Hydration of acetaldehyde catalysed by micellar triton X-100 in carbon tetrachloride

Abstract

The spontaneous hydration of acetaldehyde by water and D₂O localized in micellar Triton X-100 in carbon tetrachloride is 1.5 × 10⁴ and 5.4 × 10⁴ times faster than that in bulk water and D₂O, respectively. In the presence of the surfactant, the rates of specific acid-catalysed hydration are between 2.4–1.2 and 3.6–2 times faster than those of perchloric acid-catalysed reactions in bulk water and D₂O, respectively. The rates of the specific acid-catalysed hydration decrease as a function of Increasing the concentration of the micelle solubilized water or D₂O.