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An observation of the results of cross-validation revealed that all but one of the compounds in the dataset had been modeled pretty well. The last (31st) compound behaved weirdly. When we looked at its chemical structure, we saw that it was the only compound in the dataset which contained a fluorine atom. What would happen if we removed the compound from the dataset The quahty ofleaming became essentially improved. It is sufficient to say that the cross-vahdation coefficient in-CTeased from 0.82 to 0.92, while the error decreased from 0.65 to 0.44. Another learning method, the Kohonen s Self-Organizing Map, also failed to classify this 31st compound correctly. Hence, we had to conclude that the compound containing a fluorine atom was an obvious outlier of the dataset. 

Because the intermediates Me and MeiCOH are pretty rmlikely species and they would have to be intermediates in the real reaction too We have already found the first way to recognise a good disconnection it has a reasonable mechanism. Choose a discormection for this molecule, target molecule 3 (TM 3) breaking bond a or b. Draw the arrow and the intermediates. 

This was pretty simple and is well suited for someone without any distillation equipment ... 

Strike ranked it 3 in the Top Ten from the first edition because Strike didn t think people would bite at the idea of using such an expensive catalyst as PdCl2. Street chemists are often tightassed when that is the last thing they should be when it comes to production. But this has not been the case with this procedure as Strike has happily found out. At 7.00- 9.00/g, PdCb is still pretty pricey but this has not been a deterrent as many chemists have found. Nor should it be. This procedure works so well that it would, in fact, be stupid not to do it should one happen to work in an accredited, licensed research lab. The following is what Strike first wrote about it. 

The Leuckart reaction was originally conceived using a chemical called ammonium formate (HCOONH4) which is very similar to formamide (HCONH2) [30]. It is pretty much believed that this molecule donates its ammonium part to the P2P and then the formate part turns into formic acid (HCOOH) which then acts to reduce the intermediate into its stable formyl derivative (don t ask). 

Dear readers please take notice Not once has the flask left the stirplate since the formamide and P2P reaction started up to the last point where MDA freebase was liberated. That s pretty damn convenient. Technically, the Leuckart reaction can continue as a one pot synthesis from the last part of P2P cleanup right up to final product. 

Both those methods look pretty equal to Strike. Still, Strike tends to think that the Method I looks like it s the best of the two. There are some definite advantages that this method has over the NaBHaCN one. But all in all, they look about even to Strike. It s great to have options though. Isn t it ... 

It would be pretty pathetic if one had to start the synthesis of a complex molecule such as X from something like phenol but it can be done. However, since ail of the intermediates listed here are legal, there is no excuse not to start as far up the ladder as... 

The reaction itself works by the action of Na or K from NaOH or KOH which form what is called a catechoxide dianion with the two OHs of the catechol species. This makes the two ripe for an attack by a methylene halide which can be either DCM (methylene chloride, or dichloromethane), DBM (methylene bromide, or di-bromomethane) or DIM (methylene iodide, or diiodomethane). DCM is cheap and works pretty well, but DBM and DIM work better yet are more expensive. 

The next two bromination recipes use recyclable bromine donors that can be used over and over again. They are called dioxane and succinimide and are more common than you think. No, dioxane is not the same as the notorious dioxin but it is still pretty toxic. 

The preparation of the bromobenzodioxole or bromobenzene is going to be the same no matter which one is used and no matter which precursor the chemist wishes to make. This means that this first part needs to be done correctly. This first part of preparation that Strike is talking about is the creation of a Grignard reagent out of the bromo compound starting material [125,131-134]. Mr. Grignard earned a Nobel prize for this in 1912 so you can bet that it s a pretty good procedure. 

Safrole from the Grignard reagent Keeping the apparatus from the above reaction, pour 60g of allylbromide into the sep funnel. As with the ingredients of the last procedure the allylbromide must be dried over sodium sulphate. This stuff is really nasty, use a mask at least or a fume cupboard if you can get access to one or fill the sep funnel outdoors. The fumes are invisible and pretty lethal -please be warned. 

The fact that = 1 indicates that our solution is not very good. Indeed the exact solution of the system is Xi = 1.00010 and I2 = 0.99990, so the result computed by Gauss elimination is pretty bad. 

In a turbine that is running, erosion-corrosion is pretty much confined to units that are operating on saturated steam with inadequate boiler-water treatment. This type of erosion takes place behind the nozzle ring and around the diaphragms where they fit in the casing. 

As a last example we turn to the world of medicine. Osteo-arthritis is an illness that affects many people as they get older. The disease affects the joints between different bones in the body and makes it hard - and painful - to move them. The problem is caused by small lumps of bone which grow on the rubbing surfaces of the joints and which prevent them sliding properly. The problem can only be cured by removing the bad joints and putting artificial joints in their place. The first recorded hip-joint replacement was done as far back as 1897 - when it must have been a pretty hazardous business - but the operation is now a routine piece of orthopaedic surgery. In fact 30,000 hip joints are replaced in the UK every year world-wide the number must approach half a million. 

And now for a real phase diagram. We have chosen the lead-tin diagram (Fig. 3.1) as our example because it is pretty straightforward and we already know a bit about it. Indeed, if you have soldered electronic components together or used soldered pipe fittings in your hot-water layout, you will already have had some direct experience of this system. 

Because C-curves are determined by quench-hold-quench sequences they can, strictly speaking, only be used to predict the micro structures that would be produced in a steel subjected to a quench-hold-quench heat treatment. But the curves do give a pretty good indication of the structures to expect in a steel that has been cooled eontinuously. For really accurate predictions, however, eontinuous eooling diagrams are available (see the literature of the major steel manufacturers). 

While the vendor may have been told that he is the successful bidder, he becomes the vendor when a contract is written and accepted by him. This is important because the clock is started at this time and all future dates will be referenced back to this date. This also is the date from which delivery is counted. The so-many-months-after-approval-of-draw-ings method is pretty obsolete. Drawings are reviewed, not approved. Vendor manufacture begins officially with the contract acceptance. 

While the underlying mechanisms of HREELS are pretty well understood, many important details relating to selection rules and scattering cross sections remain unknown. 

So far powerful lasers with picosecond to nanosecond pulse duration have usually been used for the ablation of material from a solid sample. The very first results from application of the lasers with femtosecond pulse duration were published only quite recently. The ablation thresholds vary within a pretty wide interval of laser fluences of 0.1-10 J cm , depending on the type of a sample, the wavelength of the laser, and the pulse duration. Different advanced laser systems have been tested for LA ... 

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