Cationic metallovesicles: Catalysis of the cleavage of p-nitrophenyl picolinate and control of copper(II) permeation

Article abstract of DOI:10.1021/ja00039a020

Ligand surfactants 1-3 have been synthesized. They feature a 2-(hydroxymethyl)pyridine as the ligand subunit and different lipophilic backbones which allow the formation, in aqueous solution, of different aggregates: vesicles in the case of 1 and 2, micel