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The influence of reaction temperature on the oscillatory behaviour in the palladium-catalysed phenylacetylene oxidative carbonylation reaction

Research reported in this paper builds on work group reported in 2008 [Novakovic3] to present the first ever experimental study demonstrating that reaction temperature has a profound effect on the amplitude/period of pH oscillations in oxidative carbonylation reactions. These reaction characteristics make the system promising for incorporation into smart polymer gels to develop biomimetic materials operating without any on-off switching of external stimuli. This research was the basis of a “New Directions for EPSRC Research Leaders Award” made to Novakovic (administered as a £295k supplement to the “Powering smart materials by oscillatory chemical reactions” fellowship award; EP/H003908/1).