S1 Cooperative effects of ruthenium micellar catalysts and added surfactants in transfer hydrogenation of ketones in water Alexander M. Kalsin, a * Tat’yanaA. Peganova, a Valentin V. Novikov, a Maurizio Peruzzini, b * and Luca Gonsalvi b * Electronic Supplementary Information Table S1. The main micellar properties of the surfactants S used in catalytic tests. CTAB HBAC SDS DSS TX-100 TW20 ZW3-14 cmc, mM 0.92; 0.15 a 0.49 8.2; ~1.0 a 11 0.3 0.06 0.38 T k , °C 25; 16 b 25 10 33; 49 a - - - T c , °C - - - - 65; ~50 a 76 - Ref [1,2] [3] [4] [4] [5] [4] [6] cmc – critical micelle concentration, T k , °C – the Krafft temperature, T c , °C – the clouding temperature. a in 1M NaCl solution. b in 0.01M NaCl solution. Table S2. The micellar properties of C 16 H 33 NMe 3 + X - (CTA + X - : X = Cl, Br) mixed with surfactants S. CTAB HBAC SDS DSS TX-100 TW20 ZW3-14 cmc, mM ~1 ~0.5 <0.1 0.06-0.08 <1 <1 ~0.4-1 a χ CTA mic ~ χ CTA sol ~ χ CTA sol ~0.5 ~0.5 ~ χ CTA sol T k , °C <25 <25 50 <50 - T c , °C >>65 >>76 - Mixed micelles + + + + + + + Ref [7] [7] [7a, 8] [9] [6] [6] [10] cmc – critical micelle concentration, T k , °C – the Krafft temperature, T c , °C – the clouding temperature. a χ CTA mic – molar fraction of CTA + X - in the mixed micelle S/CTA + X - , χ CTA sol – molar fraction of CTA + X - in the solution of S and CTA + X - . Table S3. The micellar properties of C 8 H 17 NMe 3 + Br - (OTAB) mixed with surfactants S. CTAB HBAC SDS DSS TX-100 TW20 ZW3-14 cmc, mM b b 0.8 b b b a χ OTA mic <0.05 <0.05 ~0.5 ~0.5 <0.05 <0.05 <0.05 T k , °C ~25 ~25 18 <18 - - T c , °C >65 >76 Mixed micelles - - + + - - - Ref [7] [7] [11, 8] [12] [6] [6] [10] cmc – critical micelle concentration, T k , °C – the Krafft temperature, T c , °C – the clouding temperature. a χ OTA mic – molar fraction of OTAB in the mixed micelle S/OTAB, χ OTA sol – molar fraction of OTAB in the solution of S and OTAB. b the cmc of the mixed system is close to the cmc of the added surfactant S. References: [1] J. Roy, M. N. Islam and G. Aktaruzzaman, J. Surfact. Deterg., 2014, 17, 231-242. [2] T. Imae and S. Ikeda, Colloid Polym. Sci., 1987, 265, 1090-1098. Electronic Supplementary Material (ESI) for Catalysis Science & Technology. This journal is © The Royal Society of Chemistry 2015