Singh_2013_J.Phys.Chem.B_117_3806

Aggregation and kinetic studies have been performed to understand the hydrolytic potencies of the series of oxime-functionalized surfactants, viz., 3- hydroxyiminomethyl-1-alkylpyridinium bromide (alkyl = CnH2n+1, n = 10, 12, 14, 16, 18) in the cleavage of phosphate esters, p-nitrophenyl diphenyl phosphate (PNPDPP) and bis(2,4-dinitrophenyl) phosphate (BNDPP), in mixed micelles with cetylpyridinium bromide (CPB). Micellization and surface properties of mixed micelles functional surfactants with CPB were studied by conductivity and surface tension measurements. Acid dissociation constants (pKa) were determined, the effect of functional surfactant alkyl chain length and pH on the observed rate constant (kobs) for phosphate ester cleavage has been discussed, and the effect of substrate on the supernucleophilicities of the studied oximes was monitored. Functionalized oxime-based surfactants were proved to be supernucleophiles to attack on the P horizontal lineO center of tri- and diphosphate esters. Oximes with hexadecyl alkyl chain length (3-C16) showed maximum micellar effect on the rate constants toward PNPDPP. Micellar effects were analyzed in terms of the pseudophase model.