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A iD-Corticoids have been important intermediates since it was shown ° that substitution at C-9 enhances anti-inflammatory activity. These olefins are usually obtained from 11a- or 11)5-alcohols, and consequently several refined methods have been devised for effecting this dehydration. It is desirable that such methods be compatible with the presence of A" -3-ketone and 17-hydroxy functions. The first direct procedure for which high yields were claimed was described in a patent issued to Upjohn. According to this method, the alcohol (11a or )5) is treated first with A-bromoacetamide in pyridine, then with sulfur dioxide. Recently it has been claimed " that the A-haloamide/sulfur dioxide method gives results superior to other methods, although the methanesulfonyl chloride/sulfur dioxide procedure (see below) apparently was not compared (see also ref. 94). 

The ZGB lattiee gas model is an oversimplified approaeh to the aetual proeesses involved in the eatalytie oxidation of CO. Consequently several attempts have been made in order to give a more realistie deseription. Some of them are the following (i) The inelusion of A desorption [19,38-40] eauses the first order IPT to beeome reversible and slightly rounded, in qualitative agreement with experiments (Fig. 3). (ii) The influenee of lateral interaetions between reaetants adsorbed on the eatalyst surfaee have been eonsidered by various authors, e.g., [38,41,42]. (iii) Studies on the influenee of the fraetal nature of the eatalyst surfaee were motivated by the faet that most eatalysts are eonstituted by small fraetal (metallie) elusters dispersed on a fraetal support. The fraetal surfaees have been modeled by means of... 

Naturally, several other possibilities can be used to increase the number of dimensions. Between the first and second developments, or sample, the characteristics of the chromatographic plate or the properties of the sample can also be modified. Although interfacing of on-line OPLC with one- or two-dimensional TLC is not particularly difficult, it is not yet widely practiced. It must be concluded that full exploitation of the versatility of MD-PC is at an early state of development as a consequence several significant changes in practice might be expected in the next few years (10). 

During the course of a polyesterification the volume and the weight of the reaction mixture vary because condensation water is released. In most cases, the progress of the reaction is followed by titration of the acid groups at definite intervals the carboxy group concentration is expressed in equivalents per kilogram. Consequently, several authors tried to find out if the weight decrease due to the elimination of water must be taken into account. 

Dioxins are of concern because they accumulate in the biosphere, where they have highly deleterious effects. Tests have shown that when the concentration of dioxins in the blood of laboratory animals reaches a critical level, reproductive and immune system defects result. Moreover, recent data indicate that the concentration of dioxins in the blood of the average U.S. resident has nearly reached that level. A major reason is that dioxins are not veiy water-soluble, so they accumulate in the body rather than being readily processed and excreted. Consequently, several groups, including the American Public Health Association, have issued calls for phasing out the use of industrial chlorine. 

Consequently, several hidden quantities can be estimated on the basis of the SMO approach. The procedure based on Equation 4.13 can be simply extended even to 2D separations as described in Fig. 4.7. In practice, the 2D pattern, in terms of spot positions and abundances, is divided into several strips. Each strip is transformed into a ID line chromatogram and the procedure described in Fig. 4.7 is then applied. Equation 4.13 is employed to calculate the m value of each strip from which the total m value is obtained. Applications to this procedure will be reported in Section 4.5. At this point, the reader s attention is drawn to the fact that the procedure of transforming 2D strips into ID chromatograms (see Fig. 4.7) once more corresponds to the overlapping mechanisms described in Fig. 4.2 and has been evocated in comparing Fig. 4.4 with Fig. 4.3. In this way, if random structures (e.g., such as those marked in Fig. 4.1b) are present, their memory is lost and the 2D pattern is reduced to a Poissonian ID one. Therefore, the number of SCs can be correctly estimated, even if the 2D pattern was not Poissonian. 

The estrogenic properties of isoflav-3-enes are well known and consequently, several derivatives of these chromene heterocycles have been the target of medicinal chemists. Varma and coworkers uncovered a useful enamine-mediated pathway to this class of compounds [142-144], Now the group has discovered a facile and general method for the MW-expedited synthesis of isoflav-3-enes substituted with basic moieties at the 2-position (Scheme 6.42) [145], These promising results are especially appealing in view of the convergent one-pot approach to 2-substituted isoflav-3-enes... 

In recent years, the development of metalated container molecules has also become an attractive research goal (35-38). This is mainly due to the fact that such compounds allow for an interplay of molecular recognition and transition-metal catalysis (39-41). Consequently, several research groups are involved in the development of new receptor molecules that create confined environments about active metal coordination sites. The aim of this review is to highlight recent advances in this area. 

