## Abstract A tailorβmade catalytically active polymer catalyzing the bimolecular DielsβAlder reaction is described. Kinetic studies carried out in acetonitrile at 82Β°C show a 270βfold rate acceleration (__k__~cat~/__k__~uncat~) for the DielsβAlder reaction between tetrachlorothiophene dioxide and
The molecular reaction vessels for a transesterification process created by molecular imprinting technique
β Scribed by Zihui Meng; Koji Sode
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2005
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 154 KB
- Volume
- 18
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0952-3499
- DOI
- 10.1002/jmr.732
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β¦ Synopsis
A polymeric catalyst was synthesized by co-polymerizing 4(5)-vinylimidazole and itaconic acid with trimethylpropanol trimethacrylate micro spheres. The catalyst obtained catalysed the transesterification process between p-nitrophenyl acetate and hexanol with maximal initial velocity(nu(max)) of 4.73 +/- 0.47 microM min(-1) mg(-1), and turnover rate (k(cat)) of 8.67 min(-1). Using p-nitrophenyl acetate as template, molecular imprinting process enhanced the nu(max) of the polymeric catalyst 3-fold. Each imprinted site can be considered as a single molecular reaction vessel, and achieved a k(cat) of 169 min(-1) towards the conversion of p-nitrophenyl acetate in hexanol.
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