The Ca Groups

In the same study by Lloyd et al. (1996), but after 2 years of CCM supplementation, the Ca group versus the placebo group demonstrated significantly higher BMD (12.2% vs 10.1% p =. 005) and bone mineral content increases (BMC 39.9% vs 35.7% p =. 01) for total body, while bone area remained similar between groups (p =. 15). At the lumbar spine and pelvis, supplemental Ca improved bone accretion compared to placebo by as much as 12-24%. Annualized bone acquisition rate was highest in Ca supplemented subjects with above-median values for... 

Abstract. A smooth empirical potential is constructed for use in off-lattice protein folding studies. Our potential is a function of the amino acid labels and of the distances between the Ca atoms of a protein. The potential is a sum of smooth surface potential terms that model solvent interactions and of pair potentials that are functions of a distance, with a smooth cutoff at 12 Angstrom. Techniques include the use of a fully automatic and reliable estimator for smooth densities, of cluster analysis to group together amino acid pairs with similar distance distributions, and of quadratic progrmnming to find appropriate weights with which the various terms enter the total potential. For nine small test proteins, the new potential has local minima within 1.3-4.7A of the PDB geometry, with one exception that has an error of S.SA. 

Dissolve ca. 0 2 g. of product (I) in cold ethanol, and add with shaking 1-2 drops of dilute sulphuric acid. A deep purple coloration appears at once. This shows that salt formation has occurred on the quinoline nitrogen atom to form the cation (Ha), which will form a resonance hybrid with the quinonoid form tils). [Note that the forms (IIa) and (11b) differ only in electron position, and they are not therefore tautomeric.] If, hoAvever, salt formation had occurred on the dimethylaniino group to give the cation (III), thrs charge separiition could not occur, and the deep colour would be absent. 

Synthetic phenol capacity in the United States was reported to be ca 1.6 x 10 t/yr in 1989 (206), almost completely based on the cumene process (see Cumene Phenol). Some synthetic phenol [108-95-2] is made from toluene by a process developed by The Dow Chemical Company (2,299—301). Toluene [108-88-3] is oxidized to benzoic acid in a conventional LPO process. Liquid-phase oxidative decarboxylation with a copper-containing catalyst gives phenol in high yield (2,299—304). The phenoHc hydroxyl group is located ortho to the position previously occupied by the carboxyl group of benzoic acid (2,299,301,305). This provides a means to produce meta-substituted phenols otherwise difficult to make (2,306). VPOs for the oxidative decarboxylation of benzoic acid have also been reported (2,307—309). Although the mechanism appears to be similar to the LPO scheme (309), the VPO reaction is reported not to work for toluic acids (310). 

A solution of sodium cyanide [143-33-9] (ca 25%) in water is heated to 65—70°C in a stainless steel reaction vessel. An aqueous solution of sodium chloroacetate [3926-62-3] is then added slowly with stirring. The temperature must not exceed 90°C. Stirring is maintained at this temperature for one hour. Particular care must be taken to ensure that the hydrogen cyanide, which is formed continuously in small amounts, is trapped and neutrali2ed. The solution of sodium cyanoacetate [1071 -36-9] is concentrated by evaporation under vacuum and then transferred to a glass-lined reaction vessel for hydrolysis of the cyano group and esterification. The alcohol and mineral acid (weight ratio 1 2 to 1 3) are introduced in such a manner that the temperature does not rise above 60—80°C. For each mole of ester, ca 1.2 moles of alcohol are added. 

Another example of manufacture in this series is the sulfonation of an aminonaphthalenesulfonic acid, followed by selected desulfonation, to make 6-amino-l,3-naphthalenedisulfonic acid (21). Thus, 2-amino-l-naphthalenesulfonic acid made by amination of 2-hydroxy-1-naphthalenesulfonic acid is added to 20 wt % oleum at ca 35°C. At this temperature, 65 wt % oleum is added and the charge is stirred for 2 h, is then slowly heated to 100°C and is maintained for 12 h to produce 6-amino-l,3,5-naphthalenetrisulfonic acid. The mass is diluted with water and maintained for 3 h at 105°C to remove the sulfo group adjacent to the amino group. After cooling to ca 20°C and filtration, 6-amino-l,3-naphthalenedisulfonic acid is obtained in 80% yield (55). 

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