Issue 3, 2020

Dispersible porous classical polymer photocatalysts for visible light-mediated production of pharmaceutically relevant compounds in multiple solvents

Abstract

The dispersibility of photocatalytic polymeric materials is currently a limiting factor for wide scale use. Indeed, the dispersibility of photocatalytic material in solvents dictates its use as heterogenous catalysts, due in part to reagent solubility. Here, we describe a new platform for producing porous polymer photocatalytic nanoparticles that are easily dispersible in a broad range of solvents. Photocatalytic porous classical polymer nanoparticles have been designed, based on classical porous nanoparticles copolymerised with photocatalytic moieties. The combination of both classical and photocatalytic monomers results in an affordable highly photocatalytically effective material, that can be easily dispersed in a wide range of solvents. The versatility and useability of this new material has been demonstrated by photocatalysing a number of pharmaceutically relevant compounds in solvents with varying polarity.

Graphical abstract: Dispersible porous classical polymer photocatalysts for visible light-mediated production of pharmaceutically relevant compounds in multiple solvents

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Article information

Article type
Communication
Submitted
12 Oct 2019
Accepted
08 Dec 2019
First published
12 Dec 2019
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY license

J. Mater. Chem. A, 2020,8, 1072-1076

Dispersible porous classical polymer photocatalysts for visible light-mediated production of pharmaceutically relevant compounds in multiple solvents

C. T. J. Ferguson, N. Huber, T. Kuckhoff, K. A. I. Zhang and K. Landfester, J. Mater. Chem. A, 2020, 8, 1072 DOI: 10.1039/C9TA11242A

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