Sentence examples for a weaker base from inspiring English sources

An organic chemist might ask "Why does methyl bromide undergo the SN2 reaction faster than methyl chloride?" One answer is that "the leaving group Br− is a weaker base than Cl−, and all things being equal, weaker bases are better leaving groups".

Use of a weaker base such as Cs2CO3 also proved ineffective in producing the desired product 55.

DMF is a weaker base than pyridine, which implies that the partial positive charge on the sulfur atom of the SO3·DMF complex would be greater than that in the SO3·Py complex.

Consistent with this prediction, a position in CP29, a minor LHCII, was preferentially filled during reconstitution by Chl a when the amino acid residue was the normal Glu, in an ion-pair with a bound Ca++ ion, but occupancy was shifted toward Chl b when the ligand was a weaker base, the amide group of Gln [ 31].

When hydantoin formation can be a potential issue, as in the case of lysine dendrimers 27 and 28, triethylamine must be replaced by a weaker base such as N-methylmorpholine and the reaction time must be kept as short as possible.

30 However, the same critique pertains to the monumental 1971 publication that subsequently dethroned hiatus hernia as the cause of GORD: 'symptomatic patients (n=37) were readily separated from asymptomatic ones (n=38) by a weaker base-line sphincter strength and by decreased sphincteric response to an increased intra-abdominal pressure.

However this is measured against a weak base.

A primary aromatic amine, aniline is a weak base and forms salts with mineral acids.

"SUNY is starting from a weak base," he said, "trying to address the lack of a tradition of giving".

For a weak acid and a weak base, neutralization is more appropriately considered to involve direct proton transfer from the acid to the base.

They have won elections starting from a weak base, so they are perhaps best placed to show the rest of us in the party how to do it.