Putting forward a Ni-metallosalphen-based porous organic polymer for detoxification of sulfur mustard gas simulant.

We have introduced a Friedel–Crafts alkylation strategy of a Ni-salphen complex as derived from 2-hydroxy-5-methoxybenzaldehyde, an isomer of biomass derived vanillin, to construct a Ni-salphen based porous organic polymer (Ni@T-POP). The X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS) analysis revealed the existence of Ni–N2O2 core sites in the Ni@T-POP framework, which demonstrates unprecedented catalytic efficiency towards oxidative decontamination of sulfur mustards (HD's) compared to its complex precursor. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]