Influence of size and nature of the aryl diborate spacer on the intrinsic microporosity of Iron(II) clathrochelate polymers

Noorullah Baig, Suchetha Shetty, Saleh Al-Mousawi, Fakhreia Al-Sagheer, Bassam Alameddine

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Abstract

New polyclathrochelate derivatives were obtained using the mild one-step polycondensation reaction of an iron(II) center chelated to three polar furil dioxime side groups and doubly capped with various aryl diborate central spacers. Nitrogen adsorption measurements of the polychlathrochelates (PCL1-4) reveal a strong correlation between the intrinsic microporosity and the nature of aryl diborate spacer whose small size (PCL1) or contorted structure (PCL2) afford polymers with Brunauer-Emmett-Teller (BET) surface areas of ∼396 m2/g and ∼275 m2/g, respectively. On the other hand, the BET surface area of the polymer diminishes either when the aryl diborate spacer has free rotation axes (PCL3) or a laterally extended aromatic structure (PCL4).

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)164-170
Number of pages7
JournalPolymer
Volume151
DOIs
StatePublished - 29 Aug 2018

Keywords

  • Adsorption
  • Iron(II) clathrochelate
  • Molecular engineering
  • Polycondensation
  • Polymer synthesis
  • Polymers of intrinsic microporosity

Funding Agency

  • Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Sciences

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