Finally, the development of modified nanoparticles having better stability and a longer lifetime has involved interesting results in diverse catalytic reactions. Efficient activities are obtained with these transition-metal colloids used as catalysts for the hydrogenation of various unsaturated substrates. Consequently, several recent investigations in total, partial or selective hydrogenation have received significant attention. 

Layers-of-protection analysis (LOPA) is a semiquantitative methodology for analyzing and assessing risk. It is typically applied after a qualitative hazards analysis has been completed, which provides the LOPA team with a listing of hazard scenarios with associated safeguards for consideration. LOPA uses simplified methods to characterize the process risk based on the frequency of occurrence and consequence severity of potential hazard scenarios. The process risk is compared to the owner/operator risk criteria. When the process risk exceeds the risk criteria, protection layers are identified that reduce the process risk to the risk criteria. 

Process risk is defined by the frequency of the occurrence and the potential consequence severity of the process hazard. To define the frequency, the initiating causes (e.g., single causes or multiple causes and conditions) are identified for each process hazard, and their frequency of occurrence is estimated. The consequence severity is the logical conclusion to the propagation of the process hazard if no protection layers are implemented as barriers to the event. 

Consequence assessment for the purposes of establishing design basis differs from consequence assessment in the context of a risk analysis study (see Qualitative and Quantitative Methods, below). A qualitative, or semi-quantitative (order of magnitude) consequence severity estimate may suffice for the latter. 

Fault tree analysis (FTA) and event tree analysis (ETA) are the methods most commonly applied quantitatively. Since they only address the likelihood of undesired events, these methods are often combined with consequence severity calculations in a quantitative risk analysis, as described by CCPS (1999b). Layer of protection analysis (LOPA) uses a semiquantitative, order-of-magnitude approach. It is documented with worked examples in CCPS (2001b). 

Technical evaluation of options and consequence and risk analyses may be prepared. The analyses might include calculation of consequence severities for possible incidents. Subsequently, the basis for a mitigation system may be generated. This might involve, for example, a secondary containment structure, explosion suppression system, or scrubber. The rationale and technical design basis for such decisions should be documented and retained as part of the process knowledge. 

Fire hazard analysis (FHA) is the process to determine the size, severity, and duration of a scenario and its impact on personnel, equipment, operations, and the environment. Chapter 5 provided details of performing an FHA. The following paragraphs provide an overview of the FHA process. For example, one scenario could be a seal failure where the material being released is ignited and afire results. In assessing consequences, several questions must be considered ... 

The material reviewed in this Chapter hitherto has focused on metallacarboranes in which the metal atom is a vertex in an icosahedral cage framework. Until recently, monocarbollide metal compounds with core structures other than 12 vertexes were very rare since suitable carborane precursors were not readily available." However, Brellochs recent development of the reaction of decaborane with aldehydes to give 10-vertex monocarboranes permits a considerable expansion in this area of boron cluster chemistry. As a consequence, several intermediate-sized monocarboranes are now easily accessible and we have recently begun to exploit the opportunities that these present. In particular, we have focused thus far on complexes derived from the C-phenyl-substituted species [6-Ph- zJo-6-CBgHii] It is clear from these initial studies that a wealth of new chemistry remains to be discovered in this area, not only from among the metal derivatives of PhCBg car-boranes such as those discussed in this section, but also in the metal complexes of other newly available carboranes. 

With the advent of World War I in the summer of 1914, the United States (U.S.) chemists and the chemical industry were propelled into the public arena. At the time, the Germans dominated the chemical industry. However, shipments of chemicals from Germany to the U.S. were thwarted by the British blockade. Consequently, several American Chemical Society (ACS) chapters called on U.S. chemical companies to expand production into dyestuffs, pharmaceuticals, and other organic chemicals. The war effort led to expansions in the steel and petroleum industries which stimulated growth in the production of coal-tar chemicals and petrochemicals that the chemical industry could convert to dyes, drugs, and other products. This lessened the dependence on Germany. The increased demand for explosives called for increased supplies of toluene, phenol and nitric acid (Skolnik Reese, 1976). 

The oldest cresol production method used in the United States is through the recovery of fractional distillates from coal tars. Most domestic cresols are formed via catalytic and thermal cracking of naphtha fractions during petroleum distillation. Since 1965, quantities of coal tar and petroleum isolates have been insufficient to meet the rising demand. Consequently, several processes for the manufacture of the various isomers have been developed. One General Electric facility produces o-cresol at an annual capacity of 10,000 tons by the methylation of phenol in the presence of catalysts. The Sherman-Williams Company uses the toluene sulfonation process and maintains an annual capacity for p-cresol of 15,000 tons. The Hercules Powder Company produced p-cresol until 1972 by the cymene- cresol process. 

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