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Polymer Fibers as Carriers for Homogeneous Catalysts
Author(s) -
Stasiak Michael,
Studer Armido,
Greiner Andreas,
Wendorff Joachim H.
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
chemistry – a european journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.687
H-Index - 242
eISSN - 1521-3765
pISSN - 0947-6539
DOI - 10.1002/chem.200601555
Subject(s) - homogeneous , polymer , catalysis , polymer science , materials science , chemical engineering , composite material , chemistry , organic chemistry , physics , thermodynamics , engineering
This paper describes a polymer fiber‐based approach for the immobilization of homogeneous catalysts. The goal is to generate products that are free of catalysts which would be of great importance for the development of optoelectronic or pharmaceutical compounds. Electrospinning was employed to prepare the non‐woven fiber assembly composed of polystyrene. The homogeneous catalyst scandium triflate was immobilized on the polystyrene fibers during electrospinning and on corresponding core shell fibers using a fiber template approach. An imino aldol and an aza‐Diels–Alder model reaction were carried out with each fibrous catalytic system. This resulted in the immobilization of homogeneous catalysts in a polymer environment without loss of their catalytic activity and may even be enhanced when compared with reactions carried out in homogeneous solutions.