Nature Communications (Jul 2019)

Bio-inspired creation of heterogeneous reaction vessels via polymerization of supramolecular ion pair

  • Ke Dong,
  • Qi Sun,
  • Yongquan Tang,
  • Chuan Shan,
  • Briana Aguila,
  • Sai Wang,
  • Xiangju Meng,
  • Shengqian Ma,
  • Feng-Shou Xiao

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-11080-5
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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Tuning the environment of catalytic active sites may improve the selectivity of heterogeneous catalysts. Here, the authors modify the outer-sphere environment of active sites in hydroformylation catalysts by encapsulating the active sites in nanovessels formed by ion pair-directed supramolecular assembly.