Fe-Porphyrin functionalized microporous organic nanotube networks and their application for the catalytic olefination of aldehydes and carbene insertion into N-H bonds

Novel meso-tetraphenylporphyrin iron(iii) chloride (Fe(TPP)Cl) functionalized microporous organic nanotube networks (Fe(TPP)Cl-MONNs) were successfully synthesized by an in situ hyper-crosslinking reaction between core-shell bottlebrush copolymers and Fe(TPP)Cl. The obtained Fe(TPP)Cl-MONN catalyst possesses a hierarchical porous structure, large surface area and good stability, which exhibits high catalytic activity and excellent reusability in the olefination of aldehydes and carbene insertion into N-H bonds with ethyl diazoacetate.