The values of the relative counterion (X) binding constant R
X
Br (=K
X/K
Br, where K
X and K
Br represent cetyltrimethylammonium bromide, CTABr, micellar binding constants of X
v− (in non-spherical micelles), v = 1,2, and Br− (in spherical micelles)) are 58, 68, 127, and 125 for X
v− = 1−, 12−, 2−, and 22−, respectively. The values of 15 mM CTABr/[Nav
X] nanoparticles-catalyzed apparent second-order rate constants for piperidinolysis of ionized phenyl salicylate at 35°C are 0.417, 0.488, 0.926, and 0.891 M−1 s−1 for Nav
X = Na1, Na2
1, Na2, and Na2
2, respectively. Almost entire catalytic effect of nanoparticles catalyst is due to the ability of nonreactive counterions, X
v−, to expel reactive counterions, 3
−, from nanoparticles to the bulk water phase.