Direct solvent selection parameter

In contrast to swollen homopolymer films, only a limited number of studies on thin films of block copolymers have been reported in which the degree of the film swelling has been directly accessed. In situ SE has been used to evaluate the polymer-solvent interaction parameters [144], to construct phase diagrams of surface structures [49, 51], and to control the mechanism of lamella reorientation in thick swollen films [118, 163, 164], Spectroscopic reflectometry combined with real-time GISAXS has been used to follow structural instabilities in swollen lamella films [165], Recently, it was demonstrated that swelling of diblock copolymer films in organic selective and non-selective solvents follows the same physical behavior as in thin films of homopolymers [119]. 

Once the UV-absorption spectrum of the compound to be irradiated — and whenever possible of the reaction product as well — is known, the main parameter to be selected is the excitation wavelength. In unsensitized — i.e. direct — irradiations the reaction product should not absorb any light as to avoid secondary photoreactions. The wavelength of the light used can be influenced by three factors the light source, filters and the solvent. 

An extensive spectroscopic and mechanistic study on the enantioselective Cu/ferrocenyl bisphosphine-catalyzed conjugate addition has been performed. Several parameters such as solvent, nature of the halide present in the Grignard reagent and Cu(I) source, and additives (i.e. dioxane and crown ethers) were identified. These factors directly affect the formation and nature of the intermediate active species, and therefore the selectivity, rate and overall outcome of the reaction. Importantly, the presence of and Br ions in the reaction are essential in order to achieve high selectivity and efficiency. 

Interest in the use of SC solvents as a reaction media is founded upon recent advances in our understanding of their unique thermo-physical and chemical properties. Worthy of special note are those thermophysical properties (6) which can be manipulated as parameters to selectively direct the progress of desirable chemical reactions. These properties include the solvent s dielectric constant (7), ion product (8,9), electrolyte solvent power (10,11), transport properties"[viscosity (12), diffusion coefficients (13) and ion mobilities (14)], hydrogen bonding characteristics (15), and solute-solvent "enhancement factors" (6). All these properties are strongly influenced by the solvent s density P in the supercritical state. 

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