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Front Cover Picture: Bandgap Engineering of Conjugated Nanoporous Poly‐benzobisthiadiazoles via Copolymerization for Enhanced Photocatalytic 1,2,3,4‐Tetrahydroquinoline Synthesis under Visible Light (Adv. Synth. Catal. 16/2016)
Author(s) -
Wang Zi Jun,
Ghasimi Saman,
Landfester Katharina,
Zhang Kai A. I.
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
advanced synthesis and catalysis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.541
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 1615-4169
pISSN - 1615-4150
DOI - 10.1002/adsc.201600660
Subject(s) - copolymer , chemistry , nanoporous , photocatalysis , conjugated system , photoredox catalysis , polymer , photochemistry , polymer chemistry , band gap , catalysis , materials science , optoelectronics , organic chemistry
The front cover image , provided by Kai Zhang and co‐workers, illustrates a precise bandgap engineering strategy to achieve fine justification of the valence and conduction band positions of nanoporous poly‐benzobisthiadiazoles to optimally bracket the redox potential of the targeted photoredox reaction via copolymerization of the electron‐withdrawing moieties into the polymer backbone. The enhanced photocatalytic activity of the polymers was demonstrated in the synthesis of 1,2,3,4‐tetrahydroquinoline, an important motif in pharmaceutical compounds, via photooxidative cyclization of N,N ‐dimethylanilines with maleimides. Details can be found in the communication on pages 2576–2582 (Z. J. Wang, S. Ghasimi, K. Landfester, K. A. I. Zhang, Adv. Synth. Catal . 2016 , 358 , 2576–2582; DOI: 10.1002/adsc.201600125).