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Ejfect ofSolvent. In addition to the solvent effects on certain SeI reactions, mentioned earlier (p. 764), solvents can influence the mechanism that is preferred. As with nucleophilic substitution (p. 448), an increase in solvent polarity increases the possibility of an ionizing mechanism, in this case SeI, in comparison with the second-order mechanisms, which do not involve ions. As previously mentioned (p. 763), the solvent can also exert an influence between the Se2 (front or back) and SeI mechanisms in that the rates of Se2 mechanisms should be increased by an increase in solvent polarity, while Sni mechanisms are much less affected. 

No treatment of solvent effects on carbocationic reactivity that does not treat explicitly the anion-stabilizing effect should be acceptable (18), even for processes in which the rate-determining step is solvent attack on an ion pair. Probably, backside anion stabilization by the solvent intervenes even in the contact ion pair. In fact, rotation of the anion in this pair can deliver a molecule of solvent attached to the anion to the cation from the front thus, the predominant retention of configuration occasionally observed in the solvolysis products is explained. 

In the splitless mode, full efficiency of the colmnn is realized by concentrating the sample components in a narrow band near the front end of the column prior to analysis, either by utilizing the solvent effect or by condensation of the solutes. The latter mechanism operates effectively for compounds boiling about 150 °C above the column temperature. Compounds... 

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During the solvent elution of compoimds from the isolated bands of adsorbent, the elution solvent effectively displaces the components from the adsorbent so that all of the component is contained in the first liquid emerging from the sintered glass thimble. Loss of the component by its failure to elute is not usually serious, provided that the eluant selected is one which would elute the particular compounds to the solvent front (ie. R f near unity) on a thin-layer plate. In fact, the behaviour of the component on the plate with plate elution solvents is a good guide to the selection of an appropriate solvent for desorbing the same component from the isolated gel in the extraction thimble. If the elution solvent used is less effective than this, then losses can be expected of the compound at the adsorbent extraction stage. 

Based on the large body of experimental data studied in this review, it appears that theta solvents can usually provide a reasonable estimate of unperturbed dimensions but that neutron scattering is the preferred technique for extracting k. Clearly, more work remains to be done on both experimental and theoretical fronts, if we are to be able to understand and predict solvent effects on polymer conformational characteristics. 

In many applications in mass spectrometry (MS), the sample to be analyzed is present as a solution in a solvent, such as methanol or acetonitrile, or an aqueous one, as with body fluids. The solution may be an effluent from a liquid chromatography (LC) column. In any case, a solution flows into the front end of a mass spectrometer, but before it can provide a mass spectrum, the bulk of the solvent must be removed without losing the sample (solute). If the solvent is not removed, then its vaporization as it enters the ion source would produce a large increase in pressure and stop the spectrometer from working. At the same time that the solvent is removed, the dissolved sample must be retained so that its mass spectrum can be measured. There are several means of effecting this differentiation between carrier solvent and the solute of interest, and thermospray is just one of them. Plasmaspray is a variant of thermospray in which the basic method of solvent removal is the same, but the number of ions obtained is enhanced (see below). 

This is an oversimplified treatment of the concentration effect that can occur on a thin layer plate when using mixed solvents. Nevertheless, despite the complex nature of the surface that is considered, the treatment is sufficiently representative to disclose that a concentration effect does, indeed, take place. The concentration effect arises from the frontal analysis of the mobile phase which not only provides unique and complex modes of solute interaction and, thus, enhanced selectivity, but also causes the solutes to be concentrated as they pass along the TLC plate. This concentration process will oppose the dilution that results from band dispersion and thus, provides greater sensitivity to the spots close to the solvent front. This concealed concentration process, often not recognized, is another property of TLC development that helps make it so practical and generally useful and often provides unexpected sensitivities. 

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