Place of Reaction in Aqueous Biphasic Systems

With respect to the location where homogeneously catalyzed biphasic reactions occur, two main conclusions can be drawn from the experimental observations 

By contrast, the increase in the reaction rate and control of the selectivity in biphasic system observed with the use of surfactants or other surface-active compounds [34-36] (for promotor ligand see [32]) indicate an increase in the liquid-liquid interfacial area, and it has therefore been speculated that the latter seems to be the reaction site [32]. 

To answer the fundamental question of where the reaction takes place in RCH/ 

RP s process, Comils and co-workers [37] conducted relatively simple batch calorimetric experiments at various pressures, temperatures, stirrer speeds, and concen- 

However, reaction modeling will be more complex, for instance in the case of hydroformylation of higher olefins, if co-solvents or surfactants, i.e., additional liquid phase(s), are present in the reaction mixture. 

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