Net reduction

At low doses, both psychostimulants could theoretically stimulate tonic, extracellular levels of monoamines, and the small increase in steady state levels would produce feedback inhibition of further release by stimulating presynaptic autoreceptors. While this mechanism is clearly an important one for the normal regulation of monoamine neurotransmission, there is no direct evidence to support the notion that the doses used clinically to treat ADHD are low enough to have primarily presynaptic effects. However, alterations in phasic dopamine release could produce net reductions in dopamine release under putatively altered tonic dopaminergic conditions that might occur in ADHD and that might explain the beneficial effects of methylphenidate in ADHD. 

Thus Pu(VI) in carbonate media will not suffer a net reduction due to radiolysis. 

STRATEGY We expect a decrease in entropy because there is a net reduction in the amount of gas molecules. To find the numerical value, we use the chemical equation to write an expression for AS°, as shown in Eq. 8, and then substitute values from Table 7.3 or Appendix 2A. 

Our results fit also with a previous investigation (9) on polyenes based on a version of the 2h-lp Cl scheme restricted to the virtual one-electron states generated by a minimal basis. In our case, however, the fragmentation of lines into satellites is much more pronounced. The reason lies in the size-consistency of the ADC[3] approach (as contrasted with the size-inconsistency of any truncated form of Cl (27d), in the full handling of the virtual space, and (10) in the inclusion of correlation corrections to the reference ground state, leading to (37) a net reduction of the quasi-particle band gap of conjugated polymers. 

Reduction of Ketones and Enones. Although the method has been supplanted for synthetic purposes by hydride donors, the reduction of ketones to alcohols in ammonia or alcohols provides mechanistic insight into dissolving-metal reductions. The outcome of the reaction of ketones with metal reductants is determined by the fate of the initial ketyl radical formed by a single-electron transfer. The radical intermediate, depending on its structure and the reaction medium, may be protonated, disproportionate, or dimerize.209 In hydroxylic solvents such as liquid ammonia or in the presence of an alcohol, the protonation process dominates over dimerization. Net reduction can also occur by a disproportionation process. As is discussed in Section 5.6.3, dimerization can become the dominant process under conditions in which protonation does not occur rapidly. 

In a related study, the oxidation-reduction sequence was carried out in the presence of an olefin (Scheme 21). Two products were formed. The major product resulted from the net reduction of the carboxylic acid to an aldehyde. The minor product resulted from trapping of the radical anion intermediate generated from the reduction reaction by the olefin. It should be noted that, in the absence of a trapping group, the acid can be selectively reduced to the aldehyde without any over-reduction. Although not in the scope of this review, this is a very useful transformation in its own right [35]. At this time, the yields of the cyclized products from the cyclization reaction of the radical anion with the olefin remain low. 

Acid-catalyzed conversion of a ketone with a pendant hydroxyl group into a cyclic ether with net reduction of the carbonyl. 

A general type of chemical reaction between two compounds, A and B, such that there is a net reduction in bond multiplicity (e.g., addition of a compound across a carbon-carbon double bond such that the product has lost this 77-bond). An example is the hydration of a double bond, such as that observed in the conversion of fumarate to malate by fumarase. Addition reactions can also occur with strained ring structures that, in some respects, resemble double bonds (e.g., cyclopropyl derivatives or certain epoxides). A special case of a hydro-alkenyl addition is the conversion of 2,3-oxidosqualene to dammara-dienol or in the conversion of squalene to lanosterol. Reactions in which new moieties are linked to adjacent atoms (as is the case in the hydration of fumarate) are often referred to as 1,2-addition reactions. If the atoms that contain newly linked moieties are not adjacent (as is often the case with conjugated reactants), then the reaction is often referred to as a l,n-addition reaction in which n is the numbered atom distant from 1 (e.g., 1,4-addition reaction). In general, addition reactions can take place via electrophilic addition, nucleophilic addition, free-radical addition, or via simultaneous or pericycUc addition. 

Previous randomized controlled trials of diuretic- or -blocker-based regimens, involving a total of about 47,000 patients with hypertension, have collectively demonstrated that, over an average of about 5 years, such treatment produced much of the epidemiologi-cally expected benefit of the achieved BP reductions. A net reduction of 5-6 mmHg in usual DBP was associated with a 38% reduction in stroke risk and a 16% reduction in coronary heart disease (CHD) risk, with similar effects on fatal and non-fatal events. 

It turns out that z2—a little surprising—is substantially above of—y2. The xz—yz level is further above xy, however, and the net effect places fluoride lower than NH3 in the spectrochemical series. Fluoride gives stronger [Pg.253]

There is a net reduction of a-chlorosulfenyl-oc-chloro ketones under hydrolytic conditions [267]. The sulfur atom undergoes a series of contrapolarizing changes (a-d-a). The carbonyl group also plays a crucial accentuation role in the various steps of the reaction. 

The recombination reactions consume free radicals to create stable species, resulting in a net reduction of radicals. Since these recombination reactions are very exothermic, they cause the temperature to increase. The lower panel of Fig. 16.11 shows the contribution of various reactions to the temperature rise. Specifically, it shows the contribution of each reaction i to the heat-of-reaction term in the thermal-energy equation (Eq. 16.98) ... 

Tank-Battery Repair Savings Many of the conventional batteries scheduled for consolidation were more than 30 years old and were experiencing high annual repair and maintenance costs. Comparing this with repair and maintenance expenses for automated sites, a net savings from consolidation was evident. An estimated net reduction in operating expense of more than S300.000/yr is anticipated. 

Two points may be made at this stage. First, the quantity of charge transferred between phases in order to establish an equilibrium potential difference is normally so small that the actual change in composition of the solution is negligible. For example, one can show that when a 1 cm2 platinum electrode is immersed in a Fe2+/Fe3+ solution, a net reduction of between 10-9 and 10-,° moles of Fe3+ takes place. Second, and as will be stressed later, the kinetics of the charge transfer process are very important, since if rates are slow, it may not be possible for a true equilibrium to be established. 

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