2020 Virtual undergraduate Research symposium

Porous Organic Cages: Understanding Crystal Growth and Emerging Catalytic Applications for C-H Bond Activation Reactions


PROJECT NUMBER: 19

AUTHOR: Danika Thayer, Chemical and Biological Engineering | MENTOR: Moises Carreon, Chemical and Biological Engineering

 

ABSTRACT

There are many different types of porous materials that are used for a variety of functional applications such as chemical separations and catalysis. These porous materials include porous organic cages (POCs), zeolites, metal organic frameworks, porous polymers, and carbon molecular sieves. The research that I am working on is focused on porous organic cages. Porous organic cages consist of covalently bonded organic cages that can assemble into crystalline microporous materials displaying three-dimensional connectivity as well as uniform pore size. Some defining characteristics of POCs include high surface area, uniform micropores and thermal and chemical stability. The specific porous organic cage that I have focused is CC3 which is formed by 1,3,5-triformylbenzene and trans-1,2-diaminocyclohexane. I have synthesized this POC using solvothermal and microwave methods. The use of these two synthetic approaches has led to POCs with different crystal size, which is a key parameter for catalytic applications. CC3 crystals were characterized using x-ray diffraction (XRD). The central objective of my work is to develop a prototypical type of porous organic cage denoted as CC3, for a model C-H bond activation reaction.

 

VISUAL PRESENTATION

 

AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY

Danika Thayer is a junior in Chemical and Biological Engineering. She is majoring in chemical engineering with a biological focus and minoring in biomedical engineering. She conducts research in the Chemical and Biological Engineering research department on Porous Organic Cages (POCs). More specifically on understanding crystal growth and emerging catalytic applications for C-H bond activation reactions.

 


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