1. Polymer Catalyst with Photo-Mediated Catalytic Ability, by Virtue of Cis/Trans-Alterable Conformation.
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Wan, Zhiqiang, Pu, Lei, Zhang, Yuan, Shen, Xiaojuan, Zhu, Maiyong, and Li, Songjun
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CATALYSTS ,ULTRAVIOLET radiation ,CATALYTIC hydrolysis ,AZOBENZENE ,HYDROLYSIS ,CATALYSIS ,MOIETIES (Chemistry) ,POLYMERS - Abstract
This study is aimed at booming intelligent polymers and their applications in catalysis, presenting an intelligent polymer catalyst with photo-mediated catalytic ability. This catalyst was fabricated with polymeric 2-acrylamide-2-methylpropylsulfonic acid (acidic moieties capable of catalytic hydrolysis) and photo-sensitive acrylamide-azobenzene prepared from the synthesis of 4-aminoazobenzene with acryloyl chloride. Under the radiation of ultraviolet light, this catalyst would undergo a change of cis/trans-conformation of azobenzene, causing alterable accessibility to the internal catalytic sites and as a result mediated catalytic ability. This catalyst presented significant catalytic ability at ambient conditions due to the trans-conformation of azobenzene which endorsed accessibility to the internal catalytic sites. Conversely, this catalyst showed limited catalytic ability under ultraviolet light, in response to the isomerization of the cis-conformation of azobenzene which inhibited the accessibility. In this way, this catalyst showed the photo-mediated catalytic ability. The suggestion of this polymer catalyst provides a prospect to optically modulate the catalytic proceedings, particularly for complicated processes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2022
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