Charged porous organic frameworks bearing heteroatoms with enhanced isosteric enthalpies of gas adsorption

Charged porous organic frameworks containing heteroatoms were synthesized via a Yamamoto-type Ullmann coupling reaction using potassium tetrakis(4-bromopyrazolyl)borate and tetrakis(4-chlorophenyl)phosphonium bromide as monomers. For the first time, a monomer containing boron atoms was successfully homocoupled to obtain a 3D charged porous organic framework. The heteroatoms and charges in the porous organic frameworks help to increase the interaction between the frameworks and the gases. Therefore the charged porous organic frameworks bearing heteroatoms synthesized in the present study exhibit high isosteric enthalpies of gas adsorption which surpass those of many other porous organic materials.