Self-replicating Reverse Micelles

Authors

  • Pascale Angelica Bachmann
  • Pier Luigi Luisi
  • Jacques Lang

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.2533/chimia.1991.266

Abstract

Conditions are described, under which the hydrolysis of octyl octanoate (O-OA) takes place at the interface of reverse micelles fanned by sodium octanoate (OA) in isooctane. Since the micelle-mediated hydrolysis affords fresh OA, which spontaneously assemble into new micelles, the reaction can be seen as a self-replicating process. The kinetics and the spectroscopy of this self-replication process are presented.

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Published

1991-09-25

How to Cite

[1]
P. A. Bachmann, P. L. Luisi, J. Lang, Chimia 1991, 45, 266, DOI: 10.2533/chimia.1991.266.

Issue

Vol. 45 No. 9 (1991): Preisträger/Prizewinners

Section

Forschung

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Copyright (c) 1991 Swiss Chemical Society

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