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Polymers are examples of organic compounds. However, the main difference between polymers and other organic compounds is the size of the polymer molecules. The molecular mass of most organic compounds is only a few hundred atomic mass units (for reference, atomic hydrogen has a mass of one atomic mass unit). The molecular masses of polymeric molecules range from thousands to millions of atomic mass units. Synthetic polymers include plastics and synthetic fibers, such as nylon and polyesters. Naturally occurring polymers include proteins, nucleic acids, polysaccharides, and rubber. The large size of a polymer molecule is attained by the repeated attachment of smaller molecules called monomers. 

The new Brownsville, Tex., plant for the manufacture of synthetic liquid fuels from natural gas makes use of this reaction to increase the octane number of its product by as much as 20 units. Synthetic naphtha produced over iron catalyst is highly olefinic and contains substantial amounts of straight-chain isomers with terminal double bonds (8). The shifting of these double bonds toward the center of the molecule may be accomplished by vapor-phase treatment employing synthetic cracking catalyst in the fluid state, under mild catalytic cracking conditions. Oxygenated compounds also present are converted under the isomerization conditions to hydrocarbons and water. 

In the manufacture of synthetic liquid fuels from natural gas by the Fischer-Tropsch process, this reaction can be used to increase the octane number of the product by as much as 20 units. Synthetic naphtha pro-... 

By contrast, the mechanisms of the synthesis of ordered mesoporous solids are very dilferent from those of silicate and phosphate frameworks. For control over the synthesis of mesoporous solids, the key is to understand the interactions of micellar surfactants with condensable inorganic framework-building units. Synthetic routes are also being developed to prepare mesoporous silicates made up of nanoparticles of zeolites, with the aim of combining advantages of microporous and mesoporous solids. 

The extended nine-carbon backbone of sialic acids can be constructed from hexose building blocks by aldol addition of a pyruvate unit. Synthetic studies for sialic acid and its modifications have extensively used the catabolic enzyme NeuA, which catalyzes the reversible addition of pyruvate (5) to N-acetyl-D-mannosamine (ManNAc, 4) to form the parent siahc acid NeuSAc (1 Scheme 17.4) [16, 17, 19]. These freely reversible aldol additions have equilibrium constants in favor of cleavage direction [20], which requires that synthetic reactions have to be driven by an excess of one substrate to achieve satisfactory conversions for economic reasons, this usually is 5. In contrast, NeuS utilizes PEP (6) as a high-energy nucleophile, which upon C-C bond formation releases inorganic phosphate and thus renders the addition essentially irreversible [21]. Despite its considerable synthetic potential, NeuS still is an orphan catalyst which so far has been less studied for preparative applications [22]. 

LI 97] Li X.-C., Yong T.-M., Gruener J. et al, A blue light emitting copolymer with charge transporting and photo-crossUnkable functional units . Synthetic Metals, vol. 84, nos. 1-3, pp. 437-438,1997. 

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Proteins often have the same high-affinity isotherms as do synthetic polymers and are also slow to equilibrate, due to many contacts with the surface. Proteins, however, have the additional complication that they can partially or completely unfold at the solid-liquid interface to expose their hydrophobic core units to a hydrophobic surface... 

A polymer is a macromolecule that is constructed by chemically linking together a sequent of molecular fragments. In simple synthetic polymers such as polyethylene or polystyrer all of the molecular fragments comprise the same basic unit (or monomer). Other poly me contain mixtures of monomers. Proteins, for example, are polypeptide chains in which eac unit is one of the twenty amino acids. Cross-linking between different chains gives rise to j-further variations in the constitution and structure of a polymer. All of these features me affect the overall properties of the molecule, sometimes in a dramatic way. Moreover, or... 

Di- and trinucleotides may be used as units instead of the monomers. This convergent synthetic strategy simplifies the purification of products, since they are differentiated by a much higher jump in molecular mass and functionality from the educls than in monomer additions, and it raises the yield. We can illustrate the latter effect with an imaginary sequence of seven synthetic steps, c.g. nucleotide condensations, where the yield is 80% in each step. In a converging seven-step synthesis an octanucleotide would be obtained in 0.8 x 100 = 51% yield, compared with a 0.8 x 100 = 21% yield in a linear synthesis. 

In spite of the diverse nature of alkaloid structures, two structural units, i.e. fused pyrrolidine and piperidine rings in different oxidation states, appear as rather common denominators. We therefore chose to give several examples for four types of synthetic reactions which have frequently been used in alkaloid total synthesis and which provide generally useful routes to polycyclic compounds with five- or six-membered rings containing one nitrogen atom. These are ... 

The appearance of the 2-(indol-3yl)ethylamine (tryptamine) unit in both tryptophan-derived natural products and in synthetic materials having potential pharmacological activity has generated a great deal of interest in the synthesis of such compounds. Several procedures which involve either direct 3-alkylation or tandem 3-functionalization/modification have been developed. Similarly, methodology applicable to preparation of tryptophan analogues has been widely explored. 

The conjugated diene 1 3 butadiene is used m the manufacture of synthetic rubber and IS prepared on an industrial scale m vast quantities Production m the United States is currently 4 X 10 Ib/year One industrial process is similar to that used for the prepara tion of ethylene In the presence of a suitable catalyst butane undergoes thermal dehy drogenation to yield 1 3 butadiene... 

