Kinetics and Mechanism of Nanoparticles-Catalyzed Piperidinolysis of Anionic Phenyl Salicylate
The values of the relative counterion (X) binding constantRXBr(=KX/KBr, whereKXandKBrrepresent cetyltrimethylammonium bromide, CTABr, micellar binding constants ofXv-(in non-spherical micelles),v=1,2, and Br−(in spherical micelles)) are 58, 68, 127, and 125 forXv−=1−, 12−, 2−, and22-, respectively. The values of 15 mM CTABr/[NavX] nanoparticles-catalyzed apparent second-order rate constants for piperidinolysis of ionized phenyl salicylate at 35°C are 0.417, 0.488, 0.926, and 0.891 M−1 s−1forNavX= Na1, Na21, Na2, and Na22, respectively. Almost entire catalytic effect of nanoparticles catalyst is due to the ability of nonreactive counterions,Xv-, to expel reactive counterions,3−, from nanoparticles to the bulk water phase.