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Model compounds of triene (V), i. e. diene (V,f) or methyl-ethyl-cydopentadiene (as in the case of (V), a mixture of positioiuil isomers are obtained from the synthesis reaction), were found to undergo Diels-Alder reactions to appreciable extents even in the absence of dienophiles. The exdudve formation of dimers was checked by VPC-MS and the reaction course followed spectrophotometrically atri throi ... 

Liquid Ghromatography/Mass Spectrometry. Increased use of Hquid chromatography/mass spectrometry (Ic/ms) for stmctural identification and trace analysis has become apparent. Thermospray Ic/ms has been used to identify by-products in phenyl isocyanate precolumn derivatization reactions (74). Five compounds resulting from the reaction of phenyUsocyanate and the reaction medium were identified two from a reaction between phenyl isocyanate and methanol, two from the reaction between phenyl isocyanate and water, and one from the polymerisation of phenyl isocyanate. There were also two reports of derivatisation to enhance either the response or stmctural information from thermospray Ic/ms for linoleic acid hpoxygenase metabohtes (75) and for cortisol (76). 

The manufacturing process for organo-soluble EHEC is similar to that for EC except that alkah cellulose reacts first with ethylene oxide to a low hydroxyethyl MS value of - 0.5 at a low temperature, - 50° C, followed by reaction of the ethyl chloride at a higher temperature. Additional by-products, which are removed during purification, include glycols and the reaction products of the glycols with ethyl chloride (glycol ethers). 

In a typical run, bis(l,2-diphenylphosphino)ethane (DPPE) (0.022 g, 0.05 mmol) and 1,3 diene (32.5 mmol) are added to a portion of the co-condensate, containing 5.2 mg of rhodium (0.05 mg. atom) in 10 ml of mesitylene. The solution is introduced by suction into an evacuated, 80 ml stainless steel autoclave. Carbon monoxide is introduced to the desired pressure and the autoclave is rocked and heated at 80 °C. Hydrogen is rapidly charged to give 1 1 gas composition. When the pressure reaches the theoretical value corresponding to the desired conversion, the autoclave is cooled, depressurised, and the reaction mixture analyzed by GLC. The crude product is distilled. The aldehydes are obtained as pure samples by preparative GLC and characterized by H NMR spectroscopy and GC-MS analysis. 

A recent stndy (13,27) describes the use of Co-Si-TUD-1 for the liquid-phase oxidation of cyclohexane. Several other metals were tested as well. TBHP (tert-butyl hydroperoxide) was used as an oxidant and the reactions were carried out at 70°C. Oxidation of cyclohexane was carried out using 20 ml of a mixture of cyclohexane, 35mol% TBHP and 1 g of chlorobenzene as internal standard, in combination with the catalyst (0.1 mmol of active metal pretreated overnight at 180°C). Identification of the products was carried out using GC-MS. The concentration of carboxylic side products was determined by GC analysis from separate samples after conversion into the respective methyl esters. Evolution and consumption of molecular oxygen was monitored volumetrically with an attached gas burette. All mass balances were 92% or better. 

The reaction of peroxynitrite with the biologically ubiquitous C02 is of special interest due to the presence of both compounds in living organisms therefore, we may be confident that this process takes place under in vivo conditions. After the discovery of this reaction in 1995 by Lymar [136], the interaction of peroxynitrite with carbon dioxide and the reactions of the formed adduct nitrosoperoxocarboxylate ONOOCOO has been thoroughly studied. In 1996, Lymar et al. [137] have shown that this adduct is more reactive than peroxynitrite in the reaction with tyrosine, forming similar to peroxynitrite dityrosine and 3-nitrotyrosine. Experimental data were in quantitative agreement with free radical-mediated mechanism yielding tyrosyl and nitric dioxide radicals as intermediates and were inconsistent with electrophilic mechanism. The lifetime of ONOOCOO was estimated as <3 ms, and the rate constant of Reaction (42) k42 = 2 x 103 1 mol 1 s 1. 

In this case, the actual redox step is preceded by the formation of an adduct or a complex between the catalyst, the substrate and dioxygen. The order of these reaction steps is irrelevant as long as the rate determining step is Eq. (8). If Eqs. (6) and (7) are rapidly established pre-equilibria the reaction rate depends on the concentrations of all reactants. In some instances, the rate determining step is the formation of the MS complex and the reaction rate is independent of the concentration of dioxygen. 

