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Such a reaction is controlled by the rate of addition of the acid. The two-phase system is stirred throughout the reaction the heavy product layer is separated and washed thoroughly with water and alkaU before distillation (Fig. 3). The alkaU treatment is particularly important and serves not just to remove residual acidity but, more importantiy, to remove chemically any addition compounds that may have formed. The washwater must be maintained alkaline during this procedure. With the introduction of more than one bromine atom, this alkaU wash becomes more critical as there is a greater tendency for addition by-products to form in such reactions. Distillation of material containing residual addition compounds is ha2ardous, because traces of acid become self-catalytic, causing decomposition of the stiU contents and much acid gas evolution. Bromination of alkylthiophenes follows a similar pattern. 

Polymerizing, Decomposing, and Rearranging Substances Most of these substances are stable under normal conditions or with an added inhibitor, but can energetically self-react with the input of thermal, mechanical, or other form of energy sufficient to overcome its activation energy barrier (see Sec. 4, Reaction Kinetics, Reactor Design, and Thermodynamics). The rate of self-reaction can vary from imperceptibly slow to violently explosive, and is likely to accelerate if the reaction is exothermic or self-catalytic. 

The mechanisms behind lipid oxidation of foods has been the subject of many research projects. One reaction in particular, autoxida-tion, is consistently believed to be the major source of lipid oxidation in foods (Fennema, 1993). Autoxidation involves self-catalytic reactions with molecular oxygen in which free radicals are formed from unsaturated fatty acids (initiation), followed by reaction with oxygen to form peroxy radicals (propagation), and terminated by reactions with other unsaturated molecules to form hydroperoxides (termination O Connor and O Brien, 1994). Additionally, enzymes inherent in the food system can contribute to lipid oxidization. 

Nucleic acids form the essential potential of life. Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) carries all of the developmental potential of an organism within its genes. Ribonucleic acid (RNA) has long been thought of simply as an intermediary between DNA and the proteins, which carry out all of the function of the cell. However, recent evidence indicates that RNA may have many other functions, including catalytic and self-catalytic properties [1] and a role in gene expression [2],... 

Ballinger, R., The Development of Self Catalytic Materials for Thermochemical Water Splitting Using the Sulfur-Iodine Process, paper presented at the UNLV-HTHX quarterly meeting. Univerity of Nevada, Las Vegas, December 5, 2005. 

Krawczyk, H., Nitrogen pronucleophiles in the self-catalytic Michael reaction, Synth. Commun., 30, 1787, 2000. 

To solve these problems, polyols with self-catalytic activity and of course with low volatility were created, using polyamines as starters [148-152]. These polyols, with an intrinsic catalytic activity, are chemically incorporated in the PU structure. As an immediate... 

In order to increase the self-catalytic activity, high MW aminic polyols were created based on polyamines having one or two nitrogen atoms and low steric hindrance methyl groups (-N-CH3 groups), such as [149-151] ... 

All these polyols, based on N-methyl alkylated polyamines such as N-methylpropylenediamine, N,N-dimethyldipropylenediamine, N,N dimethyl trimethylolethane and other similar polyamines, have an improved self-catalytic activity and need only a low concentration of volatile tertiary amine catalysts in the foaming process. The resulting flexible PU foams have practically none of the unpleasant odours characteristic of the conventional flexible PU foams. The low amine emission in the foaming process diminishes the risk of workers exposed to the amines, and these polyether polyols may be considered to be more environmentally friendly. 

At a solids concentration of around 50%, the tertiary nitrogen atom of TEOA has enough self catalytic activity in the reaction with TDI and does not need the addition of a tin catalyst [78, 79, 88]. A tin catalyst is used for low solid contents of around 10-20% [86]. 

Aminic polyols (aliphatic or aromatic) are a group of very reactive polyols with the structure of alkanolamines. The high reactivity is conferred by the self catalytic effect of tertiary nitrogen from the aminic polyol structure, in the reaction of hydroxyl groups with the -NCO groups (see Chapter 14). 

Dimethyl phthalate, a very convenient liquid raw material, is a by-product in the fabrication of dimethylterephthalate. The amidic polyols can be used to replace the Mannich polyols. The self catalytic effect in PU formation is much less important in the case of amidic polyols, as compared with Mannich polyols. The rigid PU foams derived from amidic polyols are much more thermoresistant than the rigid PU foams derived from Mannich polyols [2]. 

Soai K, Niwa S, Hori H Asymmetric self-catalytic reaction — Self-production of chiral l-(3-pyridyl)alkanols as chiral self-catalysts in the enantioselective addition of dialkylzinc reagents to pyridine-3-carbaldehyde. J Chem Soc Chem Common 1990, (l4) 982-983. 

Because nanowires of binary and more complex stoichiometries can be created using the VLS mechanism, it is possible for one of these elements to serve as the VLS catalyst. The major advantage of a self-catalytic process is that it avoids undesired contamination from foreign metal atoms typically used as VLS catalysts. Self-catalytic behaviour has been reported when the direct reaction of Ga with NH3 or direct evaporation of GaN was used to produce GaN nanowires [207,208]. 

The precise control of nanowire lengths and diameters using a self-catalytic VLS technique, as well as the universality of this approach, has yet to be demonstrated. Lee et al. [209] successfully showed that gold can be used as a catalyst for ZnO... 

Electro)catalytic properties Undoubtedly, the most frequently emphasized feature of CNT- and IL-based carbon pastes is their (self)catalytic character... 

Dambrine, S. Moreau, M. (1981b). Note on the stochastic theory of a self-catalytic chemical reaction, I. Physica, 106A, 559-73. 

Yin, Y Zhang, Y. Chi, Z. Xu, J., Self-Catalytic Cross-Linking Reaction and Reactive Mechanism Studies of (X-Aminomethyl Triethoxysilanes for a,0)-Dihydroxy Poly(dimethylsiloxane) Eur. Polym. J. 2008, 44, 2284-2294. 

Process B Self-catalytic reaction of HBr02 and oxidation of Ce /Fe" catalysts which is measured by color changes or potentially generally in two forms, ferroin (red) and ferriin (blue)... 

The TPQ moiety is derived from a tyrosine in the active site of CAO, through posttranslational modification (103). This biogenesis of TPQ is a self-catalytic process, requiring only the active site Cu(II) and dio gen (104). 

Boarino L, Destro M, Borini S, Chiodoni A, Bellotti F, Amato G (2009) Self-catalytic etching of silicon from nanowires to regular mesopores. Physica Status Solid A Appl Mater Sci 206(6) 1250... 

Autocatalytic reactions are a type of self-catalytic reaction in which the product produced by the reaction acts as a catalyst for the very same reaction. An irreversible reaction A— in which the product B acts as a catalyst is an autocatalytic reaction represented as... 

Unfortunately, silanol condensation reactions were not studied in Bascom and Timmons work. It is widely reported however that the reaction can be slow on many mineral surfaces unless a catalyst or heat is used. Amines are effective catalysts and the amino-silanes are self-catalytic in this respect. Alkoxy-titanium compounds are also useful condensation catalysts and this may explain synergistic effects claimed for silane/titanate mixtures [58]. 

Scheme 4.40 Synthesis of a-diethoxyphosphoryl-S-lactones 155 utilizing the self-catalytic Michael addition as the key step.

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