title: Tuning porosity and activity of microporous polymer network organocatalysts by co-polymerisation.
abstract: Microporous polymer networks based on binaphthyl phosphoric acids are suitable heterogeneous asymmetric organocatalysts. Herein we show that the porous characteristics of such networks can be fine-tuned by co-polymerisation. This enables us to investigate the influence of the surface area and porosity in microporous networks on their catalytic performance. In this case, the activity of the polymers in an asymmetric hydrogenation reaction is increased by the use of polymers with higher surface areas.
authors.affiliation: Technische Universität Berlin, Hardenbergstraße 40, 10623 Berlin, Germany. johannes.schmidt@tu-berlin.de.
authors.forename: Johannes
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Schmidt
authors.forename: Dipti Sankar
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Kundu
authors.forename: Siegfried
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Blechert
authors.forename: Arne
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Thomas