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An alternative, widely used, approach to charge assisted networks is based on the exploitation of direct acid-base reactions. There are, broadly speaking, essentially two different means to obtain charge-assisted interactions, which depend on whether the network is constructed of ions of the same charge (homoionic hydrogen bonded networks) or of ions of opposite charge (hetero-ionic networks). These two limiting situations are shown in Fig. lc,d. The utilization of... 

NaX (13X) zeolite is the catalyst of choice for benzylic chlorinations while zeolites with high Bronsted acidity (ZF520) affected ring chlorination, even though X-ray diffraction studies have later shown that the zeolite lattice collapses under the reaction conditions127. In both instances the mechanism involves active site outside the channel network of the microporous solid. Contradictory to the latter authors, Delude and Laszlo suggest that aluminum-rich zeolites would preferably initiate radical chain reaction via formation of siloxy radicals. Both the reaction medium and substituents on the aromatic substrate have a profound effect on the rate and selectivity of these reactions. Interestingly, the catalyst applied in the radical chlorinations can be easily recycled and reused. The opposite has been observed in the ionic chlorinations where the catalyst has rapidly lost its activity. 

The origins of percolation theory are usually attributed to Flory and Stock-mayer [5-8], who published the first studies of polymerization of multifunctional units (monomers). The polymerization process of the multifunctional monomers leads to a continuous formation of bonds between the monomers, and the final ensemble of the branched polymer is a network of chemical bonds. The polymerization reaction is usually considered in terms of a lattice, where each site (square) represents a monomer and the branched intermediate polymers represent clusters (neighboring occupied sites), Figure 1.4 A. When the entire network of the polymer, i.e., the cluster, spans two opposite sides of the lattice, it is called a percolating cluster, Figure 1.4 B. 

In cross-linking studies it is sometimes useful to adopt an exactly opposite approach to cross-link ( vulcanize ) previously prepared linear chains. This process is applied in practice many different ways, mostly in the rubber industry. For study purposes, reversible cross-linking is most suitable because the network can subsequently be destroyed, for example by hydrolysis. Reactions of suitable macromolecules with chelating compounds are interesting from this point of view. 

Activation. Activation is the opposite of inhibition The reaction rate is increased rather than decreased by a silent partner. The catalyst may require activation to function at all, as in a network... 

A second application of IMRs consists of using the membrane to distribute a reactant to a fixed bed of catalyst packed on the opposite side (see Figure 10.21c). The most frequent case corresponds to a series-parallel reaction network where there is a favorable kinetic effect regarding the partial pressure of the distributed reactant. Thus, IMRs have been used successfully as oxygen distributors in many oxidations where not only greater selectivity with respect to conventional arrangements is obtained but also a safer operation where a reduced formation of hot spots, lower probability of runaway, and catalyst life enhancement are achieved. 

The H2O molecule exhibits an exceptional ability to establish numerous H-bonds around it. This specificity is of no consequence in the water vapour where nearly all these molecules are found as isolated molecules. In this state, the H2O molecule takes on the form of a most stable molecule that is found at the end of many a chemical reaction. The only specific property this molecule displays then, is its strong electric dipole moment and small moment of inertia, which makes it a molecule that strongly absorbs in a broad IR region, and is consequently at the origin of two third of the greenhouse effecf around the Earth. The exceptional ability of this molecule starts having consequences in ice where H2O molecules are surrounded by similar molecules. It then develops an exceptionally dense H-bond network that makes the number of H-bonds equal to that of covalent bonds. Van der Waals intermolecular forces are then negligible, in opposition to nearly all other molecular species... 

In lUusIration 10.2 we saw that when one nses a battery of stirred tanks for carrying out an exothermic reaction under isothermal conditions, there may be occasions when the heat requirements for the various tanks may be of opposite sign. Some tanks will require a net input of theamal energy, while others will need to be cooled. It is often useful in such situations to consider the possibility of adiabatic operation of one or more of the tanks in series, remembering the constraints that one desires to place on the temperatures of the process streams. Another means of achieving autothermal operation is to use a network consisting of a stirred-tank reactor followed by a tubular reactor. This case is considered in Illustration 10.6. 

We consider a metabolic network at steady state given by the equations and inequalities (3.1a) and (3.1b). After splitting every reversible reaction into two irreversible reactions (with opposite directions), we can assume that all reactions are irreversible. The equations and inequalities (3.1a) and (3.1b) define the so-called flux cone... 

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