Organic Synthesis and Catalysis in Microemulsions

摘要

The Final Report summarizes the work performed under the contract noted above. Five different aspects of chemical reactivity in surfactant-based and other organized media were investigated. The first involved the synthesis and characterization of several functionalized quaternary phosphonium surfactants and an evaluation of their potential as turnover catalysts for the base-catalyzed hydrolysis of carbon and phosphorous esters. The second aspect included the synthesis and characterization of cleavable (destructible) surfactants. The third aspects involved the ability of micellar media to control the course of an electrochemical reaction in which there was competition between dimerization and further reduction of a free radical intermediate. The fourth aspect comprised the performance of organic reactions on reversed-phase high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) columns. The fifth aspect entailed micellar/emulsion catalysis of reactions of substrates covalently attached to surfactants by labile linkages.