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In Fig. 4-11, two different samples are displayed in their original conformations and conformations fitted to the query as they are highlighted by the CFS search process. The CFS process rotates single bonds between two atoms to find the maximum and minimum difference possible with the distance and angle constraints. Then, using a torsional fitter, it attempts to minimize in those conformations the deviations between measured values of 3D constraints and the values that are specified in the 3D-search query. 

A lifetimes comparison for each excited state (Table 8) shows that they are smaller for the A n state except for v =0. The vibrational decays occur by means of cascade processes. Rotational effects (v =l - 2 i =l - 2) appear to be even more intense than for the corresponding transition bands and in either case these effects disappear for j =4. For... 

Characteristic time of the a-process Rotational relaxation time in the Allegra model Characteristic time of /1-relaxation... 

It has been postulated that methyl group relaxation times reflect energy differences between preferred conformations and the transition state for rotation. (32) Decreasing the number of diaxial 1,3-steric interactions lowers the energy of the preferred conformation but increases the energy of activation for the rotational process. Rotation rates are decreased but the efficiency of the relaxation process is enhanced, i.e. 71, is decreased. In Fig. 3 are shown the Tx data for a related series of steroids of interest to us. As can be seen, loss of 1,3-diaxial interactions does markedly reduce methyl Tx values. This is particularly evident for the change to an a/B-cis ring fusion as in compound [11]. 

To analyze the mediation process, rotating-disk measurements were carried out. As discussed above in Chapter 3, in such an experiment an electrode is rotated at speeds of up to several thousands of rpm in the presence of a redox species in solution. By a variation of the potential, a situation is reached where the current becomes independent of the potential applied. For a bare electrode, this limiting current, / lev, is given by the Levich equation, as follows ... 

The first two of these processes, rotational and vibrational relaxation, do not usually cause a loss of fluorescence. The molecule is still in an electronically excited state and can radiate but at different wavelengths from the initial state. It is therefore possible to observe these relaxation processes by using some method to disperse or select the wavelength of the fluorescence. 

Pyrrole-ZV-carbodithioate bisalkyne complexes display two distinct flux-ional processes. Rotation around the C—N bond of the S2C—NC4H4 ligand equilibrates both halves of the pseudoaromatic NC4H4 ring (AG = 10.7 kcal/mol) (88). Alkyne rotation exchanges both ends of the alkyne ligands at somewhat higher temperatures (AG =13.7 kcal/mol for MeC CMe, 13.8 kcal/mol for HC=CH). 

An aspect of 12(A) collisional energy transfer that complicated the data analysis is apparent in Fig. 4. While it was obvious that rotational energy transfer was much faster than vibrational transfer (e.g. compare the intensities of the t = 23 and t = 22 rotational lines in Fig. 4), vibrational energy transfer was fast enough to be detectable well before rotational thermaliza-tion of the initially excited vibrational level had been achieved (with the exception of I2-I2 collisions). Therefore, in constructing kinetic models of the relaxation processes, rotational and vibrational energy transfer could... 

In the intermolecular process, rotation about the C2-C3 bond could occur, leading to. vvn-climination. With a rigid ring system as shown in Scheme 12.17, this is not possible. 

Fillers are not used to any extent in products made by the rotational molding process. Rotational molding is dominated by polyethylene (close to 90% volume) to which even small addition of pigments or fillers (less than 2 wt%) causes a decrease in tensile and impact properties of the products manufactured in this process. Polyethylene is vulnerable to environmental stress cracking which is made worse if fillers are present. 

W The process "rotation of a trans double bond should not be confused with "rotation about a double bond . The former, in fact, involves a co-operative rotation about the two carbon-carbon single bonds adjoining the double bond, which preserves the trans stereo-chemistry throughout the process. 

This process rotates an oil-like double helical rod that extends like an axle out of the center of the wheel-like cluster of transmembrane helices of the membrane-bound rotary motor. 

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