p nitrophenol... 

Measurement of Unsaturation. The presence of double bonds in a fatty acid side chain can be detected chemically or through use of instmmentation. Iodine value (IV) (74) is a measure of extent of the reaction of iodine with double bonds the higher the IV, the more unsaturated the oil. IV may also be calculated from fatty acid composition. The cis—trans configuration of double bonds may be deterrnined by infrared (59) or nmr spectroscopy. Naturally occurring oils have methylene-intermpted double bonds that do not absorb in the uv however, conjugated dienes maybe deterrnined in an appropriate solvent at 233 nm. 

This is essentially a corrosion reaction involving anodic metal dissolution where the conjugate reaction is the hydrogen (qv) evolution process. Hence, the rate depends on temperature, concentration of acid, inhibiting agents, nature of the surface oxide film, etc. Unless the metal chloride is insoluble in aqueous solution eg, Ag or Hg ", the reaction products are removed from the metal or alloy surface by dissolution. The extent of removal is controUed by the local hydrodynamic conditions. 

Effect on Oxide—Water Interfaces. The adsorption (qv) of ions at clay mineral and rock surfaces is an important step in natural and industrial processes. SiUcates are adsorbed on oxides to a far greater extent than would be predicted from their concentrations (66). This adsorption maximum at a given pH value is independent of ionic strength, and maximum adsorption occurs at a pH value near the piC of orthosiUcate. The pH values of maximum adsorption of weak acid anions and the piC values of their conjugate acids are correlated. This indicates that the presence of both the acid and its conjugate base is required for adsorption. The adsorption of sihcate species is far greater at lower pH than simple acid—base equihbria would predict. 

Later there was an attempt by ab initio calculation to fit the electron structure of diazirine into the Walsh model of cyclopropane (69MI50800). According to these SCF-LCAO-MO calculations three MOs add to the description of the lone electron pairs, all of which also contribute to some extent to ring bonding. As to strain, 7r-character and conjugative effect, the term pseudo-rr-character was used. 

The additional parameter r is adjusted from reaction to reaction it reflects the extent of the additional resonance contribution. A large r corresponds to a reaction with a large resonance component, whereas when r goes to zero, the equation is identical to the original Hammett equation. When there is direct conjugation with an electron-rich reaction center, an equation analogous to Eq. (4.17) can be employed, but a is used instead of [Pg.210]

Another example of enhanced sensitivity to substituent effects in the gas phase can be seen in a comparison of the gas-phase basicity for a series of substituted acetophenones and methyl benzoates. It was foimd that scnsitivtiy of the free energy to substituent changes was about four times that in solution, as measured by the comparison of A( for each substituent. The gas-phase data for both series were correlated by the Yukawa-Tsuno equation. For both series, the p value was about 12. However, the parameter r" ", which reflects the contribution of extra resonance effects, was greater in the acetophenone series than in the methyl benzoate series. This can be attributed to the substantial resonance stabilization provided by the methoxy group in the esters, which diminishes the extent of conjugation with the substituents. 

Both thermochemical and MO approaches agree that benzene is an especially stable molecule and are reasonably consistent with one another in the stabilization energy which is assigned. It is very significant that MO calculations also show a destabilization of certain conjugated cyclic polyenes, cyclobutadiene in particular. The instability of cyclobutadiene has precluded any thermochemical evaluation of the extent of destabilization. Compounds that are destabilized relative to conjugated noncydic polyene models are called antiaro-maticf ... 

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