Micellar effect on hydrolysis of 4-methyl-2-nitroaniline phosphate

The effect of anionic surfactant sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) on the hydrolysis of a substrate (mono-4-methyl-2-nitroaniline phosphate) by HCl was studied at 303 K. The reaction followed the first-order kinetics with respect to both HCl and the substrate. SDS effectively catalyzes this reaction, which rate increases with the concentration of SDS due to an increase of dielectric constant of the medium. The kinetic data were fitted to Menger-Portnoy, Piszkiewicz and Berezin kinetic models to explain the observed micellar effects. The various activation parameters both in the presence and absence of SDS were evaluated; a reasonable mechanism was proposed. The rate constant in micellar phase, binding constant and index of cooperativity were calculated accordingly.