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Tartaric acid (systematic name 2,3-dihydroxy-butanedioic acid) is a naturally occurring dicarboxylic acid containing two stereocenters with identical substitution patterns. Therefore it exists as a pair of enantiomers (which have identical physical properties but which rotate plane-polarized light in opposite directions) and an achiral meso compound (with different physical and chemical properties from those of the chiral diastereomers). 

The stmcture of SAMs is affected by the si2e and chemical properties of surface functionahties. Indeed, the introduction of any surface functionaUty reduces monolayer order. The impetus toward disorder may result from stericaHy demanding terminal groups, eg, —O—Si(CH2)2(C(CH2)3) (245) and —C H N Ru(NH2)5 (345,346), or from very polar surface groups, eg, OH, COOH, etc. In both cases, the disorder introduced may be significant and not confined only to the surface. 

Functional polyethylene waxes provide both the physical properties obtained by the high molecular weight polyethylene wax and the chemical properties of an oxidised product, or one derived from a fatty alcohol or acid. The functional groups improve adhesion to polar substrates, compatibHity with polar materials, and dispersibHity into water. Uses include additives for inks and coatings, pigment dispersions, plastics, cosmetics, toners, and adhesives. 

It has been shown that the SF5 group has a similar but often enhanced effect on the lipophilicity of compounds, and on essentially any physical or chemical property that derives from its strong polar influence. It also has the advantage of greater hydrolytic stability than a trifluoromethyl group. 

The general or universal effects in intermolecular interactions are determined by the electronic polarizability of solvent (refraction index n0) and the molecular polarity (which results from the reorientation of solvent dipoles in solution) described by dielectric constant z. These parameters describe collective effects in solvate s shell. In contrast, specific interactions are produced by one or few neighboring molecules, and are determined by the specific chemical properties of both the solute and the solvent. Specific effects can be due to hydrogen bonding, preferential solvation, acid-base chemistry, or charge transfer interactions. 

Calculated molecular properties from 3D molecular fields of interaction energies are a novel approach to correlate 3D molecular structures with pharmacodynamic, pharmacokinetic and physico-chemical properties. The novel VolSurf descriptors quantitatively characterize size, shape, polarity, hydrophobicity and the balance between them. 

The dipolar nature of the C—F bond in lightly fluorinated molecules gives a polar character to these molecules". Consequently, their physico-chemical properties can be quite different from those of hydrocarbon compounds and from those of the corresponding perfluorinated compounds. 

Knowledge of the chemical properties of the common amino acids is central to an understanding of biochemistry. The topic can be simplified by grouping the amino acids into five main classes based on the properties of their R groups (Table 3-1), in particular, their polarity, or tendency to interact with water at biological pH (near pH 7.0). The polarity of the R groups varies widely, from nonpolar and hydrophobic (water-insoluble) to highly polar and hydrophilic (water-soluble). 

From Hildebrand s solubility parameter, heptane is less polar than toluene, which in turn is less polar than methylene chloride, etc., to water, the most polar. Unfortunately, toluene and ethyl acetate exhibit similar 8 which does not account for their chemical properties moreover, Hildebrand s solubility parameters are not known for mixtures. 

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