Hydration, mechanically induced

There have been a number of isolated studies of metal-ion catalyzed nucleophilic reactions of other groupings. Particularly interesting is the induced nucleophilic attack on olefins. Hydration is normally very sluggish. Enzymes can speed up such reactions. Aconitase, an iron-containing enzyme, catalyzes the isomerization of citric acid to isocitric acid, through the intermediacy of cis-aconitic acid. A possible mechanism has been suggested based on the following Co(III) model chemistry. Rapid cyclization of the maleate ester produces Ai and AS chelated malate half ester ... 

Surface-catalyzed degradation of pesticides has been examined in the context of research on contaminant-clay interactions. Such interactions were observed initially when clay minerals were used as carriers and diluents in the crop protection industry (Fowker et al. 1960). Later specific studies on the persistence of potential organic contaminants in the subsurface defined the mechanism of clay-induced transformation of organophosphate insecticides (Saltzman et al. 1974 Mingelgrin and Saltzman 1977) and s-triazine herbicides (Brown and White 1969). In both cases, contaminant degradation was attributed to the surface acidity of clay minerals, controlled by the hydration status of the system. 

For oxide CMP, the purpose of the solution is two fold. First, water weakens the Si—O bond in a silicon dioxide film and softens the surface as it becomes hydrated with Si—OH bonds [6,7]. Figure 10 shows the reaction mechanism. Second, the solution is to provide a basic environment (pH > 10), which accelerates the hydration rate. An environment with high pH values will allow the polishing-induced reaction to be further accelerated because the surface Si(OH) species will be partially dissolved into water. In the meantime, the zeta potential of silica increases with increasing pH values. At high zeta potentials silica particles will repel each other, whereby a better-suspended slurry is formed. 

Mechanism of Action Lactic acid is an alpha-hydroxy acid that influences hydration, decreases corneocyte cohesion, reduces excessive epidermal keratinlzation in hyper-keratotic conditions, and induces synthesis of mucopolysaccharides and collagen In photodamagedskin. The exact mechanism is not known TherapeuticEffect Increases hydration of the skin. 

Mercury(II) oxide and acetic acid effect the cyclization of l,4-diaryloxybut-2-ynes to 4-aryloxymethylchromenes. The transformation was attributed to cyclization of the butanone which resulted from hydration of the alkyne (72JHC489). However, it has since been shown that similar butanones do not cyclize to chromenes under the cyclization conditions (78JOC3856). Instead, a mechanism is proposed which involves a charge-induced Claisen rearrangement which is triggered by 7r-complex formation between the metal ion... 

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