Table 2.

Second-order rate constants for the retro-aldol reaction of methodol at pH 7.5 using different catalysts.

Catalyst	k2 (M−1 s−1)	Relative k2
BuAm	2.1 × 10−6	(1)
CTAC/BuAm	2.5 × 10−4	120
CTAC/OcAm	1.5 × 10−3	710
CTAC/DoAm	2.0 × 10−2	9,500
RA-61	0.49*	230,000
BSA	1.8 × 10−2	8,500

^*value from ref. 8.