TY - JOUR
T1 - Solution-processable microporous polymer platform for heterogenization of diverse photoredox catalysts
AU - Liu, Richard Y.
AU - Guo, Sheng
AU - Luo, Shao-Xiong Lennon
AU - Swager, Timothy M.
N1 - KAUST Repository Item: Exported on 2022-06-01
Acknowledged KAUST grant number(s): REP-2719
Acknowledgements: This research was supported by the National Science Foundation DMR-1809740 (T.M.S.) and the KAUST sensor project REP-2719 (T.M.S.). R.Y.L. is funded in part by US Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Soldier Center in Natick, MA. The textile symbol in Fig. 1 has been adapted with permission from Flaticon.com.
This publication acknowledges KAUST support, but has no KAUST affiliated authors.
PY - 2022/5/27
Y1 - 2022/5/27
N2 - In contemporary organic synthesis, substances that access strongly oxidizing and/or reducing states upon irradiation have been exploited to facilitate powerful and unprecedented transformations. However, the implementation of light-driven reactions in large-scale processes remains uncommon, limited by the lack of general technologies for the immobilization, separation, and reuse of these diverse catalysts. Here, we report a new class of photoactive organic polymers that combine the flexibility of small-molecule dyes with the operational advantages and recyclability of solid-phase catalysts. The solubility of these polymers in select non-polar organic solvents supports their facile processing into a wide range of heterogeneous modalities. The active sites, embedded within porous microstructures, display elevated reactivity, further enhanced by the mobility of excited states and charged species within the polymers. The independent tunability of the physical and photochemical properties of these materials affords a convenient, generalizable platform for the metamorphosis of modern photoredox catalysts into active heterogeneous equivalents.
AB - In contemporary organic synthesis, substances that access strongly oxidizing and/or reducing states upon irradiation have been exploited to facilitate powerful and unprecedented transformations. However, the implementation of light-driven reactions in large-scale processes remains uncommon, limited by the lack of general technologies for the immobilization, separation, and reuse of these diverse catalysts. Here, we report a new class of photoactive organic polymers that combine the flexibility of small-molecule dyes with the operational advantages and recyclability of solid-phase catalysts. The solubility of these polymers in select non-polar organic solvents supports their facile processing into a wide range of heterogeneous modalities. The active sites, embedded within porous microstructures, display elevated reactivity, further enhanced by the mobility of excited states and charged species within the polymers. The independent tunability of the physical and photochemical properties of these materials affords a convenient, generalizable platform for the metamorphosis of modern photoredox catalysts into active heterogeneous equivalents.
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10754/678349
UR - https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-022-29811-6
U2 - 10.1038/s41467-022-29811-6
DO - 10.1038/s41467-022-29811-6
M3 - Article
C2 - 35624102
SN - 2041-1723
VL - 13
JO - Nature Communications
JF - Nature Communications
IS - 1
ER -