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It is not the purpose of this book to discuss in detail the contributions of NMR spectroscopy to the determination of molecular structure. This is a specialized field in itself and a great deal has been written on the subject. In this section we shall consider only the application of NMR to the elucidation of stereoregularity in polymers. Numerous other applications of this powerful technique have also been made in polymer chemistry, including the study of positional and geometrical isomerism (Sec. 1.6), copolymers (Sec. 7.7), and helix-coil transitions (Sec. 1.11). We shall also make no attempt to compare the NMR spectra of various different polymers instead, we shall examine only the NMR spectra of different poly (methyl methacrylate) preparations to illustrate the capabilities of the method, using the first system that was investigated by this technique as the example. 

Cyclization of 2-benzyloxybenzoic acid (66) by means of poly-phosphoric acid affords the dibenzoxepinone, 67. Condensation with the Grignard reagent from 3-dimethylaminopropyl chloride, followed by dehydration of the alcohol thus produced affords doxepin (68), presumably as a mixture of geometrical isomers. 

In Figure 8-1 we show the chemical structure of m-LPPP. The increase in conjugation and the reduction of geometrical defects was the main motivation to incorporate a poly(/ -phenylene)(PPP) backbone into a ladder polymer structure [21]. Due to the side groups attached to the PPP main chain excellent solubility in nonpolar solvents is achieved. This is the prerequisite for producing polymer films of high optical quality. A detailed presentation of the synthesis, sample preparation,... 

Fig. 10. Formation of the bipolaron (= diion) state in poly-p-phenylene upon reduction In the model it is assumed that the ionized states are stabilized by a local geometric distortion from a benzoid-like to a chinoid-Iike structure. Hereby one bipolaron should thermodynamically become more stable than two polarons despite the coulomb repulsion between two similar charges...

The elution of [60]- and [70]fullerenes was measured in water-methanol as a function of temperature on a poly(octadecylsiloxane) phase.67 The retention was shown to be dependent on the surface tension of the stationary phase through a simple geometrical model in which the solute formed a cavity in the stationary phase. In affinity chromatography, it was demonstrated that low ligand density may be a requirement for specificity of binding.68... 

M. Boman and S. Stafstrom, Interpretation of anomalous absorption spectra. A theoretical study of the geometric, electronic and optical properties of poly[3-(4-octylphenyl)thiophene], Mol. Cryst. Liq. Cryst. Sci. Technol., 256 705-710, 1994. 

Optically active benzene(poly)carboxamides and benzene(poly)carboxy-lates were used by Inoue and co-workers as sensitizers for the geometrical photoisomerization of (Z)-cyclooctene and (Z,Z)-cyclooctadienes in various solvents at different temperatures. Under energy-transfer conditions, enantiomeric excesses up to 64% ee in unpolar solvents like pentane were reported. The use of polar solvents diminished the product ee s due to the intervention of a free or solvent-separated radical ion pair generated through the electron transfer from the substrate to the excited chiral sensitizer (Scheme 58) [105-109]. 

The substituents in the 2- and 6-positions must not exceed a certain geometrical size. Otherwise, instead of regular -0-C- coupling leading to the po-ly(phenylene ether)s, there is simply a -C-C- coupling of the monomers to form diphenylquinones. This reaction is favored by higher temperatures. The pale-yellow coloration of poly(-2,6-dimethyl-l,4-phenylene ether) may be caused by the presence of quinones. 

The apparent surfaces of poly crystals, measured geometrically, are often 2—3 times smaller than the real area because the latter is relatively rough—it has hills and valleys that are invisible to unaided sight (see Fig. 7.32). Because various metals—and different samples of the same metal—may have different roughness factors ... 

Adsorption is another phenomenon particularly suited to tracer studies. It plays an important role in the glueing and finishing of wood. In a preliminary study of the adsorption of poly(vinyl acetateJ4C) on smooth geometrically simple surfaces, Weatherwax and Tarrow (66) were able to show that swollen cellophane adsorbed 40 times as much as the other surfaces tested. In the course of this work they were able to measure specific adsorptions of as little as 0.2 pg/cm2 with good accuracy. 

The chromatographic conditions specified produced a chromatogram in which, for Uni-dyme-18-dimer acid, there are four broad peaks corresponding to neutrals, monobasic, dibasic, and poly basic components. Each peak represents the elution of many isomers for example, the dibasic peak is composed of linear, cyclic, and aromatic dimer, each in various geometric, structural, and conformational isomeric forms (the peaks are very broad as a result of the presence of these isomers). 

Geometrically, the RI defines the largest poly tope P which can be inscribed in feasible region R. For example, in Fig. 6 my pair of lines drawn from the origin 0N in the coordinate directions 8y and 02 to the edge of the polytope will have the same total length... 

The reactions of poly(styryl)lithium in benzene with an excess of diphenyl-ethylene 272) and bis[4-(l-phenylethenyl)phenyl]ether158) also were found to proceed by a first order process. However, the reactions of poly(styryl)lithium with the double diphenylethylenes l,4-bis(l-phenylethenyl)benzene and 4,4 bis(l-phenyl-ethenyl)l,l biphenyl gave l58) non-linear first order plots with the gradients decreasing with time. This curvature was attributed to departure from a geometric mean relationship between the three dimerization equilibrium constants (Ka, Kb and Kab). The respective concentrations of the various unassociated, self-associated and cross-associated aggregates involved in the systems described by Equations (49) to (51) are dependent upon the relative concentrations of the two active centers and the respective rate constants which govern the association-dissociation events. 

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