Chemistry in alternative reaction media/
Dave J. Adams, Paul J. Dyson, and Stewart J. Tavener.
- Chichester, West Sussex, England ; Hoboken, NJ : J. Wiley, c2004.
- xvi, 251 p. ; ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Chemistry in Alternative Reaction Media -- Economic and Political Considerations -- Why Do Things Dissolve? -- Solvent Properties and Solvent Classification -- Density -- Mass Transport -- Boiling Point, Melting Point and Volatility -- Solvents as Heat-Transfer Media -- Cohesive Pressure, Internal Pressure, and Solubility Parameter -- Solvent Polarity -- Dipole Moment and Dispersive Forces -- Dielectric Constant -- Electron Pair Donor and Acceptor Numbers -- Empirical Polarity Scales -- E[superscript N subscript T] and E[subscript T](30) Parameters -- Kamlet--Taft Parameters -- Hydrogen Bond Donor (HBD) and Hydrogen Bond Acceptor (HBA) Solvents -- The Effect of Solvent Polarity on Chemical Systems -- The Effect of Solvent Polarity on Chemical Reactions -- The Effect of Solvent Polarity on Equilibria -- What is Required from Alternative Solvent Strategies? -- Multiphasic Solvent Systems -- An Introduction to Multiphasic Chemistry -- The Traditional Biphasic Approach -- Temperature Dependent Solvent Systems -- Single- to Two-Phase Systems -- Multiphasic Systems -- Solvent Combinations -- Water -- Fluorous Solvents -- Ionic Liquids -- Supercritical Fluids and Other Solvent Combinations -- Benefits and Problems Associated with Multiphasic Systems -- Partially Miscible Liquids -- Kinetics of Homogeneous Reactions -- Rate is Independent of Stoichiometry -- Rate is Determined by the Probability of Reactants Meeting -- Rate is Measured by the Concentration of the Reagents -- Catalysed Systems -- Kinetics of Biphasic Reactions.