Exploring Catalysis inside Self-assembled Supramolecular Containers.

Chimia (Aarau)

Department of Chemistry, University of Basel, St.-Johanns-Ring 19, CH-4056 Basel, Switzerland; Department of Biosystems Science and Engineering, ETH Zurich, Mattenstrasse 26, CH-4058 Basel, Switzerland.

Published: November 2016

Our group is interested in applying supramolecular host systems as catalysts for challenging transformations. Although a variety of supramolecular containers has been described in literature, their use as reaction chambers is still underexplored. We herein describe our first steps in this exciting interdisciplinary field of research.

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