Ester chemical structure

FIGURE 28.1 Phthalate esters chemical structure ( the side chains may be branched and therefore, several isomeric forms of the phthalate ester exist). See Table 28.1 for compound name abbreviations. 

The isothermal experimental density data for all the five type of esters were obtained from various literature sources [46-48]. The reported density measurements for DDEs, TGEs, and PTEs were for different temperatures (310-413 K). The chemical-structures of all five esters are shown in Tables 2-6, with the different numbers of methylene groups in the molecules being specified by (Jf). Numerical results from these references are not presented here. 

As esters of sulfuric acid, the hydrophilic group of alcohol sulfates and alcohol ether sulfates is the sulfate ion, which is linked to the hydrophobic tail through a C-O-S bond. This bond gives the molecule a relative instability as this linkage is prone to hydrolysis in acidic media. This establishes a basic difference from other key anionic surfactants such as alkyl and alkylbenzene-sulfonates, which have a C-S bond, completely stable in all normal conditions of use. The chemical structure of these sulfate molecules partially limits their conditions of use and their application areas but nevertheless they are found undoubtedly in the widest range of application types among anionic surfactants. 

With the discussion of oxygenafe, pofentially bioderived, fuels and fuel additives such as alcohols, ethers, or esters, the need for defailed information on their combustion chemistries is becoming acute. Additional functional groups in the fuel molecule lead to a larger number of possible structural isomers. The influence of the chemical structure of the fuel molecule... 

The polymer = 8.19 dlg in hexafluoro-2-propanol, HFIP, solution) in Figs 1 and 2 is prepared on photoirradiation by a 500 W super-high-pressure Hg lamp for several hours and subjected to the measurements without purification. The nmr peaks in Fig. 1 (5 9.36, 8.66 and 8.63, pyrazyl 7.35 and 7.23, phenylene 5.00, 4.93, 4.83 and 4.42, cyclobutane 4.05 and 1.10, ester) correspond precisely to the polymer structure which is predicted from the crystal structure of the monomer. The outstanding sharpness of all the peaks in this spectrum indicates that the photoproduct has few defects in its chemical structure. The X-ray patterns of the monomer and polymer in Fig. 2 show that they are nearly comparable to each other in crystallinity. These results indicate a strictly crystal-lattice controlled process for the four-centre-type photopolymerization of the [l OEt] crystal. 

Polyesters form via a condensation reaction between a dicarboxylic acid and a dialcohol to create an ester linkage, as shown in Fig. 24.1. By far, the two most common polyesters are polyethylene terephthalate and polybutylene terephthalate, the chemical structures of which are shown in Fig. 24.2. These two polymers differ from one another by the length... 

Although the above chemical structure is used as an example, acrylates are a class of materials rather than one single type. These polymers are formed by the copolymerisation of an acrylic ester and a cure site monomer, ethyl acrylate and chloroethyl vinyl ether respectively being illustrated above. 

The chemical structures of the majority of FMs that have been studied in wastewater treatment are given in Figs. 1-3. Figure 1 shows a variety of FM structures that include alcohols, aldehydes, and ketones, including benzyl acetate (phenylmethyl ester acetic acid), methyl salicylate (2-hydroxy-methyl ester benzoic acid), methyl dihydrojasmonate (3-oxo-2-pentyl-methyl ester cyclopentaneacetic acid), terpineol (4-trimethyl-3-cyclohexene-1-methanol), benzyl salicylate (2-hydroxy-phenylmethyl ester benzoic acid), isobornyl acetate... 

Fig. 10 Chemical structure of phthalate esters and bisphenol A. DMP dimethyl phthalate DEP diethyl phthalate DBP di-n-butyl phthalate DOP dioctyl phthalate DEHP diethyl-hexyl phthalate BBP butylbenzyl phthalate...

Figure 1. Chemical structures of (a) 4,4 -diazidodi-phenyl methane and (b) poly(styrene-co-maleic acid half ester).

Thus in 1899, Johannes Thiele extended his valence theory of double bonds to include colloids. Thiele suggested that in such materials as polystyrene the molecules of styrene were bound together merely by association of the double bonds. He referred to this association as "partial valence" (21). In 1901, Rohm concluded that the transformation of acrylic esters into polymers was from an "allotropic alteration" and not a chemical reaction (22). Schroeter, working with salicylides just as Kraut, Schiff, and Klepl before him, concluded that the tetrameric salicylide was formed by "external forces about the monomeric molecules", and that the chemical structures of the monomers were unaltered (23). Thus the association theory rapidly grew in popularity. 

The success of the carotenoid extracts led to the commercialization of synthetic carotenoids, some with the same chemical structure as those in the plant extracts and others with modifications to improve their technological properties. The yellow beta-carotene was synthesized in 1950, followed by the orange beta-8-carotenal in 1962 and the red canthaxanthin in 1964. A number of others soon followed, methyl and ethyl esters of carotenoic acid, citraxanthin, zeaxanthin, astaxanthin, and recently lutein. 

Unsaturated polyesters are low-molecular-weight fumarate esters containing various chemical structures designed for their specific cost and performance purposes. The two most important features of unsaturated polyesters are the fumarates, which provide the active sites for radical cross-linking with the diluent monomer and the random, low molecular weight, irregular nature of the rest of the molecule, which provide the necessary solubility in the diluent monomer. The preparation of the polyester thus requires the following considerations ... 

Metabolites formed during the decolourization of the azo dye Reactive red 22 by Pseudomonas luteola were separated and identified by HPLC-DAD and HPLC-MS. The chemical structures of Reactive red 22 (3-amino-4-methoxyphcnyl-/fhydroxyl-sulphonc sulphonic acid ester) and its decomposition products are shown in Fig. 3.92. RP-HPLC measurements were carried out in an ODS column using an isocratic elution of 50 per cent methanol, 0.4 per cent Na2HP04 and 49.6 per cent water. The flow rate was 0.5 ml/min, and intermediates were detected at 254 nm. The analytes of interest were collected and submitted to MS. RP-HPLC profiles of metabolites after various incubation periods are shown in Fig. 3.93. It was concluded from the chromatographic data that the decomposition process involves the breakdown of the azo bond resulting in two aromatic amines [154],... 

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