Molecular-weight transformation

J. Brange, S. Havelund, and P. Hougaard, Chemical stability of insulin 2 Formation of higher molecular weight transformation products during storage of pharmaceutical preparations, Pharm. Res, 9, 727 (1992). 

My faculty colleagues of the Institute also bring great expertise in the areas of anionic, cationic, and radical polymerization to the transformation of low-molecular-weight hydrocarbons into macromole-... 

A cross-linked polymer has a density of 0.94 g cm" at 25°C and a molecular weight between crosslinks of 28,000. The conformation of one bond in the middle of the molecule changes from trans to gauche, and the molecule opens up by 120°. In w-butane, the trans to gauche transformation requires about 3.3 kJ mol". Estimate a value for AH of stretching based on this model, and use the law of cosines to estimate the magnitude of the opening up that results. 

Sulfur hexafluoride [2551-62-4] 6 molecular weight 146.07, is a colorless, odorless, tasteless gas. It is not flammable and not particularly reactive. Its high chemical stabiUty and excellent electrical characteristics have led to widespread use in various kinds of electrical and electronic equipment such as circuit breakers, capacitors, transformers, microwave components, etc (see Electronic materials). Other properties of the gas have led to limited usage in a variety of unique appHcations ranging from medical appHcations to space research. 

Most hydrocarbon resins are composed of a mixture of monomers and are rather difficult to hiUy characterize on a molecular level. The characteristics of resins are typically defined by physical properties such as softening point, color, molecular weight, melt viscosity, and solubiHty parameter. These properties predict performance characteristics and are essential in designing resins for specific appHcations. Actual characterization techniques used to define the broad molecular properties of hydrocarbon resins are Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (ftir), nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy (nmr), and differential scanning calorimetry (dsc). 

Transformations in the Solid State. From a practical standpoint, the most important soHd-state transformation of PB involves the irreversible conversion of its metastable form II developed during melt crystallization into the stable form I. This transformation is affected by the polymer molecular weight and tacticity as well as by temperature, pressure, mechanical stress, and the presence of impurities and additives (38,39). At room temperature, half-times of the transformation range between 4 and 45 h with an average half-time of 22—25 h (39). The process can be significantly accelerated by annealing articles made of PB at temperatures below 90°C, by ultrasonic or y-ray irradiation, and by utilizing various additives. Conversion of... 

Mass Spectrometry. Field desorption mass spectrometry has been used to analy2e PPO (179). Average molecular weight parameters (M and could be determined using either protonated (MH + ) or cation attachment (MNa + ) ions. Good agreement was found between fdms and data supphed by the manufacturer, usually less than 5% difference in all cases up to about 3000 amu. Laser desorption Fourier transform mass spectrometry was used to measure PPG ion and it was claimed that ions up to m/2 9700 (PEG) can be analy2ed by this method (180). 

Pitches can be transformed to a mesophase state by further chemical and physical operations. Heat treatment of conventional pitches results in additional aromatic polymeriza tion and the distillation of low molecular weight components. This results in an increase in size and concentration of large planar aromatic molecular species whereupon the precursor pitch is transformed to a mesophase state exhibiting the characteristics of nematic Hquid crystals (1). Additional heat treatment converts the mesophase pitch to an infusible aromatic hydrocarbon polymer designated as coke. 

Enzymes are proteins of high molecular weight and possess exceptionally high catalytic properties. These are important to plant and animal life processes. An enzyme, E, is a protein or protein-like substance with catalytic properties. A substrate, S, is the substance that is chemically transformed at an accelerated rate because of the action of the enzyme on it. Most enzymes are normally named in terms of the reactions they catalyze. In practice, a suffice -ase is added to the substrate on which die enzyme acts. Eor example, die enzyme dial catalyzes die decomposition of urea is urease, the enzyme dial acts on uric acid is uricase, and die enzyme present in die micro-organism dial converts glucose to gluconolactone is glucose oxidase. The diree major types of enzyme reaction are ... 

At temperatures 400-420°C the decomposition rate is so great that in 1 hour the molecular weight decreases from 27,100 to 3100, and within 5 hours the polymer is transformed into a mixture of liquid products [8]. 

The molecular weight of the polymer is a function of the extent of polymerization and could he monitored through the melt viscosity. The final polymer may he directly extruded or transformed to chips, which are stored. 

Low molecular weight or polymeric ATRP initiators have been converted to dithiobenzoate RAFT agents by reaction with phcnylcthyl dithiobenzoate RAFT agent441,655 or by reaction with bis(thiobenzoyl) disulfides under ATRP conditions.483 It is likely that ATRP initiators can be transformed to other forms of RAFT agent by similar methods. 

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