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11. Interfacial Mechanism and Kinetics of Phase-Transfer Catalysis

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quaternary cation solvates the solid reactant anion much more easily, <strong>and</strong> leads to a fasterinitial reaction rate. The order <strong>of</strong> reactivity for different PT catalysts is determined asTBPB > TBAB > TBAI TBAHS Aliquat 336 for the reaction.Yang et al. [219] investigated the kinetics <strong>of</strong> the etherification <strong>of</strong> ethyl 2-bromoisobutyrate(RX) with potassium 4-benzyloxyphenoxide in the presence <strong>of</strong> potassium iodidein SLPTC. In that work, we found that for various molar ratios <strong>of</strong> TBAB to RX (denotedas f ) the yield <strong>of</strong> product ArOR increased with increasing catalyst amounts up to f ¼ 0:60.Too much catalyst employed in the presence <strong>of</strong> KI results in the reduction <strong>of</strong> catalyticefficiency. This effect is due to two major reasons: first, the solubility <strong>of</strong> the catalyticintermediate in the organic solvent is limited; second, the formation <strong>of</strong> the catalytic intermediatein chlorobenzene is retarded because use <strong>of</strong> a higher amount <strong>of</strong> catalyst inducedrapid deposition <strong>of</strong> the generated potassium salts on the solid surface. Adding the extrasalt KI enhances the reactivity <strong>of</strong> PT catalyst, but the active intermediate in the organicphase is diminished when much KI is present. Small amounts <strong>of</strong> KI promote the conversion<strong>of</strong> RX into RI, which is more reactive in the organic reaction. The reaction stepsconcerning the deactivation <strong>of</strong> the catalyst are shown below [219].The overall reaction isKI;QXArOK ðsÞþRX ðorgÞ ! ArOR ðorgÞþKX ðsÞ ð124ÞThe reaction mechanism for the overall reaction is as the following steps:ArOKðsÞ ! ArOK ðorgÞKI ðsÞ ! KI ðorgÞð125Þð126ÞK 1!KI ðorgÞþQX ðorgÞ KX ðorgÞþQI ðorgÞð127ÞK 2!KI ðorgÞþRX ðorgÞ KX ðorgÞþRI ðorgÞð128ÞKXðorgÞ ! KX ðsÞð129ÞK 3!ArOK ðorgÞþQX ðorgÞ ArOQ ðorgÞþKX ðorgÞð130ÞK 4ArOK ðorgÞþQI ðorgÞ! ArOQ ðorgÞþKI ðorgÞð131ÞRX ðorgÞþArOQ ðorgÞk b! ArOR ðorgÞþQX ðorgÞð132ÞRI ðorgÞþArOQ ðorgÞk b! ArOR ðorgÞþQI ðorgÞð133ÞThe rate <strong>of</strong> change <strong>of</strong> ArOR is then expressed asdC orgArOR¼ kdt a C orgRX þ k bC org RI CorgArOQð134ÞCopyright © 2003 by Taylor & Francis Group, LLC

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