Until the 1920s the major source of methanol was as a byproduct m the production of charcoal from wood—hence the name wood alcohol Now most of the more than 10 billion lb of methanol used annually m the United States is synthetic prepared by reduc tion of carbon monoxide with hydrogen... 

Synthetic ethanol is derived from petroleum by hydration of ethylene In the United States some 700 million lb of synthetic ethanol is produced annually It is relatively inexpensive and useful for industrial applications To make it unfit for drinking it is denatured by adding any of a number of noxious materials exempting it from the high taxes most governments impose on ethanol used m beverages... 

In contrast to alcohols with their nch chemical reactivity ethers (compounds contain mg a C—O—C unit) undergo relatively few chemical reactions As you saw when we discussed Grignard reagents m Chapter 14 and lithium aluminum hydride reduc tions m Chapter 15 this lack of reactivity of ethers makes them valuable as solvents m a number of synthetically important transformations In the present chapter you will learn of the conditions m which an ether linkage acts as a functional group as well as the methods by which ethers are prepared... 

We call a structural unit in a molecule that is related to a synthetic operation a... 

Just as it is not necessary for polymer chains to be linear, it is also not necessary for all repeat units to be the same. We have already mentioned molecules like proteins where a wide variety of different repeat units are present. Among synthetic polymers, those in which a single kind of repeat unit are involved are called homopolymers, and those containing more than one kind of repeat unit are copolymers. Note that these definitions are based on the repeat unit, not the monomer. An ordinary polyester is not a copolymer, even though two different monomers, acids and alcohols, are its monomers. By contrast, copolymers result when different monomers bond together in the same way to produce a chain in which each kind of monomer retains its respective substituents in the polymer molecule. The unmodified term copolymer is generally used to designate the case where two different repeat units are involved. Where three kinds of repeat units are present, the system is called a terpolymer where there are more than three, the system is called a multicomponent copolymer. The copolymers we discuss in this book will be primarily two-component molecules. We shall discuss copolymers in Chap. 7, so the present remarks are simply for purposes of orientation. 

An important application of Eq. (3.39) is the evaluation of M, . Flory et al.t measured the tensile force required for 100% elongation of synthetic rubber with variable crosslinking at 25°C. The molecular weight of the un-cross-linked polymer was 225,000, its density was 0.92 g cm , and the average molecular weight of a repeat unit was 68. Use Eq. (3.39) to estimate M. for each of the following samples and compare the calculated value with that obtained from the known fraction of repeat units cross-linked ... 

Figure 4.10 Crystal structure of polyethylene (a) unit cell shown in relation to chains and (b) view of unit cell perpendicular to the chain axis. [Reprinted from C. W. Bunn, Fibers from Synthetic Polymers, R. Hill (Ed.), Elsevier, Amsterdam, 1953.]...

The types of molecules synthesized by biotechnological techniques are restricted to those biomolecules whose stmctures can be encoded in the DNA of organisms capable of translating them into functional nanomaterials. Other types of molecules and nanomaterials can be synthesized by chemical synthetic approaches, such as covalent syntheses and molecular self-assembly of molecular units. 

Four other groups of synthetic adhesives find uses in secondary processing, ie, overlaying, assembly gluing, etc, and in furniture and cabinet manufacture. Poly(vinyl acetate) (PVA) adhesives are widely used in appHcation of veneers and other overlays to panel substrates and in some unit-assembly operations. PVA adhesives are an emulsion of polyvinyl acetate in water and cure by loss of water. The PVA adhesives are somewhat... 

Naturally occurring abrasives are still an important item of commerce, although synthetic abrasives now fill many of thek former uses. In 1987 about 156 million metric tons of natural abrasives were produced in the United States. Production was up from 1986 because of increased nonabrasive uses and increased use of garnet in sandblasting (4). 

Diamond. Diamond [7782 0-3] is the hardest substance known (see Carbon, diamond, natural). It has a Knoop hardness of 78—80 kN/m (8000—8200 kgf/m ). The next hardest substance is cubic boron nitride with a Knoop value of 46 kN/m, and its inventor, Wentorf, beheves that no manufactured material will ever exceed diamond s hardness (17). In 1987 the world production of natural industrial diamonds (4) was about 110 t (1 g = 5 carats). It should be noted that whereas the United States was the leading consumer of industrial diamonds in 1987 (140 t) only 260 kg of natural industrial diamonds were consumed this is the lowest figure in 48 years (4), illustrating the impact that synthetic diamonds have made on the natural diamond abrasive market. 

The nameplate capacities for acetaldehyde production for the United States in 1989 are shown in Table 5 (120). Synthetic pyridine derivatives, peracetic acid, acetate esters by the Tischenko route, and pentaerythritol account for 40% of acetaldehyde demand. This sector may show strong growth in some products but all of these materials maybe prepared from alternative processes. 

Acetic acid has a place in organic processes comparable to sulfuric acid in the mineral chemical industries and its movements mirror the industry. Growth of synthetic acetic acid production in the United States was gready affected by the dislocations in fuel resources of the 1970s. The growth rate for 1988 was 1.5%. 

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