Polymeric Frustrated Lewis Pair Catalysts

该项目将探索使用功能单体装饰的聚合物作为小分子转化的催化剂。更具体地说，该项目将开发廉价的乙烯基单体与Lewis酸或Lewis碱的共聚物。功能性单体上的大量空间位阻使Lewis酸和碱无法一起反应，产生了潜在的反应性，就像受挫的Lewis对一样。这一独特的体系将作为一种可回收的主基催化剂，用于一系列催化转化和键活化。这项工作将涉及单体合成、聚合物合成、催化反应性研究和广泛的聚合物表征。

This project will explore the use of polymers decorated with functional monomers as catalysts for small molecule transformations. More specifically, the project will develop copolymers of inexpensive vinyl monomers with either Lewis acids or Lewis bases. Significant steric bulk on the functional monomers enforces an inability of the Lewis acid and base to react together, creating latent reactivity like in a frustrated Lewis pair. This unique system will then serve as a recyclable main group catalyst for a number of catalytic transformations and bond activations. The work will involve monomer synthesis, polymer synthesis, catalytic reactivity studies, and extensive polymer characterization.