Phenanthroline-based microporous organic polymer as a platform for an immobilized palladium catalyst for organic transformations.

Porous organic polymers have attracted significant attention owing to their large specific surface area, excellent chemical and thermal stability, and controllable skeletons. phenanthroline-based microporous organic polymer (Phen-MOP) has been synthesized via a cost-effective method based on the Scholl reaction. The Phen-MOP polymer exhibits high surface area and good stability. Owing to the phenanthroline skeleton embedding into the microporous polymer framework, the Phen-MOP can serve as a platform to support a transition metal catalyst. After being post-modified with palladium acetate, the synthesized Phen-Pd-MOP framework can serve as a highly efficient heterogeneous catalyst for the Suzuki-Miyaura coupling reaction and the Heck coupling reaction. Moreover, the Phen-Pd-MOP catalyst could be reused at least 10-12 times without any significant loss of the catalytic activity.