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Hybrid materials [Ln(fod) (THF)y] MCM-41.28o [Ln = Sc (18F), Y (19F) and La (26F)] and [Y(fod)3] MCM-41.28o (6) were used under standard conditions as catalysts for the Danishefsky transformation (Table 12.9). In these reactions 1.1 equivalents of benzaldehyde (Sj) were allowed to react with trans-l-methoxy-3-trimethylsilyloxy-1,3-butadiene (Si) in n-hexane at ambient temperature. The outcome of the reaction was highly dependent on the synthesis procedure used for the Ln-fod surface complexes. For materials [Ln(fod) ,(THF)y] MCM-41.28o. obtained by secondary ligand exchange from silylamide surface complexes 18,19 and 27 (via route C in Scheme 12.3 see also Table 12.3 and Scheme 12.8), the... 

Total RNA is isolated from the lymphocytes according to standard procedures and used as a template for radioactive labeled cDNA synthesis. The purified cDNA is used as probe for cDNA expression arrays. The advantages of this method as compared to other array systems are as follows (1) Radioactive-labeled probes are more sensitive than fluorescent-labeled probes and therefore need less sample RNA. (2) The primers used in the cDNA synthesis match the genes represented on the array. (3) The primer sequences are longer compared to other array systems, which increases the hybridization fidelity of RNA to the matching correct set of genes and therefore reduces mismatch reactions. 

The use of scavenger resins in solution-phase synthesis illustrates a type of procedure that is actually a hybrid between solution-phase and solid-phase methods. The first step of this procedure is clearly a form of solution-phase synthesis since the reactions take place totally within a dissolved state with no solid support provided for any of the reactants. The separation stage of the process occurs only after products have become attached to solid supports—the scavenger resins—from which they may or may not then be removed. 

The polymerase chain reaction (PCR) is an important procedure in genetic engineering that allows any DNA segment to be replicated (amplified) without the need for restriction enzymes, vectors, or host cells (see p. 258). However, the nucleotide sequence of the segment has to be known. Two oligonucleotides (primers) are needed, which each hybridize with one of the strands at each end of the DNA segment to be amplified also needed are sufficient quantities of the four deoxyribonucleo-side triphosphates and a special heat-tolerant DNA polymerase. The primers are produced by chemical synthesis, and the polymerase is obtained from thermostable bacteria. 

SN2 reaction or bimolecular nucleophilic substitution reaction (Section 8.3) A reaction in which the nucleophile replaces die leaving group at an s/ -hybridized carbon in a one-step mechanism. Solid phase synthesis (Section 26.7) A synthetic method in which a compound is attached to the surface of insoluble polymer beads. After a reaction is run on the compound, it is only necessary to collect the beads by filtration and wash them to remove any remaining reagent and isolate the product. Not only is the isolation procedure fast and simple but mechanical losses are minimized. After a number of reactions are run, the final product is cleaved from the polymer and isolated. 

By means of related procedures grafting from and onto radical VFA polymerization with functionalized silica are also possible. It was found that these methods are ineffective for the synthesis of PVFA/silica hybrid materials [103]. Hence, radical copolymerization of VFA with vinylsilane-function-alized silica particles was chosen [99]. The functionalization of silica particles with VTS yields, with good reproducibility, hybrid particles (VTS-silica) with an average carbon content of 3.4 w/w-%. Co-polymerization of VFA with VTS-silica particles was performed in aqueous suspensions containing 2,2 -azobis-(2-amidinopropene) dihydrochloride (ABAC) as initiator. The... 

This approach towards nanostructured inorganic-organic hybrid materials is the first one to allow the synthesis of inverse-topology systems, in which the hydrophobic polymer blocks represent the outside of the microphase-separated structure. After solidification of the inorganic sol, the hydrophobic phase can be swollen with organic solvents. This procedure allows the isolation of colloidal objects, such as spheres or ceramic rods (see Fig. 12), from one another, which are sterically stabilized, because the hydrophihc block is firmly anchored in the ceramic material [45]. 

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