COMMISSION ON CHEMICAL KINETICS (I.4)
Number: 140/10/97
Title: Kinetic Description of Chemical Reactions
under Non-Classical Conditions - Evaluation of Current Status (revised
title)
Coordinator(s): Ernst
Breet
Remarks: Of potential interest to I.2, III.3
and VI.2
Completion Date: Dec 2001 - project abandoned
Objective:
A position paper is being prepared on the theme outlined above. It
deals with the current status of the kinetic description of chemical
reactions under non-classical conditions as a new and largely unexplored
field of interest in chemistry. The term "non-classical" refers to
experimental conditions such as high temperature, high pressure, plasma
phase, supercritical phase, fluorous phase, ionic solvent, ultrasound
and microwave radiation. Such non-classical conditions offer a host
of new and challenging applications within the chemical, industrial
and engineering fraternities. However, a lack of systematic information
on well developed kinetic models and compiled kinetic data may lead
to the inability to simulate such processes, to extrapolate existing
data obtained under classical conditions, and to understand the mechanisms
of chemical reactions occurring under such conditions.
Progress:
A task group of experts in the field has been appointed to prepare
a summary on the current status of the kinetic description of chemical
reactions occurring under the non-classical condition assigned to
each of them. The contributions will be edited and integrated into
a final position paper of which all contributors are co-authors. The
selected topics include:
The completion date of the position paper is set for
31 December 2001. In the event of revealing unmet models/data needs
in the respective areas which merit involvement of IUPAC, these may
be proposed for future full-scale projects.
project abandoned
Last Update: 17 Jan 2006
