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Application of the algorithm for analysis of vapor-liquid equilibrium data can be illustrated with the isobaric data of 0th-mer (1928) for the system acetone(1)-methanol(2). For simplicity, the van Laar equations are used here to express the activity coefficients. 

Polymerization processes yielding polymers, whose mers are constitutionally identical to the reacting monomers are now classified as addition polymerizations. Thus styrene can be converted, by addition polymerization, to polystyrene ... 

Here the empirical compositions of polymer and reacting monomers are dilTerent and the structural unit (mer) has no constitutional identity with the monomer components. 

Figure C2.5.10. The figure gives tire foldability index ct of 27-mer lattice chains witli sets containing different number of amino acids. The sets are generated according to scheme described in [27], The set of 20 amino acids is taken as a standard sample. Each sequence witli 20 amino acids is optimized to fulfil tire stability gap [5]. The residues in tire standard samples are substituted witli four different sets containing a smaller number of amino acids [27]. The foldability of tliese substitutions is indicated by tire full circles. The open diamonds correspond to tire sequences witli same composition. However, tire amino acids are chosen from tire reduced representation and tire resultant sequence is optimized using tire stability gap [5].

By controlhng the relative amounts of, for example, glycerol and phthahc anhydride and the experimental conditions of the reaction, various pol5 mers of different properties are obtained. Under mild conditions (ca. 150°) only the primary alcohol groups are esterified and the secondary alcohol group remains free. The structural unit of the resulting linear polymer is ... 

Dilute sodium hydroxide solution. Carboxylic acids (RCOOH), sulphonic acids (RSO3H), phenols (ArOH), thiophenols (ArSH), mer-captans (RSH), imides (RCONHCOR), aryl sulphonamides (AxSOjNHj), arylsulphonyl derivatives of primary amines (AxSOjNHR), oximes (RCH=NOH), primary and secondary nitro compounds (RCH=NOOH and RjC=NOOH-oci forms), and some enols (e.g., of 1 3-diketones... 

As another route, formation of 1,3,7-octatriene (7) proceeds at higher temperature in the absence of nucleophiles by Pd-catalyzed elimination of acetic acid or phenol via a 7r-allylpalladium complex from their telo-mers[l4,17]. 

The 1.3-diene system formed by cydization is useful for further modifications. typically Diels-Alder reactions. The 1,3-diene 51 reacts with maleimide to give 52[35], Similarly, the 1.3-diene 59 undergoes a Diels-Alder reaction, and this sequence was used for the syntheses of sterepolide (60 )[37] and mer-ulidial[38]. 

The number of C H2n+2 iso mers has been calculated for values of n from 1 to 400 and the comment made that the number of isomers of C167H336 exceeds the number of particles in the known universe (10 °) These obser vations and the historical background of isomer calcu lation are described in a pa per in the April 1989 issue of the Journal of Chemical Edu cat/on (pp 278-281)... 

FIGURE 2 12 Boiling points of unbranched alkanes and their 2 methyl branched iso mers (Temperatures in this text are expressed in de grees Celsius C The SI unit of temperature is the kelvin K To convert degrees Celsius to kelvins add 273 15 )... 

The heat evolved on burning an alkane increases with the number of car bon atoms The relative stability of isomers may be determined by com paring their respective heats of combustion The more stable of two iso mers has the lower heat of combustion... 

The CIS and trans forms of 1 2 dimethylcyclopropane are stereoisomers Stereoisomers are isomers that have their atoms bonded m the same order—that is they have the same constitution but they differ m the arrangement of atoms m space Stereoiso mers of the cis-trans type are sometimes referred to as geometric isomers You learned m Section 2 18 that constitutional isomers could differ m stability What about stereoisomers We can measure the energy difference between as and trans 1 2 dimethylcyclo propane by comparing their heats of combustion As illustrated m Figure 3 20 the two compounds are isomers and so the difference m their heats of combustion is a direct measure of the difference m their energies Because the heat of combustion of trans 1 2 dimethylcyclopropane is 5 kJ/mol (12 kcal/mol) less than that of its cis stereoisomer it follows that trans 1 2 dimethylcyclopropane is 5 kJ/mol (12 kcal/mol) more stable than as 1 2 dimethylcyclopropane... 

