Issue 21, 2019

One-pot cascade syntheses of microporous and mesoporous pyrazine-linked covalent organic frameworks as Lewis-acid catalysts

Abstract

Covalent organic frameworks (COFs) are crystalline porous solids with broad potential applications. So far, the successful construction of COFs has been limited to a few condensation reactions, and nearly all COFs were obtained by single-step synthesis based on predesigned linkers. Here, we report a general strategy in view of a one-pot cascade reaction to prepare both microporous and mesoporous fully π-conjugated pyrazine-linked COF materials (PZ-COFs). The obtained PZ-COFs show high chemical stability, large specific surface areas and promising H2, CH4 and CO2 uptake capacities. Furthermore, we demonstrate that manganese(II)-incorporated PZ-COFs can act as excellent Lewis-acid catalysts for the cyanosilylation of aromatic aldehydes. This study not only provides a facile method to synthesize COFs required for multistep reactions but also expands the applications of COFs as promising catalysts.

Graphical abstract: One-pot cascade syntheses of microporous and mesoporous pyrazine-linked covalent organic frameworks as Lewis-acid catalysts

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
22 Kax 2018
Accepted
15 Cig 2019
First published
18 Cig 2019

Dalton Trans., 2019,48, 7352-7357

One-pot cascade syntheses of microporous and mesoporous pyrazine-linked covalent organic frameworks as Lewis-acid catalysts

Y. Ma, X. Liu, X. Guan, H. Li, Y. Yusran, M. Xue, Q. Fang, Y. Yan, S. Qiu and V. Valtchev, Dalton Trans., 2019, 48, 7352 DOI: 10.1039/C8DT05056B

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