Micellar Catalysis: Bioinspired Micellar Copper Protoporphyrin as a High Performing Nano-Catalyst.

Herein we have engineered a micellar Cu protoporphyrin catalyst that mediates carbon bond activation using peroxide as an electron source. Cu protoporphyrin is a biomimetic model of active site of chloroperoxidase enzyme, which catalyzes the carbon bond halogenation in the presence of a suitable amount of HO. The encapsulation of Cu(II) Protoporphyrin IX/L-Cysteine inside of cetyltrimethylammonium bromide micelle increases the rate of chlorination at pH 3.