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Polymer Catalyst with Photo-Mediated Catalytic Ability, by Virtue of Cis/Trans-Alterable Conformation

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This study is aimed at booming intelligent polymers and their applications in catalysis, presenting an intelligent polymer catalyst with photo-mediated catalytic ability. This catalyst was fabricated with polymeric 2-acrylamide-2-methylpropylsulfonic acid (acidic moieties capable of catalytic hydrolysis) and photo-sensitive acrylamide-azobenzene prepared from the synthesis of 4-aminoazobenzene with acryloyl chloride. Under the radiation of ultraviolet light, this catalyst would undergo a change of cis/trans-conformation of azobenzene, causing alterable accessibility to the internal catalytic sites and as a result mediated catalytic ability. This catalyst presented significant catalytic ability at ambient conditions due to the trans-conformation of azobenzene which endorsed accessibility to the internal catalytic sites. Conversely, this catalyst showed limited catalytic ability under ultraviolet light, in response to the isomerization of the cis-conformation of azobenzene which inhibited the accessibility. In this way, this catalyst showed the photo-mediated catalytic ability. The suggestion of this polymer catalyst provides a prospect to optically modulate the catalytic proceedings, particularly for complicated processes.

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    Zhiqiang Wan, Lei Pu, Yuan Zhang, Xiaojuan Shen, Maiyong Zhu & Songjun Li

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Wan, Z., Pu, L., Zhang, Y. et al. Polymer Catalyst with Photo-Mediated Catalytic Ability, by Virtue of Cis/Trans-Alterable Conformation. J Inorg Organomet Polym 32, 2022–2029 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10904-022-02247-7

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