Micellar effects upon spontaneous and alkaline hydrolysis of t-butyl phenyl carbonate

Article abstract of DOI:10.1246/bcsj.63.2997

Cationic micelles of hexadecyltrimethylammonium ion HTAX (X=Cl^- and OH^-) catalyzes the reactions of t-butyl phenyl carbonate with OH^- and k_ψ goes through maximum with increasing [HTACl] but it continues to increase with increasing [HTAOH]. Spontaneous hydrolysis of t-butyl phenyl carbonate is inhibited by both cationic and anionic micelles. The second-order rate constant in micelles is smaller than that in water.