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The as-spun acrylic fibers must be thermally stabilized in order to preserve the molecular structure generated as the fibers are drawn. This is typically performed in air at temperatures between 200 and 400°C [8]. Control of the heating rate is essential, since the stabilization reactions are highly exothermic. Therefore, the time required to adequately stabilize PAN fibers can be several hours, but will depend on the size of the fibers, as well as on the composition of the oxidizing atmosphere. Their are numerous reactions that occur during this stabilization process, including oxidation, nitrile cyclization, and saturated carbon bond dehydration [7]. A summary of several fimctional groups which appear in stabilized PAN fiber can be seen in Fig. 3. 

Because in this case the complex is formed between two neutral species, it too is neutral, but a formal positive charge develops on the donor atom and a formal negative charge develops on the aeceptor atom. The result is to increase the effective electronegativity of the donor atom and increase the electrophilicity of the complexed fimctional group. 

There are only a few fimctional groups that contain an unpaired electron and yet are stable in a wide variety of structural environments. The best example is the nitroxide group, and numerous specific nitroxide radicals have been prepared and characterized. The unpaired electron is delocalized between nitrogen and oxygen in a structure with an N—O bond order of 1.5. 

Many nitroxides are very stable under normal conditions, and heterolytic reactions can be carried out on other fimctional groups in the molecule without destroying the nitroxide group. Nitroxides are very useful in biochemical studies by virtue of being easily detected paramagnetic probes. ... 

As a polycation, chitosan spontaneously forms macromolecular complexes upon reaction with anionic polyelectrolytes. These complexes are generally water-insoluble and form hydrogels [90,91]. A variety of polyelectrolytes can be obtained by changing the chemical structure of component polymers, such as molecular weight, flexibility, fimctional group structure, charge density, hydrophilicity and hydrophobicity, stereoregularity, and compatibility, as... 

Abstract Controlled microwave heating has foimd many important applications in the synthesis of heterocycles. Almost all kinds of heterocycles have been prepared (or their preparation attempted) with the aid of microwaves. Many examples of cyclocondensations, reactions where two or more fimctional groups combine with the loss of another small molecule (usually water), have been described. Moreover, microwave irradiation successfully induces cycloaddition reactions, especially in the cases where high temperatures are required. This review collects the most representative examples of the application of microwaves to these two kinds of transformations. Except for a few examples, all the reactions selected have been carried out imder controlled microwave irradiation using dedicated instruments. 

Cyano, amino, and diol residues are the most common fimctional groups in the hydophilically modified thin layers and not very commonly used for PTLC in lipids. 

The pore structure and surface area of carbon-based materials determine their physical characteristics, while the surface chemical structure affects interactions with polar and nonpolar molecules due to the presence of chemically reactive fimctional groups. Active sites—edges, dislocations, and discontinuities—determine the reactivity of the carbon surface. As shown in Fig. 1, graphitic materials have at least two distinct types of surface sites, namely, the basal-plane and edge-plane sites [11]. It is generally considered... 

Abstract The immobilization of nucleic acids onto substrates in array fabrication is a complex process involving three major steps (i) the chemical modification of the arrayed material in such a fashion that it can interact with complementary functionalities present on the substrate to form a stable bond (ii) the coating of the support surface with adequate fimctional groups to allow specific binding and prevent nonspecific adsorption of the material to be arrayed and (iii) the use of a delivery system that brings small quantities of the arrayed material to specific positions on the surface. 

Covalent immobilization methods of NAs to a silica surface require its chemical modification. Functionally inert surface silanols (Si - OH) need to be transformed into reactive species to which the NAs can be attached irreversibly. To date, the main method for the attachment of biological moieties to silica surfaces has involved substrate reaction with organofunctional silanes of the general structure (RO)3Si(CH2)X, followed by the covalent attachment of the biological molecule to the newly introduced fimctional group on the surface [31,32]. Examples of organofimctional silanes used this way include (3-glycidoxypropyl)trimethoxysilane, (3-aminopropyl)triethoxysilane,... 

In a second step, the gel is fimctionahzed for NA attachment. Common methods for polyacrylamide gel fimctionahzation are based on the treatment of the polymerized support with reagents such as hydrazine or ethylenedi-amine. These treatments generate amine groups in the gel that can react with amine-modified ONDs via glutaraldehyde coupling, or directly with oxidized DNA probes (Fig. 15). Alternatively, the fimctional groups may be introduced by copolymerization reactions (e.g. co-polymerization with N-hydroxysuccinimide acryhc or oxirane acryhc derivatives) [59]. 

The oUgonucleotide probes must be chemically modified, usually during synthesis, to provide a fimctional group with the capacity to covalently... 

Recent work has developed reactions for carbon-carbon bond formation or cleavage and has introduced new routes for the introduction of fimctional groups, all of which are attractive to those planning synthesis on both laboratory and industrial scales. The mechanisms of these processes are now generally well understood. 

Ruthenium complexes containing this phosphine ligand are able to reduce a variety of double bonds with enantiomeric excesses above 95%. In order to achieve high enantio-selectivity, the compound to be reduced must show a strong preference for a specific orientation when complexed with the catalyst. This ordinarily requires the presence of a fimctional group that can coordinate with the metal. The ruthenium binaphthyldiphosphine catalyst has been used successfully with unsaturated amides,11 allylic and homoallylic alcohols,12 and unsaturated carboxylic acids.13... 

Model IV Terminal Endcapping with Fimctional Group. 87... 

UV irradiation to a thin solution film (approximately 6 jim in depth) containing a dithiocarbamate substance with an alkyl functional group at a relatively high concentration, which is overlayered on the dithiocarbamated surface, resulted in surface alteration in terms of chemical species and physical properties. These depend on the type of fimctional group of a dithiocarbamated substance used. Figure 22 fists functional dithiocarbamated substances prepared for this purpose the functional groups include phenyl, methyl, hydroxyl, carboxyl, phosphonyl, amino. 

The heteroatoms and exocyclic fimctional groups of the bases within the nucleic acid can form H-bonds to residues of a binding protein, in addition to base pairing. Also, the oxygen of the ribose or deoxyribose and the phosphate moiety of DNA can be used as H-bond acceptors. 

Fimctional groups am reactive, non-alkane portions of molecules. The following two lists display functional groups. Memorization of List 1 is absolutely vital to success on the MCAT. List 2 is less important, but should still be memorized. 

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