1,2,3-Triazole-based conjugated porous polymers for visible light induced oxidative organic transformations

1,2,3-Triazole contained conjugated porous polymers (CPPs) have recently emerged as a new class of efficient photocatalysts. To gain more insight into the excellent photocatalytic activity of this kind of CPPs, herein, we report the design and preparation of a series of 1,2,3-triazole-based CPPs via oxidative coupling polymerization to study their photocatalytic performance. These CPPs have donor-acceptor properties and 1,2,3-triazole serves as an electron acceptor. The resulting CPPs with thiophene, carbazole and diphenylamine as electron donor units, respectively, have distinct porosities and optoelectronic properties, and showed effective photocatalytic performance towards oxidative hydroxylation of arylboric acids and alkylation of vinylarenes with diethyl bromomalonate or bromoacetonitrile. The thiophene contained CPP was a more efficient photocatalyst for the catalytic reactions, which can be attributed to its smaller optical band gap and greater charge separation efficiency. Furthermore, PTPT has shown reliable recyclability with no significant loss in its catalytic activity.