A Universal Approach to Anchoring Chromophores onto Magnetic Scaffold for Achieving Easily Recyclable Heterogeneous Photocatalytic Systems

Photocatalysis based on chromophores such as porphyrin, coumarin, anthraquinone, and pyrene is a promising technology to achieve green synthesis of various high-value chemicals, but the robust and non-covalent immobilization of chromophores onto light-inert scaffolds for industrialization-oriented h...

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Autores: Zhan, Xuan, Wang, Yikun, Sun, Chenyang, Fang, Yuchen, Huang, Lihua, Ullah, Zakir, Chen, Qiang, Wang, Xuejing, Xing, Zheng, Ouyang, Gangfeng
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2025
País:España
Institución:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
Repositorio:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC
OAI Identifier:oai:digital.csic.es:10261/394272
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10261/394272
https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/105001585311
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Chromophore
Heterogeneous photocatalysis
Magnetic beads
Recyclable catalyst
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Sumario:Photocatalysis based on chromophores such as porphyrin, coumarin, anthraquinone, and pyrene is a promising technology to achieve green synthesis of various high-value chemicals, but the robust and non-covalent immobilization of chromophores onto light-inert scaffolds for industrialization-oriented heterogeneous photocatalysis remains challenging. In this work, a simple and universal strategy is presented for preparing highly efficient and recyclable heterogeneous photocatalysts from chromophores, which is achieved via biotinylation of chromophore molecules and subsequent supramolecular binding of chromophore-biotin dyads to streptavidin-decorated magnetic beads. As an example, commercial magnetic beads modified by 5,10,15,20-tetrakis(4-aminophenyl) porphyrin not only possessed remarkable photocatalytic activities for the oxidative coupling of benzylamine derivatives and the oxidation of thioanisole derivatives with highest product yields of beyond 95% and turnover numbers approaching 10000, driven by photogenerated reactive oxygen species but also demonstrated impressive chemical stability and efficient recyclability via simple magnetic separation during 10 successive test cycles. The findings revealed in this work pave the way for advancing green synthesis of valuable organic compounds in the pharmaceutical industry, agricultural sector, etc., with rationally designed heterogeneous photocatalytic systems.