The cost-effective synthesis of furan- and thienyl-based microporous polyaminals for adsorption of gases and organic vapors

Guiyang Li; Biao Zhang; Jun Yan; Zhonggang Wang

doi:10.1039/c5cc08195e

The cost-effective synthesis of furan- and thienyl-based microporous polyaminals for adsorption of gases and organic vapors

Chem Commun (Camb). 2016 Jan 21;52(6):1143-6. doi: 10.1039/c5cc08195e.

Authors

Guiyang Li¹, Biao Zhang², Jun Yan², Zhonggang Wang²

Affiliations

¹ State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, Department of Polymer Science and Materials, School of Chemical Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, 116024, China. [email protected] and Aerospace Research Institute of Materials & Processing Technology, Beijing 100076, China.
² State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, Department of Polymer Science and Materials, School of Chemical Engineering, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, 116024, China. [email protected].

PMID: 26611445
DOI: 10.1039/c5cc08195e

Abstract

This work reveals that furfural and 2-thenaldehyde can readily react with melamine via "one-step" polycondensation to yield hyper-cross-linked sulfur-, nitrogen- and oxygen-rich microporous polyaminals with promising applications in adsorption of gases and toxic organic vapors.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't