Catalyst displacement assay: a supramolecular approach for the design of smart latent catalysts for pollutant monitoring and removal.

ABSTRACT: Latent catalysts can be tuned to function smartly by assigning a sensing threshold using the displacement approach for targeted analytes. Three cyano-bridged bimetallic complexes were synthesized as "smart" latent catalysts through the supramolecular assembly of different metallic donors [Fe^II(CN)₆]^4-, [Fe^II(tBubpy)(CN)₄]^2-, and Fe^II(tBubpy)₂(CN)₂ with a metallic acceptor [Cu^II(dien)]²⁺. The investigation of both their thermodynamic and kinetic properties on binding with toxic pollutants provided insight into their smart off-on catalytic capabilities, enabling us to establish a threshold-controlled catalytic system for the degradation of pollutants such as

SUBMITTER: Chow CF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5436551 | biostudies-literature | 2017 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature