USE OF HIGH-PRESSURE TECHNIQUES FOR MEASURING REACTION-RATES IN LIQUID SOLUTIONS

This review describes the instrumental methods employed for measuring reaction rates in liquid solutions at elevated pressures. The current status as well as the developments leading to it are presented. The va lue of such measurements in elucidating reaction mechanisms is a princ ipal focus. A wide range of examples from inorganic chemistry, organic chemistry, bioinorganic chemistry, biochemistry and organometallic ch emistry which illustrates the instruments employed, general methods, a nd mechanistic insight, is provided.