Triazine-based porous organic polymer: a novel heterogeneous basic organocatalyst for facile one-pot synthesis of 2-amino-4H-chromenes (original) (raw)

A new triazine-based porous organic polymer TPOP-2 has been synthesized through the reaction between cyanuric chloride and tris(2-aminoethyl)amine in anhydrous 1,4-dioxane under N2 atmosphere. The porous polymer has been characterized by powder X-ray diffraction, N2 sorption, HR TEM, FE SEM, 13C CPMAS NMR, CO2-TPD, UV-VIS and FT IR spectroscopic tools. Due to the high density of amine and triazine functional groups, this porous polymer is N-rich and possesses excellent surface basicity, which is utilized as a heterogeneous metal-free basic organocatalyst for the one-pot three-component condensation reaction of aromatic aldehyde, activated phenols (resorcinol and 2-naphthol) and malononitrile for the synthesis of 2-amino-chromenes under solvent-free or aqueous conditions. The ease of catalyst synthesis and its efficient use for five consecutive cycles without noticeable loss in catalytic activity suggests significant future potential of this new N-rich porous organic polymer material...