Issue 25, 2014

Tuning porosity and activity of microporous polymer network organocatalysts by co-polymerisation

Abstract

Microporous polymer networks based on binaphthyl phosphoric acids are suitable heterogeneous asymmetric organocatalysts. Herein we show that the porous characteristics of such networks can be fine-tuned by co-polymerisation. This enables us to investigate the influence of the surface area and porosity in microporous networks on their catalytic performance. In this case, the activity of the polymers in an asymmetric hydrogenation reaction is increased by the use of polymers with higher surface areas.

Graphical abstract: Tuning porosity and activity of microporous polymer network organocatalysts by co-polymerisation

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Article information

Article type
Communication
Submitted
04 Dec 2013
Accepted
09 Feb 2014
First published
10 Feb 2014
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY license

Chem. Commun., 2014,50, 3347-3349

Tuning porosity and activity of microporous polymer network organocatalysts by co-polymerisation

J. Schmidt, D. S. Kundu, S. Blechert and A. Thomas, Chem. Commun., 2014, 50, 3347 DOI: 10.1039/C3CC49220F

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