Cucurbit[7]uril promoted Fenton oxidation by modulating the redox property of catalysts.
Bohan TangJiantao ZhaoYang JiaoJiang-Fei XuXi ZhangPublished in: Chemical communications (Cambridge, England) (2019)
The redox property of a ferrocene derivative, the catalyst of Fenton oxidation, is modulated by the host-guest complexation of cucurbit[7]uril. The supramolecularly modulated catalyst significantly accelerates the catalytic oxidation of dye chromophores, thus providing a way to avoid product inhibition and broadening the range of substrates.