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Even when well defined model systems are used, colloids are ratlier complex, when compared witli pure molecular compounds, for instance. As a result, one often has to resort to a wide range of characterization teclmiques to obtain a sufficiently comprehensive description of a sample being studied. This section lists some of tire most common teclmiques used for studying colloidal suspensions. Some of tliese teclmiques are discussed in detail elsewhere in tliis volume and will only be mentioned in passing. A few teclmiques tliat are relevant more specifically for colloids are introduced very briefly here, and a few advanced teclmiques are highlighted. 

The chemical formula of a compound represents its composition in terms of chemical symbols. Subscripts show the numbers of atoms of each element present in the smallest unit that is representative of the compound. For molecular compounds, it is common to give the molecular formula, a chemical formula that shows how many atoms of each type of element are present in a single molecule of the compound. For instance, the molecular formula for water is H20 each molecule contains one O atom and two H atoms. The molecular formula for estrone, a female sex hormone, is Clgl-I2202, showing that a single molecule of estrone consists of 18 C atoms, 22 FI atoms, and 2 O atoms. A molecule of a male sex hormone, testosterone, differs by only a few atoms its molecular formula is (lyH2802. Think of the consequences of that tiny difference ... 

D.1 Names of Cations D.2 Names of Anions D.3 Names of Ionic Compounds D.4 Names of Inorganic Molecular Compounds D.5 Names of Some Common Organic Compounds... 

It has become common to classify all molecular compounds, which fulfill the above characteristics, as carbene analogs 9,13>. As a consequence, compounds of divalent silicon, germanium, tin, and lead may be regarded as carbene-like and are therefore called silylenes, germylenes, stannylenes, and plumbylenes. In contrast to carbenes they have one property in common the energetically most favorable electronic state is the singlet 1a2 found by experiments and calculations 9). 

Figure 20.7 illustrates compounds that are substrates and, in addition, are inducers of P-gp over-expression. MDR inducers appear to carry at least one type II electron donor unit. Compounds commonly cited as P-gp inducers [72] have a molecular mass of 400-1200 Da and carry on average four type I/type II units. Recently, P-gp up-regulation was also demonstrated for a series of low molecular-mass compounds ( 200-400 Da) such as phenobarbital, clotrimazole, isosafrole, and midazolam [73], Interestingly, the one and only electron donor unit found in these compounds was of type II, which suggests that this motif is essential for P-gp up-regulation. 

Finally, you will need to memorize the common names of the following molecular compounds ... 

Make sure your units cancel, leaving you with the units desired in your final answer. Round off your final numerical answers to the correct number of significant figures. Remember, most molecular compounds—compounds containing only nonmetals—do not ionize in solution. Acids are the most common exceptions. 

Several reviews of the chemistry ofheteronuclear gold clusters are available and the reader is referred to these works for earlier studies in the field [23-27]. Since the number of well structurally characterized compounds is quite large, this section will be focused only on the structures of basic compounds as well as the most recent results on molecular compounds containing Au-transition metal bonds or interactions. In many cases analogous compounds are available for the metals belonging to the same group and therefore, when appropriate, the common structural patterns will be presented for... 

Many simple inorganic molecular compounds are named by using the Greek prefixes in Table D.2 to indicate the number of each type of atom present. Usually, no prefix is used if only one atom of an element is present an important exception to this rule is carbon monoxide, CO. Most of the common binary molecular compounds—molecular compounds built from two elements—have at least one element from Group 16 or 17. These elements are named second, with their endings changed to -ide ... 

Certain binary molecular compounds have common names that are widely used (Table D.3). The phosphorus oxides are distinguished by a... 

Table D.3 Common Names for Some Simple Molecular Compounds...

Several molecular compounds have common (nonsystematic) names (see table below), and must be memorized. Sorry. 

Some common weak acids are listed below. Notice that ions as well as molecular compounds can behave as acids. 

Self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) provide a versatile system for control of the interfacial properties of inorganic compounds. SAMs result from the spontaneous adsorption and assembly of molecular compounds into crystalline structures. Commonly used molecules consist of a head group with a specific affinity for a particular material, and a terminal group containing a chemical function that becomes exposed... 

Chemists refer to salicin, ASA, and more than ten million other chemicals like them as organic compounds. An organic compound is a molecular compound of carbon. Despite the tremendous diversity of organic compounds, nearly all of them share something in common. They are structured from a backbone that consists of just two kinds of atoms carbon and hydrogen. 

The chemistry of coordination compounds is a broad area of inorganic chemistry that has as its central theme the formation of coordinate bonds. A coordinate bond is one in which both of the electrons used to form the bond come from one of the atoms, rather than each atom contributing an electron to the bonding pair, particularly between metal atoms or ions and electron pair donors. Electron pair donation and acceptance result in the formation of a coordinate bond according to the Lewis acid-base theory (see Chapter 5). However, compounds such as H3N BC13 will not be considered as coordination compounds, even though a coordinate bond is present. The term molecular compound or adduct is appropriately used to describe these complexes that are formed by interaction of molecular Lewis acids and bases. The generally accepted use of the term coordination compound or coordination complex refers to the assembly that results when a metal ion or atom accepts pairs of electrons from a certain number of molecules or ions. Such assemblies commonly involve a transition metal, but there is no reason to restrict the term in that way because nontransition metals (Al3+, Be2+, etc.) also form coordination compounds. 

Common UV-MALDI matrices are listed in Table 1.2 with the class of compounds with which they are used. The matrices used with IR lasers, such as urea, caboxylic acids, alcohols and even water, are often closer to the natural solutions than the highly aromatic UV-MALDI matrices. In addition, there are many more potential matrices for IR-MALDI owing to the strong absorption of molecular compounds at IR wavelengths, even if the correlation between ion formation and matrix absorption in IR-MALDI is not clear [36],... 

The molecular compounds, in which molecules with an incomplete electron configuration participate, are not included in the type of Van der Waals compounds discussed here. For example the numerous compounds of BF3, both with inert gases and with organic molecules, in general with compounds which contain atoms with free electron pairs, are well known. In these cases atomic bonds certainly occur by means of a common electron pair supplied by the second component (p. 164). 

Compound Common Name or Abbrev. Primary. . . .. .. / Molecular Application as Pesticide ° Approx. Solubilitya of Neutral Molecule in... 

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