A molecular "screw-clamp": accelerating click reactions in miniemulsions

Chem Commun (Camb). 2014 Sep 18;50(72):10495-8. doi: 10.1039/c4cc04119d.

Abstract

The interface as a "screw clamp": the copper-free 1,3-dipolar azide-alkyne cycloaddition at the interface of nanodroplets in miniemulsions was studied in detail by NMR spectroscopic methods. The reaction at the oil-water interface proved to exhibit higher rate constants, increased molecular weights and high regioregularity compared to the reaction in solution.