2013 “Reaction Classes and Pericyclic Reactions” ● 4 Lectures ● Recommended Texts: (i) J. March “Advanced Organic Chemistry”‚ p 839‚ `---Edn.‚ Oxford (W); Warren (2) Ch 34‚ 35. Syllabus 1) General principles (a) Reaction classes (i) Heterolytic (ii) Homolytic (iii) Pericyclic (b) Pericyclic Reaction Types 2) Electrocyclic Reactions (a) Definition and examples (b) Stereochemical aspects and the Woodward and Hoffmann rules 3) Cycloaddition Reactions (a) Definition
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Romania and the Casa Poporuluii: Past and Future Identities Sitting prominently on the top of a small hill‚ at the end of the Bulevardul Unirii (Unity Boulevard)‚ in central Bucharest‚ Romania‚ lays one of man’s great architectural achievements‚ Casa Poporului (House of the People). Casa Poporului is the second largest administrative building in the world‚ behind the Pentagon in Washington‚ D.C. (Nae‚Turnock‚ p 207). With over 1‚000 rooms‚ and made almost entirely of Romanian resources‚
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Bartolomé de las Casas was born in 1474 in Seville‚ Spain and departed on July 17‚ 1566. In his lifetime he created a legacy that has been admired‚ analyzed‚ criticized‚ rationalized‚ despised‚ and idolized. Las Casas’ life shows us the extreme evilness and the extreme goodness of mankind. Bartolomé de Las Casas was of humble origin. He belonged to a rich family but have a soft heart having feelings for the ones who suffers from the Spanish conquest. During the Holy week‚ he had seen his first Indians
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Bartolome de las Casas came to the Indies for the same reason as all the other conquistadors: money‚ fame‚ and gold. It is what he did and who he chose to become after the arrival that made him different from the others. He went through a great transformation and devoted his life fighting for equality of the natives. For this reason‚ I do not agree with the idea that Bartolome de las Casas was just as negative of an impact on the Natives’ lives as the worst conquistadors. When Las Casas first came to
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Bartolomé de las Casas‚ a former encomendero turned Dominican friar‚ was known as “one of the great abolitionists of Caribbean history”1. He dedicated a huge portion of his life trying to better the conditions of the people in the Indies. He devised a “radical plan”2 which would prove to be more contradictory than anything. Although Bartolomé de las Casas’ plans for the Indies seemed radical‚ they were actually made out to serve the crown’s desires while taking away the power of the conquistadors
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Economy - overviewzz Philippine GDP grew 7.6% in 2010‚ spurred by consumer demand‚ a rebound in exports and investments‚ and election-related spending‚ before cooling to 3.7% in 2011. The economy weathered the 2008-09 global recession better than its regional peers due to minimal exposure to troubled international securities‚ lower dependence on exports‚ relatively resilient domestic consumption‚ large remittances from four- to five-million overseas Filipino workers‚ and a growing business process
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A microprocessor incorporates the functions of a computer’s central processing unit (CPU) on a single integrated circuit (IC)‚ or at most a few integrated circuits. It is a multipurpose‚ programmable device that accepts digital data as input‚ processes it according to instructions stored in its memory‚ and provides results as output. It is an example of sequential digital logic‚ as it has internal memory. Microprocessors operate on numbers and symbols represented in the binary numeral system. The
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The argument of Juan Gines de Sepulveda is that of negative feedback to what was experienced in the first encounter of the Spaniards and American Indians in the Sixteenth Century. Also‚ Sepulveda demonstrates through his opinion that war against the Indians is a rightful act due to the fact that the Indians are seen as lower beings. The proof that Sepulveda uses to support his position is the glimpse the Spaniards noted in the short time they observed the Indians. Sepulveda thought that the Indians
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In the saturated world of entertainment today‚ it is vital to an actor’s career to find the thing that sets them apart and causes them to be memorable. I have been noticing the work of Chelah Horsdal for some time‚ and in anticipation of her soon-to-be-released film CANDiLAND that I was privileged to screen‚ I was quite honored that in spite of her insanely busy schedule‚ she was willing to answer a few questions about how she got started in the business‚ her notable and beloved works‚ and what she
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“MOTIVATION” Filipino people are religious human being. We usually seek for guidance from our Lord in every decision we will made so in relation to that our teacher decided to have a speaker that can motivate us spiritually‚ emotionally and to enlighten us by a word of god. Fr. Joel Eslabra was the 1st invited speaker. He is a priest who is willing to share the word of God and also can give us inspiration. Fr. Joel starts his discussion with an inspirational lecture about the word of god presented
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