DOI: 10.1039/d6ra07838a ISSN: 2046-2069
Hydrophobicity–flexibility synergy in tween micelles: kinetic modulation towards sustainable oxidation of
l
-leucine
Mousumi Layek, Priya Karmakar, Samrat Dev, Bipasha Saha, Mahasweta Nandi, Arindam Nandy, Manab Chakravarty, Sandip Kundu, Pintu Sar, Bidyut Saha The proposed study aims to explore the metal catalyst-free, micelle-mediated oxidation of
l
-leucine using alkaline potassium hexacyanoferrate(
iii
) or [Fe(CN)
6
]
3−
, involving two nonionic surfactants-Tween-20 (TW-20) and Tween-80 (TW-80).