Micellar catalysis

Aim
To study the instantaneous reaction by
micellar catalysis

Reaction

Conversion of DEA to DEA-HCL

Theory
When the concentration of a surfactant in a
solution exceeds a certain limit known as
critical micelle concentration CC, surfactant
molecules form micelles
Due to small size, micelles provide high
interfacial area, enable solubilization of
organic reactant in ionic solvent (water).
CTAB is used as a catalyst

Equations
-V d[HCl]/dt = kL[HCl] (DDEA / DHCl) 1/2 * A
Solving it, we get
ln ([[HCl]i /[HCl]) = (kLA/V) (DDEA / DHCl) 1/2 t

Calibration
A standard plot is made of DEA-HCl of the
following concentrations:
Conc. DEA-HCl

Absorbance

0.002M

0.34

0.003M

0.51

0.004M

0.69

0.005M

0.812

Observation without CTAB

Serial time(m absorban conc.DEA-HCl conc HCl
no.
in)
ce
(M)
(M)

ln[HCli]/[
HCl]

1
2
3
4
5

0
1
2
3

0.06
0.018
0.066
0.057

0.000172
-0.0000884
0.0002092
0.0001534

0.099828
0.100088
0.099791
0.099847

0.001721
-0.00088
0.002094
0.001535

0.99

0.005938

0.094062

0.061216

0.14

0.000668

0.099332

0.006702

12

0.129

0.0005998

0.0994

0.006016

15

0.156

0.0007672

0.099233

0.007702

18

0.248

0.0013376

0.098662

0.013466

10

21

0.264

0.0014368

0.098563

0.014472

11

24

0.264

0.0014368

0.098563

0.014472

12

27

0.308

0.0017096

0.09829

0.017244

13

30

0.319

0.0017778

0.098222

0.017938

Observation with CTAB

Serial
no.

time(min)
1
2
3
4
5
6
7

8
9
10
11
12
13

0
1
2
3
6
9
12
15
18
21
24
27
30

Absorbance
0.071
0.086
0.104
0.302
0.29
0.369
0.423
0.612
0.691
0.764
0.747
0.838
0.962

conc.DEA-HCl
(M)
0.0002402
0.0003332
0.0004448
0.0016724
0.001598
0.0020878
0.0024226
0.0035944
0.0040842
0.0045368
0.0044314
0.0049956
0.0057644

conc HCl (M) ln[HCl]i/[HCl]

0.09976
0.099667
0.099555
0.098328
0.098402
0.097912
0.097577
0.096406
0.095916
0.095463
0.095569
0.095004
0.094236

0.002405
0.003338
0.004458
0.016865
0.016109
0.021099
0.024524
0.036606
0.041699
0.046429
0.045326
0.051247
0.059372

Conclusion
Slope in absence of CTAB = 0.0006
Slope in presence of CTAB = 0.0018
(enhancement factor) = slope with CTAB
/Slope without CTAB= 0.0018/0.0006 = 3