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The CpCo complexes, on the other hand, should be more stable due to the presence of the robust and bulky Cp-shield. Unfortunately, however (tetraiodo-cyclobutadiene)CpCo is not available, and there is no obvious synthetic path to make it. But maybe another way to produce CpCo-stabiHzed tetraethynylated cyclobutadiene complexe exists It is known, that 22 a undergoes a rearrangement to 22 d when subjected to the conditions of flash vacuum pyrolysis at elevated temperatures [24]. The driving force behind this rearrangement is twofold first, the steric strain between the two adjacent TMS groups is removed in 22d and second, the TMS groups in 22d are not bound to an -hybridized center but to an sp-hybridized one, which is a more favorable situation from a thermodynamic point of view. 

An important subject in this chapter on Electron transfer at electrodes and interfaces is to draw an analogy between electrochemical and interfacial electron transfer between two solid phases. Any theory dealing with electron transfer has a thermodynamic and a kinetic basis. In Section 4.2, it was shown that electrons flow or tunnel in the direction of decreasing electrochemical potential the gradient of the electrochemical potential is the driving force behind a directed flow of electrons,... 

Zero-valent zirconium and hafnium compounds remain relatively rare, owing to the strong thermodynamic driving force for the second and third row metals to attain a higher oxidation state. Despite this obstacle, examples of formally zero-valent compounds have been reported and characterized. The majority of these are arene complexes, whose syntheses and resulting chemistry have been reviewed.1,2 In addition to arene compounds, formally zero-valent butadiene complexes have also been described and are the subject of a rather comprehensive review.3 The focus of this section will be on compounds that have not been covered. 

In the following section, however, consideration will be given to the fundamental properties of surfaces which make them regions of interest for academia and industry. Surfaces are regions of high free energy which acts as the driving force for adsorption and catalysis. Thus the thermodynamic properties of surfaces is the primary subject which needs to be addressed in a consideration of surface reactivity. 

Chemical kinetics and its relation to chemical equilibrium is a subject of monographs and reviews [108, 131, 132, 154, 157]. Classical non-equilibrium thermodynamics [3, 4, 119, 120] smdies this subject starting from entropy production (4.178) and therefore taking the affinity as a driving force of chemical reaction rates [158] but this seems (at least) insufficient because of the decomposition (4.174), cf. discussion... 

Cell Nucleation After the gas/polymer singlephase solution is formed, the gas-saturated specimen is foamed under a variety of processing conditions. To produce microcellular foamed structures, the gas-samrated samples are subjected to arapid pressure drop and arapid temperature increase (Figure 17.1b) that result in nucleation and growth of billions of gas nuclei [52, 53]. The sudden drop of gas concentration creates a thermodynamic instability in the gas/ polymer solution, which is the main driving force for nucleation of microcells. 

In Nature, far from equilibrium systems are ubiquitous. The earth as a whole is an open system subject to the constant flow of energy from the sun. This influx of energy provides the driving force for the maintenance of life and is ultimately responsible for maintaining an atmosphere out of thermodynamic equilibrium (exc. 18.2). Every living cell lives through the flow of matter and energy. 

When alcohols are transformed into carbocations, the carbocations themselves are subject to rearrangements. The two rearrangements, known as hydride shifts and alkyl shifts, can occur with most types of carbocations. The rearranged molecules can then undergo further SnI or El reactions. The result is likely to be a complex mixture, unless we can establish a thermodynamic driving force toward one specific product. 

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