Third-generation methods

Although second-generation methods have proved useful, the requirement for two extra steps, namely, the attachment and the removal of the chiral auxiliary, is a cumbersome feature. This is avoided in the third-generation method in which an achiral substrate is directly converted to the chiral product using a chiral reagent (Fig. 1-30, 3). In contrast to the first- and second-generation methods, the stereocontrol is now achieved intermolecularly. 

In all three of the above-mentioned chiral transformations, stoichiometric amounts of enantiomerically pure compounds are required. An important development in recent years has been the introduction of more sophisticated methods that combine the elements of the first-, second-, and third-generation methods and involve the reaction of a chiral substrate with a chiral reagent. The method is particularly valuable in reactions in which two new stereogenic units are formed stereoselectively in one step (Fig. 1-30, 4). 

The success of the Second Generation methods soon spawned a number of new algorithms [53-61], each of which sought to improve upon the ones which had preceded it. The primary goal for these Third Generation methods has been maximum computational efficiency and the main driving force behind their development has been the desire to apply rigorous SCF methods to molecular systems with tens, hundreds, or even thousands, of atoms. 

A second generation route to this class of compound using sulphoxide chiral auxiliaries has already been described in section 5.3.5. The third-generation method here is an asymmetric variant of the Wittig reaction.ti l The asymmetric reagent is derived from (5, 5)- or (R, / )- ,2-diaminocyclohexane (note the C2 symmetry). Deprotonation and reaction with a 4-substituted cyclohexanone leads to one or other enantiomer of the axially chiral alkylidenecyclohexane (43) with a good e.e. of 70-90%. The origin of this selectivity is not yet fully understood. 

The LMTO method [58, 79] can be considered to be the linear version of the KKR teclmique. According to official LMTO historians, the method has now reached its third generation [79] the first starting with Andersen in 1975 [58], the second connnonly known as TB-LMTO. In the LMTO approach, the wavefimction is expanded in a basis of so-called muffin-tin orbitals. These orbitals are adapted to the potential by constmcting them from solutions of the radial Scln-ddinger equation so as to fomi a minimal basis set. Interstitial properties are represented by Hankel fiinctions, which means that, in contrast to the LAPW teclmique, the orbitals are localized in real space. The small basis set makes the method fast computationally, yet at the same time it restricts the accuracy. The localization of the basis fiinctions diminishes the quality of the description of the wavefimction in die interstitial region. 

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High-dose penicillin G traditionally has been the drug of choice for the treatment of pneumococcal meningitis. However, due to increases in pneumococcal resistance, the preferred empirical treatment now includes a third-generation cephalosporin in combination with vancomycin.13 All CSF isolates should be tested for penicillin and cephalosporin resistance by methods endorsed by the CLSI. Once in vitro sensitivity results are known, therapy may be tailored (Table 67-3). Patients with a history of type I penicillin allergy or cephalosporin allergy may be treated with vancomycin. Treatment should be continued for 10 to 14 days, after which no further maintenance therapy is required. Antimicrobial prophylaxis is not indicated for close contacts. 

XAS has been successfully employed in the characterization of a number of catalysts used in low temperature fuel cells. Analysis of the XANES region has enabled determination of the oxidation state of metal atoms in the catalyst or, in the case of Pt, the d band vacancy per atom, while analysis of the EXAFS has proved to be a valuable structural tool. However, the principal advantage of XAS is that it can be used in situ, in a flooded half-cell or true fuel cell environment. While the number of publications has been limited thus far, the increased availability of synchrotron radiation sources, improvements in beam lines brought about by the development of third generation sources, and the development of more readily used analysis software should increase the accessibility of the method. It is hoped that this review will enable the nonexpert to understand both the power and limitations of XAS in characterizing fuel cell electrocatalysts. 

The various advances in system designed introduced by the knowledge of the above principles, have halved the dispersion and almost doubled the analysis rate for each new generation. For example, a typical method which uses dialysis and a heated reaction stage would run at 30 samples per hour on AAI systems, 60 samples per hour on AAII and similar systems and 120 samples per hour on third generation systems such as the Technicon SMAC, Alphem RFA300 and the Bran Luebbe TRAACS 800. 

Cefepime Cefepime, 6/ -[6a,7j3(Z)] -l-[(7- [(2-amino-4-thiazolyl)-(methoxyimino) acetyl]-amino -2-carboxy-8-oxo-5-thia-l-(azabicyclo[4.2.0]oct-2-en-3-yl)methyl-l-methyllpyrrolidine chloride (32.1.2.99), is synthesized by a combination of methods described for the synthesis of third-generation cephalosporins, in particular, cefaloridin (32.1.2.79) and ceftazidime (32.1.2.82) [174-196]. 

Experimental methods have not been covered, as they are still developing rapidly. New developments, in particular the advent of third-generation synchrotron sources combined with parallel data collection methods and new interpretative software packages, are bound to further enhance the scope of the field. It is hoped that this text will serve to stimulate its continuing development. 

In third-generation synchrotrons, the x-rays are generated in intense flashes of 100 picoseconds (ps) duration. If, dnring this time, an entire diffraction pattern is recorded, the time resolution equals 100 ps (Szebenyi et al. 1992 Srajer et al. 1996, Schotte et al. 2003). However, the traditional monochromatic oscillation diffraction method cannot be used since there is no way to rotate the crystal during this 100 ps timeframe to collect the integrated intensity of a Bragg reflection. Still exposures, therefore, have to be used. 

A third underlying mechanism seems to involve a reduction in concentrations of free protein S, again more pronounced with third-generation products. When protein S falls, the antifibrinolytic effect of the so-called thrombin-activated fibrinolysis inhibitor is increased in other words, fibrinolysis is impeded, with an increased risk of clotting problems (104). Again, however, these are recent methods, which were not available when the third-generation products were launched. 

The laboratory findings therefore suggest that a greater thrombosis-inducing effect of the third-generation oral contraceptives can be explained and even anticipated on the basis of known mechanisms. Not all the relevant methods were available in the early years, but that relating to factor VII most certainly was. It is unfortunate, to say the least, that such work was either not performed or not properly interpreted. 

All in all, had a combination of hematological methods and field studies been initiated sufficiently soon, the increased risk of thromboembolism with the third-generation oral contraceptives could have been detected some years earlier, sufficient for society to take decisions on the benefit-to-harm balance of these drugs before so much needless injury was incurred. 

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