Importance of Reaction Conditions

The complex mechanism and the various processes (Fig. 10.17) are responsible for the strong influence of the reaction conditions and parameters. Additives play an important role. Thus the performance of different catalysts can be improved by (defined) small amounts of oxidizing as well as reducing agents [64, 143, 172], by a variety of additives (in particular by alkylammonium halides) and is strongly influenced by the nature of solvent and base. Note, that these parameters also influence the Pd leaching in an analogous manner. In particular for the activation 

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Analysis of autoxidation reactions within cells showed that there were distinct mechanisms between intracellular (membrane) and aqueous solutions (215). The autoxidation reaction was suggested to result in N02 formation in the membrane, but not in aqueous solution, supporting the previous study (211). This exemplifies the importance of reaction conditions and kinetics on biological responses. 

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