Reaction Acceleration Promoted by Partial Solvation at the Gas/Solution Interface
Lingqi Qiu, Zhenwei Wei, Honggang Nie, R. Graham Cooks
Abstract
Abstract The kinetics of organic reactions of different types in microvolumes (droplets, thin films, and sealed tubes) show effects of gas/solution interfacial area, reaction molecularity and solvent polarity. Partial solvation at the gas/solution interface is a major contributor to the 10 4 ‐fold reaction acceleration seen in bimolecular but not unimolecular reactions in microdroplets. Reaction acceleration can be used to manipulate selectivity by solvent choice.
Topics & Concepts
SolvationChemistrySolventAccelerationKineticsSolvent polaritySolvent effectsChemical physicsPhysical chemistryComputational chemistryThermodynamicsOrganic chemistryPhysicsQuantum mechanicsClassical mechanicsInnovative Microfluidic and Catalytic Techniques InnovationMass Spectrometry Techniques and ApplicationsAnalytical Chemistry and Chromatography