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All of these effects can be accounted for by extensions of an additivity scheme, when special increments are attributed to monocyclic structures and the combination of two ring systems having one, two, or three atoms in common [23]. Combination of a table containing values for these ring fragments with an algorithm for the determination of the smallest set of smallest rings (SSSR) [24] (see also Section 2.5.1) allows such a procedure to be performed automatically. 

Heterocycles with two heteroatoms present no special problems and there are often seyeral ways to do the first disconnection. One guide is to look for a small recognisable fragment containing the two heteroatoms. Try this one ... 

Additional ionization occurs by collision between the ions and other neutral species (ion/molecule collision see Chapter 1). Unless special steps are taken (see Chapters 8 and 11 ), the ions formed do not fragment, so little or no structural information is obtained. However, the lack of fragmentation does mean that good relative molecular mass data can be obtained. The assembly of ions formed by ion... 

The criteria for insensitive explosives subjected to ha2ard tests permit no reaction more violent than burning in slow and fast cook-off tests and fragment and bullet tests, no propagation in sympathetic detonation tests, no detonation when stmck by a shaped charge jet, no sustained burning when hit by a small fragment, and such special tests as may be required by the use of the explosive. 

These methodologies have been reviewed (22). In both methods, synthesis involves assembly of protected peptide chains, deprotection, purification, and characterization. However, the soHd-phase method, pioneered by Merrifield, dominates the field of peptide chemistry (23). In SPPS, the C-terminal amino acid of the desired peptide is attached to a polymeric soHd support. The addition of amino acids (qv) requires a number of relatively simple steps that are easily automated. Therefore, SPPS contains a number of advantages compared to the solution approach, including fewer solubiUty problems, use of less specialized chemistry, potential for automation, and requirement of relatively less skilled operators (22). Additionally, intermediates are not isolated and purified, and therefore the steps can be carried out more rapidly. Moreover, the SPPS method has been shown to proceed without racemization, whereas in fragment synthesis there is always a potential for racemization. Solution synthesis provides peptides of relatively higher purity however, the addition of hplc methodologies allows for pure peptide products from SPPS as well. 

Many of the uranium fission fragments are radioactive. Of special interest are technetium-99 [14133-76-7] and iodine-129 [15046-84-1] having half-Hves of 2.13 X 10 yr and 1.7 x 10 yr, respectively. Data on all isotopes are found in Reference 6 (see also Radioisotopes). 

Eor example, the technique of Southern blotting was developed (68) for use with agarose gel electrophoresis of DNA fragments. Southern blots are designed to detect specific sequences of DNA. After electrophoresis is complete, the DNA is denatured and the single stranded DNA transferred to the specially prepared nitrocellulose paper. The nitrocellulose is then incubated with radioactive RNA or DNA complementary to those DNA sequences of interest. After the nitrocellulose has been sufftciendy incubated with the radioactive complementary DNA, autoradiography is used to identify the fragments of interest. 

The nomenclature of penicillins requires special comment. Compound (2) can be named as follows (a) penicillin G (b) benzylpenicillin (note that the term penicillin may refer to the compound class (1), to the structural fragment (3) or, especially in the medical literature, to compound (2) itself) (c) 6/3-phenylacetamidopenicillanic acid (d) 2,2-dimethyl-6/3-phenylacetamidopenam-3a -carboxylic acid (e) (2S,5i ,6i )-3,3-di-methyl-7-oxo-6-(2-phenylacetamido)-4-thia-l-azabicyclo[3.2.0]heptane-2-carboxylic acid and (f) [2S-(2a,5a,6/3)]-3,3-dimethyl-7-oxo-6-[(phenylacetyl)amino]-4-thia-l-azabicyclo-[3.2.0]heptane-2-carboxylic acid. The numbered system shown in (2) is the one most commonly used in the penicillin literature and will be used in this chapter note that different number is used when (2) is named according to (e) and (f) above. 

In specialized cases, a treatment known as canonization sometimes is tried to improve the amount of molecular (chemical) information made available. If Ag or Na are deliberately introduced into the sample, they will ofren combine with the molecular species present to create Ag or Na molecular ions. These ions are more stable to fragmentation than the bare molecular ions, and can therefore be observed more easily in the mass spectrum. The identification of parent ion peaks in this manner aids in detailed chemical identification. 

A special case of fragmentation is that of 1,4-diradicals where fragmentation can lead to two stable molecules. In the case of 1,4-diradicaIs without functional-group stabilization, reclosure to cyclobutanes is normally competitive with fragmentation to two molecules of alkene. 

Frontier Molecular Orbital theory is closely related to various schemes of qualitative orbital theory where interactions between fragment MOs are considered. Ligand field theory, as commonly used in systems involving coordination to metal atoms, can be considered as a special case where only the d-orbitals on the metal and selected orbitals of the ligands are considered. 

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