• O-Alkylation of alcohols and phenols; see 2,6-Dimethylphenol, A11947. Surfactant-assisted permanganate oxidations: Can. J. Chem., 67, 1381 (1989). Reduction of alkyl halides to alkanes using zinc powder in micelles: Synth. Commun., 19, 1649 (1989). Control of ortho-para ratio in the bromination of anilines: Tetrahedron Lett., 30, 6209 (1989). Also facilitates ligand-free palladium salt-catalyzed Heck and Suzuki cross-coupling reactions in water: Tetrahedron Lett., 46, 3357 (2005).
• Surfactant-type catalyst (see Appendix 2) with many applications: