Issue 2, 2010

Supramolecular photocatalysis by confinement—photodimerization of coumarins within cucurbit[8]urils

Abstract

Cucurbit[8]uril (as low as 10 mol%) acts as a supramolecular catalytic nanoreaction vessel and facilitates the photodimerization of coumarins in water leading to syn dimers. Saturation kinetics shows a sigmoidal dependence with a turnover number of 3.4 min−1 and a Hill constant of 1.8 indicating a co-operative mechanism in the catalytic process.

Graphical abstract: Supramolecular photocatalysis by confinement—photodimerization of coumarins within cucurbit[8]urils

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Article information

Article type
Communication
Submitted
06 Oct 2009
Accepted
30 Oct 2009
First published
17 Nov 2009

Chem. Commun., 2010,46, 225-227

Supramolecular photocatalysis by confinement—photodimerization of coumarins within cucurbit[8]urils

B. C. Pemberton, N. Barooah, D. K. Srivatsava and J. Sivaguru, Chem. Commun., 2010, 46, 225 DOI: 10.1039/B920605A

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