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SUBMITTER: Das A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6386559 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Das Ankita A Mandal Imon I Venkatramani Ravindra R Dasgupta Jyotishman J
Science advances 20190222 2
Light energy absorbed by molecules can be harnessed to activate chemical bonds with extraordinary speed. However, excitation energy redistribution within various molecular degrees of freedom prohibits bond-selective chemistry. Inspired by enzymes, we devised a new photocatalytic scheme that preorganizes and polarizes target chemical bonds inside water-soluble cationic nanocavities to engineer selective functionalization. Specifically, we present a route to photoactivate weakly polarized sp<sup>3 ...[more]