This presentation will discuss the efforts by our research groups at Northwestern University and Argonne National Laboratory in deploying single-site heterogeneous catalysts through porous organic polymer (POPs) possessing well-defined ligands. As hybrid materials derived from well-defined molecular building blocks, POPs are natural solid-state 3-D versions of organic molecules. These materials have many of the desirable features of zeolites, such as high surface area and porosity, and can be similarly effective in size- and shape-selective catalysis. However, given the enormous diversity of potential structures and chemical functional groups that can be incorporated into the<br/>pores of POPs, these porous materials have the potential to extend catalysis far beyond the realm of zeolitic chemistry to include enzyme-like behaviors such as adapted flexibility during catalysis, substrate pre-concentration effects, active-site isolation and protection, and tunable hydrophobicity. Most importantly, recent developments in POP synthesis have given rise to catalytically active materials with unprecedented stability and novel activity that were not observed in solution.

Porous organic polymer (POPs) possessing well-defined ligands as a general platform for deploying single-site heterogeneous catalysts

256th National Meeting (2018)

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