In the area of polymer-based heterogeneous catalysis, thermoresponsive polymeric core-shell nanoreactors are a relatively new class of biomimetic materials that allow both compartmentalisation of the catalytic sites in the hydrophobic inner pocket (core) of such nanoreactors and their use in aqueous media, owing to the polymer’s stimuli-responsive dynamic nature and solubility in water, respectively. Catalysis in nanoreactors usually exceed performances of classical heterogeneous catalysts due to high reagent concentration and enhanced catalytic stability.[1]<br/>In this work, we present the synthesis of novel chiral monomers, their RAFT copolymerisation and their application in asymmetric catalysis. As nanoreactors promise to have a great impact in sustainable chemistry because of their activity and recyclability properties in water, thermoresponsive amphiphilic polymers were also obtained by chain extension using RAFT polymerisation. Studies on their self-assembly into nanoreactors and their catalysis in water will also be discussed.

Advances in asymmetric heterogeneous catalysis: Synthesis of novel nanoreactors

253rd National Meeting (2017)

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