Micellar catalysed hydrolysis of amides. 4-Nitroacetanilide in hexadecyl-trimethylammonium bromide
- 1 January 1980
- journal article
- research article
- Published by CSIRO Publishing in Australian Journal of Chemistry
- Vol. 33 (4) , 747-755
- https://doi.org/10.1071/ch9800747
Abstract
Surface tension measurement of the critical micelle concentration, CMC, of cationic hexadecyltrimethylammonium bromide, ctab, shows a significant increase on addition of very small amounts of 4- nitroacetanilide. At concentrations above the CMC, ctab catalyses the hydrolysis of 4-nitroacetanilide.The micellar catalysis is inhibited by added salts, especially those of arenesulfonates and bulky carboxylate ions. The kinetics have been analysed in terms of competitive binding of the substrate and the inhibitor to the micelle.Keywords
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