Benzimidazoles are very important chemical materials in the pharmaceutical industry,and the most common synthetic route is cyclization of o-phenylenediamine with carbon sources,in which utilization of inexpensive and ...Benzimidazoles are very important chemical materials in the pharmaceutical industry,and the most common synthetic route is cyclization of o-phenylenediamine with carbon sources,in which utilization of inexpensive and abundant CO_(2)as C1 source is very impressive.Porous aromatic frameworks(PAFs)with highly desired skeletons have attracted great attentions in gas capture and catalysis.Herein,B-based PAF-165 and PAF-166 are designed and synthesized via Friedel-Crafts alkylation reaction,which present high surface areas as well as high stability.Benefiting from the abundant electron-deficient B centers,both PAFs exhibit excellent selective CO_(2)adsorption abilities.The presence of sterically hindered B units in PAFs can act as Lewis acid active sites for the frustrated Lewis pairs(FLPs)in situ formation with ophenylenediamine,thus promoting the synthesis of benzimidazole.The optimal reaction conditions for o-phenylenediamine cyclization with PAF catalysts are explored,and the reaction mechanism is also proposed.This work provides feasible ideas for incorporating FLPs within porous materials as reusable heterogeneous catalysts for CO_(2)capture and conversion.展开更多
基金the financial support by the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(No.2412019FZ008)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.22131004 and U21A20330)the"111 Project(No.B18012)。
文摘Benzimidazoles are very important chemical materials in the pharmaceutical industry,and the most common synthetic route is cyclization of o-phenylenediamine with carbon sources,in which utilization of inexpensive and abundant CO_(2)as C1 source is very impressive.Porous aromatic frameworks(PAFs)with highly desired skeletons have attracted great attentions in gas capture and catalysis.Herein,B-based PAF-165 and PAF-166 are designed and synthesized via Friedel-Crafts alkylation reaction,which present high surface areas as well as high stability.Benefiting from the abundant electron-deficient B centers,both PAFs exhibit excellent selective CO_(2)adsorption abilities.The presence of sterically hindered B units in PAFs can act as Lewis acid active sites for the frustrated Lewis pairs(FLPs)in situ formation with ophenylenediamine,thus promoting the synthesis of benzimidazole.The optimal reaction conditions for o-phenylenediamine cyclization with PAF catalysts are explored,and the reaction mechanism is also proposed.This work provides feasible ideas for incorporating FLPs within porous materials as reusable heterogeneous catalysts for CO_(2)capture and conversion.
