Acid-base bifunctional amphiphilic organic nanotubes as a catalyst for one-pot cascade reactions in water

作者：Xiong, Linfeng; Zhang, Hui; He, Zidong; Wang, Tianqi; Xu, Yang; Zhou, Minghong; Huang, Kun^*

来源：New Journal of Chemistry, 2018, 42(2): 1368-1372.

DOI：10.1039/c7nj04209d

• FUNCTIONALIZED GRAPHENE OXIDE
• BOTTLEBRUSH COPOLYMERS
• TANDEM REACTIONS
• FRAMEWORKS
• MOLECULES
• EFFICIENT
• POLYMERS
• SITES
• NANOREACTOR
• SUBSTRATE

A novel acid-base bifunctional amphiphilic organic nanotube (acid-base-nanotube) containing 1-(2-(prop-2-yn-1-yloxy) ethyl)-1H-imidazole (PEI) groups as basic sites on the wall and benzenesulfonic acid (BSA) groups as acidic sites on the corona of nanotubes was successfully synthesized by a combination of molecular-template core-shell bottlebrush copolymers and click reaction. Owing to the hydrophobic cavity microenvironments, a hydrophilic corona, and site-isolation features of organic tubular structures, the resultant acid-base-nanotube showed high catalytic performance for one-pot deacetalization-Knoevenagel cascade reactions in water.

• 出版日期2018-1-21
• 单位华东师范大学; 上饶师范学院