Solvent Effects on Solvent Exchange Reactions at Nickel(II) Centers

Organic Solvent Effects in Biomass Conversion Reactions.

Transforming lignocellulosic biomass into fuels and chemicals has been intensely studied in recent years. A large amount of work has been dedicated to finding suitable solvent systems, which can improve the transformation of biomass into value-added chemicals. These efforts have been undertaken based on numerous research results that have shown that organic solvents can improve both conversion ...

Greener Solvent-Free Reactions on ZnO

Solvent effects on reaction rates

Solvent effects on the rates of some well-known nuclophilic substitution reactions have been analysed in terms of initial—state and transition-state contributions. Where possible, the latter have been further analysed by the method of model solutes, on which solvent effects on a transition state are compared to solvent effects on a solute that might be a suitable model for the transition state....

Solvent effects in acid-catalyzed biomass conversion reactions.

Reaction kinetics were studied to quantify the effects of polar aprotic organic solvents on the acid-catalyzed conversion of xylose into furfural. A solvent of particular importance is γ-valerolactone (GVL), which leads to significant increases in reaction rates compared to water in addition to increased product selectivity. GVL has similar effects on the kinetics for the dehydration of 1,2-pro...

Solvent-free Substitution Reactions of Solid Phosphines

Reactions of (η-RC5H4)Fe(CO)2I (R = H, Me) complexes with phosphine ligands PR′3 (R′ = Ph, m-Tol, p-C6H4OMe, p-C6H4Cl, p-C6H4F) have been performed under solvent-free conditions in the melt phase and generally yielded the ionic products [(η5-RC5H4)Fe(CO)2PR′3]I rather than the CO substituted products (η5-RC5H4)Fe(CO)(PR′3)I. The complexes have been characterised by IR, NMR and MS techniques. By...