Chemical reactions in microemulsions: kinetics of the alkylation of 2-alkylindan-1, 3-diones in microemulsions and polar organic solvents

R Schomäcker, K Stickdorn, W Knoche

Index: Schomaecker, Reinhard; Stickdorn, Katrin; Knoche, Wilhelm Journal of the Chemical Society, Faraday Transactions, 1991 , vol. 87, # 6 p. 847 - 851

Full Text: HTML

Citation Number: 30

Abstract

The kinetics of the alkylation of 2-alkylindan-1, 3-diones by benzyl bromide has been studied in microemulsions and polar organic solvents. In microemulsions the reaction proceeds at the microscopic water/oil interface. The solvent properties of this interfacial environment are assumed to be similar to those of methanol. In order to describe the kinetics of reactions occurring in microemulsions stabilized by non-ionic amphiphiles, the volume ...