Porphyrin covalent organic framework for photocatalytic synthesis of tetrahydroquinolines

摘要

A metal-free porphyrin covalent organic framework was employed as the heterogeneous photocatalyst for the synthesis of tetrahydroquinolines under aerobic conditions.With visible light irradiation of a catalytic amount of H_(2)P-Bph-COF at room temperature,various substituted N,N-dimethylanilines and N-aryl maleimides were transformed to tetrahydroquinoline derivatives in moderate to good yields.This was the first example of the synthesis of tetrahydroquinolines via the photocatalytic aerobic annulation reaction employing the metal-free COF as the heterogeneous photocatalyst.