The effect of heterogeneous solvent systems on sonochemical reactions: accelerated degradation of alkyl thiols in emulsion.
Sonochemical reactions of alkyl and aryl thiols in water-organic mixed solvent systems were kinetically investigated. The reaction in the liquid-liquid interface apparently depends on the polarities, surface activities, vapor pressures and hydrophobicities of organic solvents and thiols. Interestingly, the rate jump in sonochemical disappearance of alkyl thiols was observed under emulsified conditions.
Department of Chemistry, Shiga University of Medical Science, Seta, Otsu, 520-2192, Japan. sohmiya@belle.shiga-med.ac.jp
Hajime
H
Sohmiya
Takahide
T
Kimura
Mitsue
M
Fujita
Takashi
T
Ando