State Key Laboratory of Inorganic Synthesis and Preparative Chemistry , Jilin University , Changchun 130012 , People's Republic of China.
Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Center for Catalytic Science and Technology , University of Delaware , Newark , Delaware 19716 , United States.
J Am Chem Soc. 2018 Apr 4;140(13):4494-4498. doi: 10.1021/jacs.8b01320. Epub 2018 Mar 21.
Covalent organic frameworks (COFs) are an emerging class of porous crystalline polymers with wide range of potential applications. However, the availability of three-dimensional (3D) COFs is still limited, and their synthesis is confined to the high-temperature solvothermal method. Here, we report for the first time a general and simple strategy to produce a series of 3D ionic liquid (IL)-containing COFs (3D-IL-COFs) by using IL as a green solvent. The syntheses are carried out at ambient temperature and pressure accompanied by a high reaction speed (e.g., only three mins for 3D-IL-COF-1), and the IL can be reused without activity loss. Furthermore, the 3D-IL-COFs show impressive performance in the separation of CO/N and CO/CH. This research thus presents a potential pathway to green large-scale industrial production of COFs.
共价有机框架(COFs)是一类新兴的多孔结晶聚合物,具有广泛的潜在应用。然而,三维(3D)COFs 的可用性仍然有限,其合成仅限于高温溶剂热方法。在这里,我们首次报道了一种通用且简单的策略,即使用离子液体(IL)作为绿色溶剂来制备一系列 3D 含离子液体的 COFs(3D-IL-COFs)。该合成在环境温度和压力下进行,反应速度快(例如,3D-IL-COF-1 的反应仅需 3 分钟),并且 IL 可以重复使用而不会失去活性。此外,3D-IL-COFs 在 CO/N 和 CO/CH 的分离中表现出令人印象深刻的性能。因此,这项研究为 COFs 的绿色大规模工业生产提供了一种潜在途径。