The BHC Company's synthesis of ibuprofen uses a three-step version of this process to reduce waste.
The BHC Company's synthesis of ibuprofen uses a three-step version of this process to reduce waste. Quarternary ammonium or phosphonium salts partake in this process by acting as detergents to bring ionic salts into the organic phase. The "sacrificial" variety of this process is used to perpetuate it in loop reaction mechanisms known as this process's "cycles." For the "bio," "homogeneous," and "heterogeneous," varieties, the turnover number quantifies the efficiency of this process differently. Through various means, such as by phase-transfer, protonation or deprotonation of functional groups, and stabilizing reaction intermediates, this process lowers activation energy. For 10 points, identify this process by which a namesake substance increases the rate of a reaction.
The BHC Company's synthesis of ibuprofen uses a three-step version of this process to reduce waste.
catalysis [or catalyzing  a reaction; do not accept "catalysts"]