title: Catalysts Encapsulated in Molecular Machines.
abstract: Smart catalysts offer the control of chemical processes and sequences of transformations, and catalysts with unique catalytic behavior can afford chiral products or promote successive polymerization. To meet advanced demands, the key to constructing smart catalysts is to incorporate traditional catalytic functional groups with trigger-induced factors. Molecular machines with dynamic properties and particular topological structures have typical stimulus-responsive features. In recent years, scientists have made efforts to utilize molecular machines (molecular switches, rotaxanes, motors, etc.) as scaffolds to develop smart catalysts. This Minireview focuses on the achievements of developing catalysts encapsulated in molecular machines and their remarkable specialties. This strategy is believed to provide more potential applications in switchable reactions, asymmetric synthesis, and processive catalysis.
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Supramolecular Structure and Materials, College of Chemistry, Jilin University, 2699 Qianjin Avenue, Changchun, 130012, P.R. China.
authors.forename: Tiezheng
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Pan
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Supramolecular Structure and Materials, College of Chemistry, Jilin University, 2699 Qianjin Avenue, Changchun, 130012, P.R. China. junqiuliu@jlu.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Junqiu
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Liu
mesh_terms: D002384:Catalysis; D004798:Enzymes / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism; D015394:Molecular Structure; D009942:Organometallic Compounds / Q000737:chemistry*; D043862:Rotaxanes / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D004798:Enzymes; D009942:Organometallic Compounds; D043862:Rotaxanes
keywords: enzyme models; macrocycles; molecular machines; organocatalysis; supramolecular chemistry