The Compatibility of a Polymeric Catalyst-Substrate-Solvent and Reaction Rate. IV

Abstract

This article focuses on charged polymer catalyst systems. Based on chemical thermodynamics, kinetics, and interface chemistry, a quantitative relationship between the catalysis rate and the charge density on the various components in the catalysis system was obtained. It can be formulated as follows:

This formula indicates that the larger the value of the charge density of the polymer backbone, the better the compatibility and, in turn, the faster the catalysis rate. This result is compared to our experiments and to literature results.

Keywords:

• Catalyst
• Compatibility
• Electrostatic interaction
• Hydrogenation
• Polymer-metal complex

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