Reduction of nicotinamides, flavins, and manganese porphyrins by formate, catalyzed by membrane-bound rhodium complexes

JH Van Esch, MAM Hoffmann…

Index: Esch, J. H. van; Hoffmann, M. A. M.; Nolte, R. J. M. Journal of Organic Chemistry, 1995 , vol. 60, # 6 p. 1599 - 1610

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Abstract

Two polymerizable cyclopentadienyl-2, 2'-bipyridinerhodium complexes and one amphiphilic rhodium complex have been synthesized and incorporated into the bilayers of vesicles formed from a polymerizable ammonium surfactant. Incorporation was achieved by chemical linkage (via a copolymerization reaction) or by physical absorption. The complexes are located at different positions in the bilayer, viz. in the hydrophobic interior or at the ...