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7901113 
Journal Article 
Very high rate enhancement of benzyl alcohol oxidation by an artificial enzyme 
Marinescu, LG; Bols, M 
2006 
Yes 
Angewandte Chemie (International Edition)
ISSN: 1433-7851
EISSN: 1521-3773 
45 
28 
4590-4593 
English 
(Figure Presented) Promoting the atomic dialogue! At neutral pH and ambient temperature, a cyclodextrin-derived ketone causes hydrogen peroxide and benzyl alcohols to meet in its active site and react up to 60 000 times faster than they do outside the cyclodextrin. © 2006 Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA. 
Biomimetics; Cyclodextrins; Michaelis-Menten kinetics; Supramolecular chemistry