<i>Exo</i>-cage catalysis and initiation derived from photo-activating host–guest encapsulation
Rebecca L. Spicer, Helen M. O’Connor, Yael Ben‐Tal, Hang Zhou, Patrick J. Boaler, Fraser C. Milne, Euan K. Brechin, Guy C. Lloyd‐Jones, Paul J. Lusby
Abstract
photolysis experiments show that the cage can both act as a photo-initiator and as an on-cycle catalyst where the quantum yield is less than unity.
Topics & Concepts
CatalysisChemistryReactivity (psychology)Catalytic cyclePhotocatalysisPhotodissociationSynergistic catalysisSelectivityPhotochemistryCageYield (engineering)Combinatorial chemistryHeterogeneous catalysisNanotechnologyOrganic chemistryMaterials scienceAlternative medicineCombinatoricsMedicineMetallurgyMathematicsPathologySupramolecular Chemistry and ComplexesPorphyrin and Phthalocyanine ChemistryLuminescence and Fluorescent Materials