Fe-Porphyrin functionalized microporous organic nanotube networks and their application for the catalytic olefination of aldehydes and carbene insertion into N–H bonds

Abstract

Novel meso-tetraphenylporphyrin iron(III) chloride (Fe(TPP)Cl) functionalized microporous organic nanotube networks (Fe(TPP)Cl-MONNs) were successfully synthesized by an in situ hyper-crosslinking reaction between core–shell bottlebrush copolymers and Fe(TPP)Cl. The obtained Fe(TPP)Cl-MONN catalyst possesses a hierarchical porous structure, large surface area and good stability, which exhibits high catalytic activity and excellent reusability in the olefination of aldehydes and carbene insertion into N–H bonds with ethyl diazoacetate.