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- The rational design of heterogeneous catalysts can enhance their effectiveness in biphasic reactions by creating Pickering emulsions.
- This method, known as Pickering interfacial catalysis (PIC), has been successful in various acid-catalyzed reactions such as transesterification and ester hydrolysis.
- PIC has been specifically applied to the efficient, solvent-free hydrolysis of glyceryl trilaurate into lauric acid, using Aquivion superacid under mild conditions.
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Rational design of the surface properties of heterogeneous catalysts can boost the interfacial activity in biphasic reactions through the generation of Pickering emulsions. This concept, termed Pickering interfacial catalysis (PIC), has shown promising credentials in acid-catalyzed transesterification, ester hydrolysis, acetalization, etherification, and alkylation reactions. PIC has now been applied to the efficient, solvent-free hydrolysis of the triglyceride glyceryl trilaurate to lauric acid, catalyzed by Aquivion perfluorosulfonic superacid at mild conditions (100 °C and ambient pressure).
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