Environment, chemistry supercritical solvents

As for supercritical water and related systems, we believe that much effort is still needed to understand the formation and stability of molecular clusters and dilute conditions and their role in the fundamental solvation characteristics of these solvents. Very little is known today regarding the underlying molecular mechanisms associated with the role of supercritical water as both reaction media and reactant, especially in connection with quantum mechanical charge transfer and bond breaking effects. The latter is extremely important to our understanding, and, therefore, control, of supercritical water as a green chemistry reaction environment for practical applications. 

DA Morgenstem, RM LeLacheur, DK Morita, S Borkowsky, S Feng, GH Brown, L Luan, MF Gross, Ml Burk, W Xumas. Supercritical carbon dioxide as a substitute solvent for chemical synthesis and catalysis. In PX Anastas, XC WUUamson, eds. Designing Chemistry for the Environment. ACS Symposium Series No. 626. Washington, D.C. American Chemical Society, 1996, pp 132-151. 

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