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Although the concentration of fluorine is the most important quantity in the control of the reaction rate and must be maintained within certain limits, in practice the stoichiometry, the molecular fluorine to substrate H-atom molar ratio, is used to determine the reaction parameters leading to a successful and efficient perfluorination. AF is most successful when sublimable solids are introduced into the hydrocarbon evaporator unit of the aerosol fluorinator as solutions by a syringe pump. This now common procedure emphasizes the individual molecule s isolation as it is fluorinated using AF. No intermolecular reactions between solute and solvent have been observed Choice of the solvent is important as it must not boil at a temperature below the melting point of the solute in order to prevent solid deposition in the tubes feeding the evaporator. It must also fluorinate to a material easily separable from the solid reactant after perfluorination. In most cases it has been found that aliphatic hydrochlorocarbons are excellent choices, but that carbon tetrachloride and chloroform and other radical-scavenging solvents are not (sec ref 6). 

Figure Bl.21.4. Direct lattices (at left) and reciprocal lattices (middle) for the five two-dimensional Bravais lattices. The reciprocal lattice corresponds directly to the diffraction pattern observed on a standard LEED display. Note that other choices of unit cells are possible e.g., for hexagonal lattices, one often chooses vectors a and b that are subtended by an angle y of 120° rather than 60°. Then the reciprocal unit cell vectors also change in the hexagonal case, the angle between a and b becomes 60° rather than 120°.

Another option is a q,p) = p and b q,p) = VU q). This guarantees that we are discretizing a pure index-2 DAE for which A is well-defined. But for this choice we observed severe difficulties with Newton s method, where a step-size smaller even than what is required by explicit methods is needed to obtain convergence. In fact, it can be shown that when the linear harmonic oscillator is cast into such a projected DAE, the linearized problem can easily become unstable for k > . Another way is to check the conditions of the Newton-Kantorovich Theorem, which guarantees convergence of the Newton method. These conditions are also found to be satisfied only for a very small step size k, if is small. 

The Michael reaction is of central importance here. This reaction is a vinylogous aldol addition, and most facts, which have been discussed in section 1.10, also apply here the reaction is catalyzed by acids and by bases, and it may be made regioselective by the choice of appropriate enol derivatives. Stereoselectivity is also observed in reactions with cyclic educts. An important difference to the aldol addition is, that the Michael addition is usually less prone to sterical hindrance. This is evidenced by the two examples given below, in which cyclic 1,3-diketones add to o, -unsaturated carbonyl compounds (K. Hiroi, 1975 H, Smith, 1964). 

Bombardment of a liquid surface by a beam of fast atoms (or fast ions) causes continuous desorption of ions that are characteristic of the liquid. Where the liquid is a solution of a sample substance dissolved in a solvent of low volatility (often referred to as a matrix), both positive and negative ions characteristic of the solvent and the sample itself leave the surface. The choice of whether to examine the positive or the negative ions is effected simply by the sign of an electrical potential applied to an extraction plate held above the surface being bombarded. Usually, few fragment ions are observed, and a sample of mass M in a solvent of mass S will give mostly [M + H] (or [M - H] ) and [S -I- H]+ (or [S - H] ) ions. Therefore, the technique is particularly good for measurement of relative molecular mass. 

The choice of the solvent also has a profound influence on the observed sonochemistry. The effect of vapor pressure has already been mentioned. Other Hquid properties, such as surface tension and viscosity, wiU alter the threshold of cavitation, but this is generaUy a minor concern. The chemical reactivity of the solvent is often much more important. No solvent is inert under the high temperature conditions of cavitation (50). One may minimize this problem, however, by using robust solvents that have low vapor pressures so as to minimize their concentration in the vapor phase of the cavitation event. Alternatively, one may wish to take advantage of such secondary reactions, for example, by using halocarbons for sonochemical halogenations. With ultrasonic irradiations in water, the observed aqueous sonochemistry is dominated by secondary reactions of OH- and H- formed from the sonolysis of water vapor in the cavitation zone (51—53). 

Bulk Polymerization. This is the method of choice for the manufacture of poly(methyl methacrylate) sheets, rods, and tubes, and molding and extmsion compounds. In methyl methacrylate bulk polymerization, an auto acceleration is observed beginning at 20—50% conversion. At this point, there is also a corresponding increase in the molecular weight of the polymer formed. This acceleration, which continues up to high conversion, is known as the Trommsdorff effect, and is attributed to the increase in viscosity of the mixture to such an extent that the diffusion rate, and therefore the termination reaction of the growing radicals, is reduced. This reduced termination rate ultimately results in a polymerization rate that is limited only by the diffusion rate of the monomer. Detailed kinetic data on the bulk polymerization of methyl methacrylate can be found in Reference 42. 

Hydroxyl Group. Reactions of the phenohc hydroxyl group iaclude the formation of salts, esters, and ethers. The sodium salt of the hydroxyl group is alkylated readily by an alkyl hahde (WiUiamson ether synthesis). Normally, only alkylation of the hydroxyl is observed. However, phenolate ions are ambident nucleophiles and under certain conditions, ring alkylation can also occur. Proper choice of reaction conditions can produce essentially exclusive substitution. Polar solvents favor formation of the ether nonpolar solvents favor ring substitution. 

The efficiency ranking of desiccants in drying air is not always the same as that observed in drying other materials. Other materials may interact with the desiccants to reduce drying effectiveness. From a study of the efficiency of some 25 desiccants for drying several families of laboratory solvents and reagents it was concluded that molecular sieves are the desiccants of choice in most cases (9—17). 

D. R. Cox, P/anning of Experiments,]ohxi Wiley Sons, Inc., New York, 1958. This book provides a simple survey of the principles of experimental design and of some of the most usehil experimental schemes. It tries "as far as possible, to avoid statistical and mathematical technicalities and to concentrate on a treatment that will be intuitively acceptable to the experimental worker, for whom the book is primarily intended." As a result, the book emphasizes basic concepts rather than calculations or technical details. Chapters are devoted to such topics as "Some key assumptions," "Randomization," and "Choice of units, treatments, and observations."... 

Electrolysis. For reasons not fiiUy understood (76), the isotope separation factor commonly observed in the electrolysis of water is between 7 and 8. Because of the high separation factor and the ease with which it can be operated on the small scale, electrolysis has been the method of choice for the further enrichment of moderately enriched H2O—D2O mixtures. Its usefiilness for the production of heavy water from natural water is limited by the large amounts of water that must be handled, the relatively high unit costs of electrolysis, and the low recovery. 

In addition to the intravenous route, streptokinase is also adrninistered by the direct intracoronary route. In a Dutch study with 533 patients treated intracoronarily, a significant reduction (12%) in mortahty was noted (79). Of the two methods of adininistration, the intravenous route appears to be the method of choice because of ease of adininistration and the shorter lag period before therapy is initiated the lag period observed in studies utilizing the intracoronary route is attributable to the time required for catheterization. 

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