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Modeling Chemical Reactivity at the Interfaces of Emulsions: Effects of Partitioning and Temperature molecules Review Modeling Chemical Reactivity at the Interfaces of Emulsions: Effects of Partitioning and Temperature Marlene Costa 1 ,Fátima Paiva-Martins 1 , Sonia Losada-Barreiro 2 and Carlos Bravo-Díaz 2,* 1 REQUIMTE/LAQV, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Porto, Rua do Campo Alegre 687, 4169-007 Porto, Portugal; [email protected] (M.C.); [email protected] (F.P.-M.) 2 Departamento de Química—Física, Facultad de Química, Universidade de Vigo, 36310 Vigo, Spain; [email protected] * Correspondence: [email protected] Abstract: Bulk phase chemistry is hardly ever a reasonable approximation to interpret chemical reac- tivity in compartmentalized systems, because multiphasic systems may alter the course of chemical reactions by modifying the local concentrations and orientations of reactants and by modifying their physical properties (acid-base equilibria, redox potentials, etc.), making them—or inducing them—to react in a selective manner. Exploiting multiphasic systems as beneficial reaction media requires an understanding of their effects on chemical reactivity. Chemical reactions in multiphasic systems follow the same laws as in bulk solution, and the measured or observed rate constant of bimolecular reactions can be expressed, under dynamic equilibrium conditions, in terms of the product of the rate constant and of the concentrations of reactants. In emulsions, reactants distribute between the oil, water, and interfacial regions according to their polarity. However, determining the distri- butions of reactive components in intact emulsions is arduous because it is physically impossible to separate the interfacial region from the oil and aqueous ones without disrupting the existing Citation: Costa, M.; Paiva-Martins, equilibria and, therefore, need to be determined in the intact emulsions. The challenge is, thus, to F.; Losada-Barreiro, S.; Bravo-Díaz, C. develop models to correctly interpret chemical reactivity. Here, we will review the application of Modeling Chemical Reactivity at the Interfaces of Emulsions: Effects of the pseudophase kinetic model to emulsions, which allows us to model chemical reactivity under a Partitioning and Temperature. variety of experimental conditions and, by carrying out an appropriate kinetic analysis, will provide Molecules 2021, 26, 4703. https:// important kineticparameters. doi.org/10.3390/molecules26154703 Keywords: kinetics; pseudophase model; emulsions; antioxidants Academic Editor: Erich A. Müller Received: 9 June 2021 Accepted: 28 July 2021 1. Introduction Published: 3 August 2021 The three-dimensional interfaces between two immiscible liquids (oil and water) found in emulsions and other colloidal systems have been widely used as models of membrane Publisher’s Note: MDPI stays neutral function to mimic their behavior, as models of lipid-based foods and to model important with regard to jurisdictional claims in (bio)chemical reactions such as the oxidation of lipids [1–4]. A variety of fundamental published maps and institutional affil- processes involved in biocatalysis, such as ion pumping, electron transport, membrane iations. fusion, and photosynthesis, have all been investigated in such interfacial systems for further guidance in developing new biomaterials and medicines and to better understand life science [5–11]. Emulsions are composed of a liquid dispersed as small droplets in a second immis- Copyright: © 2021 by the authors. cible liquid. The droplet interface is encompassed by a narrow region (2–20 nm thick) Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. surrounding each emulsion droplet, Figure1[ 12]. The interfacial region typically does not This article is an open access article contribute significantly to the total volume of an emulsion unless the droplet sizes are very distributed under the terms and small [13], but has important consequences in the fate of chemical reactions that take place conditions of the Creative Commons in the emulsions. For example, lipid oxidation reactions and those between antioxidants Attribution (CC BY) license (https:// creativecommons.org/licenses/by/ and lipid radicals are largely affected by the presence of interfacial regions, because they are 4.0/). highly anisotropic regions composed of a mélange of oil, water, and surfactants [2,14–16]. Molecules 2021, 26, 4703. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules26154703 https://www.mdpi.com/journal/molecules Molecules 2021, 26, x FOR PEER REVIEW 2 of 26 Molecules 2021, 26, 4703 2 of 25 because they are highly anisotropic regions composed of a mélange of oil, water, and surfactants [2,14–16]. Figure 1. ((Left)) Basic Basic illustration illustration of of an an oil-in-water oil-in-water emulsion emulsion drople droplet.t. The The diameter diameter of ofthe the droplet droplet may may range range from from tens tens of ofnanometers nanometers to tomicrometers, micrometers, and and the the volume volume of ofthe the interfacial interfacial region region is is only only a asm smallall fraction fraction of of the the total total volume of the droplet. (Right) Optical microscope photograph of an O/W emulsion stabilized with Tween 20 and conceptual division of droplet. 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