Supramolecular Systems as an Alternative for Enzymatic Degradation of 1‐Naphthyl Methylcarbamate (Carbaryl) Pesticide

Reverse micelles (RMs) are considered as versatile nanoreactors because they can create a unique microenvironment, to carry out biochemical and chemical reactions of interest. Thus, in this contribution we propose them to be used as a new approach to hydrolyze a powerful and widely used pesticide: 1‐naphthyl methylcarbamate (Carbaryl), using the enzyme α‐Chymotrypsin (α‐CT) encapsulated in the water pool. In this contribution we show a novel approach to degrade a powerful pesticide, Carbaryl, using an enzymatic reaction in BHDC reverse micelles media, at different water content. It is observed an increase on the enzymatic catalytic efficiency value for α‐Chymotrypsin in comparison with the one observed in bulk water.