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Vesicles with a Monolayer, Redox‐Active Membrane
Author(s) -
Baumgartner Ehrenfried,
Fuhrhop JürgenHinrich
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition in english
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 0570-0833
DOI - 10.1002/anie.198005501
Subject(s) - vesicle , membrane , monolayer , dithionite , redox , chemistry , ion , molecule , chemical physics , inorganic chemistry , organic chemistry , biochemistry , enzyme
A membrane comprising a single layer of close‐packed molecules occurs in vesicles that can be produced from the tetracation corresponding to (1) . Reduction by dithionite leads merely to (1) since the ions cannot penetrate the hydrophobic membrane. It appears likely, however, that electrons and protons can be introduced into the membrane to drive energy‐consuming processes.