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Synthesis of Layered Carbonitrides from Biotic Molecules for Photoredox Transformations
Author(s) -
Yang Can,
Wang Bo,
Zhang Linzhu,
Yin Ling,
Wang Xinchen
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.201702213
Subject(s) - carbon nitride , uracil , polymer , covalent bond , biomolecule , chemistry , molecule , thymine , nucleobase , nitride , materials science , photochemistry , nanotechnology , organic chemistry , photocatalysis , dna , biochemistry , layer (electronics) , catalysis
The construction of layered covalent carbon nitride polymers based on tri‐s‐triazine units has been achieved by using nucleobases (adenine, guanine, cytosine, thymine and uracil) and urea to establish a two‐dimensional semiconducting structure that allows band‐gap engineering applications. This biomolecule‐derived binary carbon nitride polymer enables the generation of energized charge carrier with light‐irradiation to induce photoredox reactions for stable hydrogen production and heterogeneous organosynthesis of C−O, C−C, C−N and N−N bonds, which may enrich discussion on chemical reactions in prebiotic conditions by taking account of the photoredox function of conjugated carbonitride semiconductors that have long been considered to be stable HCN‐derived organic macromolecules in space.