Nature Reviews Chemistry ( IF 36.3 ) Pub Date : 2022-01-21 , DOI: 10.1038/s41570-021-00348-4 Andrew W Heard 1 , Jorge Meijide Suárez 1 , Stephen M Goldup 1
Mechanically interlocked molecules, such as rotaxanes and catenanes, are receiving increased attention as scaffolds for the development of new catalysts, driven by both their increasing accessibility and high-profile examples of the mechanical bond delivering desirable behaviours and properties. In this Review, we survey recent advances in the catalytic applications of mechanically interlocked molecules organized by the effect of the mechanical bond on key catalytic properties, namely, activity, chemoselectivity and stereoselectivity, and focus on how the mechanically bonded structure leads to the observed behaviour. Our aim is to inspire future investigations of mechanically interlocked catalysts, including those outside of the supramolecular community.
中文翻译:
用机械键控制催化剂活性、化学选择性和立体选择性
机械互锁的分子,如轮烷和链烷,作为开发新催化剂的支架受到越来越多的关注,这是由于它们日益增加的可及性和机械键提供理想行为和特性的引人注目的例子所推动的。在这篇综述中,我们调查了机械键合对关键催化性能(即活性、化学选择性和立体选择性)的影响组织的机械互锁分子催化应用的最新进展,并重点关注机械键合结构如何导致观察到的行为. 我们的目标是激发未来对机械联锁催化剂的研究,包括超分子社区之外的催化剂。