Photochemical chlorination of pentane gave a mixture of three isomenc monochlorides The pnncipal monochlonde constituted 46% of the total and the remaining 54% was approximately a 1 1 mixture of the other two isomers Write structural formulas for the three monochlonde iso mers and specify which one was formed in greatest amount (Recall that a secondary hydrogen is abstracted three times faster by a chlonne atom than a pnmary hydrogen)... 

FIGURE 5 4 Heats of com bustion of C4HS alkene iso mers All energies are in kilojoules per mole (An energy difference of 3 kj/mol IS equivalent to 0 7 kcal/mol 7 kJ/mol is equiva lent to 1 7 kcal/mol)... 

In general alkenes with more highly substituted double bonds are more stable than iso mers with less substituted double bonds... 

Except for the biochemical example just cited the stractures of all of the alcohols m Section 5 9 (including those m Problem 5 13) were such that each one could give only a single alkene by p elimination What about ehmmahon m alcohols such as 2 methyl 2 butanol m which dehydration can occur in two different directions to give alkenes that are conshtutional iso mers Here a double bond can be generated between C 1 and C 2 or between C 2 and C 3 Both processes occur but not nearly to the same extent Under the usual reachon con dihons 2 methyl 2 butene is the major product and 2 methyl 1 butene the minor one... 

Figure 7 8 presents structural formulas for these four stereoisomers Stereoisomers I and II are enantiomers of each other the enantiomer of (R R) is (S S) Likewise stereoiso mers III and IV are enantiomers of each other the enantiomer of (R S) being (S R)... 

FIGURE 7 10 Stereo isomeric 2 3 butanediols shown in their eclipsed con formations for convenience Stereoisomers (a) and (b) are enantiomers of each other Structure (c) is a diastereo mer of (a) and (b) and is achiral It is called meso 2 3 butanediol... 

Steroids are another class of natural products with multiple chirality centers One such compound is cholic acid which can be obtained from bile Its structural formula IS given m Figure 7 12 Cholic acid has 11 chirality centers and so a total (including cholic acid) of 2" or 2048 stereoisomers have this constitution Of these 2048 stereoiso mers how many are diastereomers of cholic acid s Remember Diastereomers are stereoisomers that are not enantiomers and any object can have only one mirror image Therefore of the 2048 stereoisomers one is cholic acid one is its enantiomer and the other 2046 are diastereomers of cholic acid Only a small fraction of these compounds are known and (+) cholic acid is the only one ever isolated from natural sources... 

FIGURE 7 16 Poly mers of propene The mam chain IS shown in a zigzag conformation Every other carbon bears a methyl sub stituent and is a chirality center (a) All the methyl groups are on the same side of the carbon chain in isotactic polypropylene (b) Methyl groups alternate from one side to the other in syndiotactic polypropy lene (c) The spatial orienta tion of the methyl groups IS random in atactic polypropylene... 

Mercury(ll) sulfate and mer cury(ll) oxide are also known as mercuric sulfate and ox ide respectively... 

In general ketones are more stable than their enol precursors and are the products actually isolated when alkynes undergo acid catalyzed hydration The standard method for alkyne hydration employs aqueous sulfuric acid as the reaction medium and mer cury(II) sulfate or mercury(II) oxide as a catalyst... 

As the demand for rubber increased so did the chemical industry s efforts to prepare a synthetic sub stitute One of the first elastomers (a synthetic poly mer that possesses elasticity) to find a commercial niche was neoprene discovered by chemists at Du Pont in 1931 Neoprene is produced by free radical polymerization of 2 chloro 1 3 butadiene and has the greatest variety of applications of any elastomer Some uses include electrical insulation conveyer belts hoses and weather balloons... 

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