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Microwave catalysis revisited: an analytical solution.

Institute of Mathematics, Physics and Mechanics, Jadranska 19, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia.
The Journal of Physical Chemistry A (impact factor: 2.95). 03/2010; 114(12):4197-202. DOI:10.1021/jp100374x pp.4197-202
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ABSTRACT In our previous work [Bren, U., et al. J. Phys. Chem. A 2008, 112, 166] we proposed a novel physical mechanism for microwave catalysis based on rotationally hot reactive species and verified its validity through a Monte Carlo simulation of a realistic chemical reaction: neutral ester hydrolysis. This article represents a continuation of our ongoing effort toward quantitative understanding of the microwave catalytic effect. It provides a derivation of an analytical solution for the microwave catalysis. The obtained expression is compared with the results of the Monte Carlo simulation and is applied to reproduce the microwave catalytic effect experimentally observed in the polyethylene terephthalate solvolysis. Implications for the interactions of microwaves with living organisms in the context of widespread mobile telephony are also discussed.

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Keywords

analytical solution
 
derivation
 
Implications
 
J. Phys
 
microwave catalytic effect
 
neutral ester hydrolysis
 
novel physical mechanism
 
ongoing effort
 
organisms
 
polyethylene terephthalate solvolysis
 
previous work [Bren
 
quantitative understanding
 
realistic chemical reaction
 
rotationally hot reactive species
 

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