SYNTHETIC ENZYME MIMIC BASED ON A HISTIDINE SCAFFOLD

摘要

A catalytic surfactant comprising a hydrophobic moiety, preferably a C16 linear alkyl group, attached to a head group, said head group comprising a catalytic moiety incorporating multiple catalytic- functional groups, said groups comprising: (i) a carboxylate group; (ii) an imidazole group; and (iii) a nucleophilic group, preferably a hydroxy or thiol group; and wherein the catalytic-functional groups are arranged in close proximity with each other, preferably in the form of a histidine derivative.