In addition, a novel fluorous support has been developed recently as an alternative to traditional polymer supports and applied successfully to oligosaccharide synthesis in combination with the trichloroacetimidate method [541]. Each intermediate in the fluorous oligosaccharide synthesis [542,543] could be obtained by simple fluorous-organic solvent extraction, and the reactions could be monitored by TLC, NMR and MS, in contrast to solid-phase reactions. Moreover, the new liquid-phase technique is anticipated to be easily applicable to the large-scale synthesis. 

Niobium and rhodium cluster anions have been prepared by laser vaporization and the reactions with benzene studied by FT-ICR/MS (58). The reactions of the anions and similar cations have been compared. With few exceptions the predominant reaction of the niobium cluster anions and cations was the total dehydrogenation of benzene to form the metal carbide cluster, [Nb C6]-. The Nb19 species, both anion and cation, reacted with benzene to form the coordinated species Nb 9C6I I6p as the predominant product ion. The Nb22 ions also formed some of the addition complex but the Nb2o Nb2i, and all the other higher clusters, formed the carbide ions, Nb C6. ... 

In this pull-down assay, the enzymatic reaction is carried out completely in solution. Samples taken from the reaction mixture are then transferred to a SAM-modified MALDI target, on which the remaining substrate and the reaction product are selectively immobilized. Subsequent to the extraction of the analytes, the target is rinsed, treated with matrix, and MALDI-MS analysis is carried out. A major advantage of this assay scheme is that the inherent danger of negative influences on the reaction kinetics, which may be caused by immobilization of the substrate as in standard SAMDI-MS-based assay formats, is circumvented. Additionally, by selective extraction of the analytes of interest and removal of the other... 

The photochemistry of [Cr(CO)e] has been investigated in several studies. Flash photolysis of cyclohexane solutions of [CrfCO) ] affords two species one has a of 470 nm and a lifetime of 5 ms and the other, = 440 nm, has a lifetime > 1 s. The relationship between photolysed species of [CrfCO) ] and photochemical substitution reactions described in Scheme 4 has been suggested from i.r. and u.v. spectroscopic studies of matrix-isolated species. ... 

Reetz and coworkers developed a highly efficient method for screening of enantioselectivity of asymmetrically catalyzed reactions of chiral or prochiral substrates using ESI-MS [60]. This method is based on the use of isotopically labeled substrates in the form of pseudo-enantiomers or pseudo-prochiral compounds. Pseudo-enantiomers are chiral compounds which are characterized by different absolute configurations and one of them is isotopically labeled. With these labeled compounds two different stereochemical processes are possible. The first is a kinetic separation of a racemic mixture, the second the asymmetric conversion of prochiral substrates with enantiotopic groups. The conversion can be monitored by measuring the relative amounts of substrates or products by electrospray mass spectrometry. Since only small amounts of sample are required for this method, reactions are easily carried out in microtiter plates. The combination of MS and the use of pseudo-enantiomers can be used for the investigation of different kinds of asymmetric conversion as shown in Fig. 3 [60]. 

Reaction of Acetoin (3-Hydroxy-2-butanone) with Ammonia. Aqueous solution of ammonium hydroxyde (20%, 100 ml) was added to acetoin (17.6 g, 0.2 mol) and the reaction mixture was stirred for 30 min at 50°C and then for 6 h at room temperature. The precipitated product was filtered off, the filtrate was neutralized with 10% hydrochloric acid, and extracted with ether (continuous overnight extraction). The extract was washed with water, dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate, and concentrated on a spinning-band distillation apparatus. The residual solution was then analyzed by GC and GC-MS. 

A suspension of 0.76 g LAH in 50 mL THF was stirred under an inert atmosphere, and treated with the dropwise addition of a solution of 2.5 g N-(benzyloxycarbonyl)-4-methoxytryptamine in 30 anhydrous THF. The reaction mixture was held at reflux for 30 min, then cooled to 40 °C and the excess hydride destroyed with the addition of 50% aqueous THF. The solids were removed by filtration, washed with THF, the filtrate and washings combined, and the solvent removed under vacuum. The residue, impure 4-methoxy-N-methyltryptamine, was dissolved in 50 mL ethanol, treated with 1.0 mL acetone, then with 0.5 g 10% Pd / C, and the reaction mixture shaken under a hydrogen atmosphere at 50 psi for 15 h. The catalyst was removed by filtration through a bed of Celite, the filtrate stripped of solvent under vacuum, and the solid residue recrystallized from Et20 / hexane to give 0.51 g 4-methoxy-N-methyl-N-isopropyltryptamine (4-MeO-MIPT) which had a mp 80-81 °C. Anal C15H22N20. C,H,N. MS (in m/z) C5H12N+ 86 (100%) indolemethylene+ 160 (4%) parent ion 246 (6 %). 

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