Accessible Designs in Solvay Cluster Synthesis.

摘要

Solvay clusters are sets of intermediate chemical reactions that execute a desired net reaction. It is shown that May-Rudd polygons give access to all Solvay clusters that involve two and three intermediate reactions regardless of the number of chemical species involved, and to all clusters that involve fewer than nine chemical species regardless of the number of chemical reactions. More elaborate Solvay clusters are accessible providing they exhibit a planar topological structure.