Mechanochemical synthesis of pillar[5]quinone derived multi-microporous organic polymers for radioactive organic iodide capture and storage

Kecheng Jie, Yujuan Zhou, Qi Sun, Bo Li, Run Zhao, De en Jiang, Wei Guo, Hao Chen, Zhenzhen Yang, Feihe Huang, Sheng Dai

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Abstract

The incorporation of supramolecular macrocycles into porous organic polymers may endow the material with enhanced uptake of specific guests through host−guest interactions. Here we report a solvent and catalyst-free mechanochemical synthesis of pillar[5]quinone (P5Q) derived multi-microporous organic polymers with hydrophenazine linkages (MHP-P5Q), which show a unique 3-step N2 adsorption isotherm. In comparison with analogous microporous hydrophenazine-linked organic polymers (MHPs) obtained using simple twofold benzoquinones, MHP-P5Q is demonstrated to have a superior performance in radioactive iodomethane (CH3I) capture and storage. Mechanistic studies show that the rigid pillar[5]arene cavity has additional binding sites though host−guest interactions as well as the halogen bond (−I⋯N = C−) and chemical adsorption in the multi-microporous MHP-P5Q mainly account for the rapid and high-capacity adsorption and long-term storage of CH3I.

Original languageEnglish
Article number1086
JournalNature Communications
Volume11
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Dec 1 2020

Funding

This work was supported by the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science, Office of Basic Energy Sciences, Chemical Sciences, Geosciences, and Biosciences Division.

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Office of Basic Energy Sciences
U.S. Department of Energy
Office of Science
Chemical Sciences, Geosciences, and Biosciences Division

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