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Title Acetate : versatile building block of biology and chemistry / David A. Sanders, editor
Published New York : Nova Publishers, [2013]

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Description 1 online resource
Series Chemistry Research and Applications
Chemistry research and applications series.
Contents ACETATE. VERSATILE BUILDING BLOCK OF BIOLOGY AND CHEMISTRY; Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data; CONTENTS; PREFACE; Chapter 1: ACETATE: A KEY INTERMEDIATE DURING THE ANAEROBIC DEGRADATION OF ORGANIC MATTER; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; ACETATE PRODUCTION; ACETATE UTILIZATION; ROLE OF ACETATE IN THE ORIGIN AND EVOLUTION OF LIFE; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; Chapter 2: ATOMIC STRUCTURE OF A HYPERTHERMOPHILIC ACETATE KINASE; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; ACETATE KINASE KINETICS; ACETATE KINASE BELONG TO THE ASKHA SUPERFAMILY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE OF ACETATE KINASE; DESIGN OF THE ACTIVE SITE
CATALYTIC MECHANISM OF AKDOMAIN MOTION AND HALF-THE SITES DEPENDENT ACTIVITY; REFERENCES; Chapter 3: HATS, HDACS AND THE REGULATION OF CELLULAR PROCESSES; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; BIOLOGICAL ROLES OF HISTONE ACETYLATION; CONCLUSION; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; Chapter 4: [11C] ACETATE FOR POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY IMAGING; ABSTRACT; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. SYNTHESIS [11C] ACETATE AND [18F] FLUOROACETATE; 3. APPLICATIONS OF [11C]ACETATE IN PET IMAGING; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; Chapter 5: COLLOIDAL AND SURFACTANT PROPERTIES OF POLY (VINYL ACETATE-CO-VINYLALCOHOL) COPOLYMERS; ABSTRACT
INTRODUCTIONI. SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATION; II. SOLUBILIZATION AND COLLOIDAL PROPERTIES IN AQUEOUS MEDIUM; III. PVAS STABILIZED LIQUID-LIQUID DISPERSIONS-EMULSIONS; IV. HETEROPHASE POLYMERIZATION SYSTEMS; V. APPLICATION OF PVAS AS STABILIZERS AND/OR FLOCCULANTS; CONCLUSION; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; Chapter 6: PRODUCTION OF BIODIESEL THROUGH INTERESTERIFICATION OF TRIGLYCERIDES WITH METHYL ACETATE; ABSTRACT; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. BIODIESEL PRODUCTION WITH METHANOL AND METHYL ACETATE; 3. BIODIESEL PRODUCTION WITH METHYL ACETATE; 4. INFLUENCE OF GLYCEROL TRIACETATE ON BIODIESEL QUALITY
5. FUTURE PROSPECTS OF THE USE OF METHYL ACETATE IN THE PRODUCTION OF BIODIESELCONCLUSION; REFERENCES; Chapter 7: STRUCTURE FORMATION OF POWDER CELLULOSE ESTERS AND ETHERS IN THE VAPORS OF SPECIFIC LIQUIDS; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; 1. OBJECTS AND METHODS OF RESEARCH; 2. CHANGES IN THE STRUCTURE OF CELLULOSE ESTERS UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF MESOPHASOGENIC SOLVENT VAPORS; 3. OPTICAL ACTIVITY VARIATIONS OF CELLULOSE ESTERS HAVING ABSORBED MESOPHASOGENIC SOLVENT VAPORS; 4. RHEOLOGICAL PROPERTIES AND OPTICAL ACTIVITY OF MODIFIED CELLULOSE ETHERS AND ESTERS
5. STRUCTURE FORMATION PROCESSES IN CELLULOSE ACETATES IN THE VAPORS OF A MESOPHASOGENIC SOLVENT-WATER MEDIUM6. OTHER POSSIBILITIES OF CELLULOSE ACETATE MODIFICATION BY THE VAPORS OF MESOPHASOGENIC SOLVENTS AND THEIR MIXTURES WITH WATER; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; INDEX
Summary Acetic acid and its conjugate base acetate are amazing molecules. The combination of a methyl group and a carboxylic acid/carboxylate makes acetic acid/acetate the primordium of complex organic molecules. Acetic acid is uncommon among common biological carbon sources besides gases in that it can freely diffuse across membranes. The central role of acetate in the global carbon cycle and the origin and evolution of life on earth are expertly portrayed by Ferry. Fermentation reduces biomass predominantly to acetate. Acetate is the metabolic currency between the bacteria and archaea domains of lif
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Subject Acetic acid.
Acetates.
acetic acid.
SCIENCE -- Chemistry -- Organic.
Acetates
Acetic acid
Form Electronic book
Author Sanders, David A. (David Avram), 1961- editor.
LC no. 2020678039
ISBN 9781628085976
1628085975