Nitrogen-Rich Porous Organic Polyamines for Stabilization of Highly Dispersed Metal Nanoparticles and Catalytic Application

Nitrogen-rich triazine-based porous organic polyamines (POPa) synthesized via a one-step polycondensation of melamine and 4,4′,4′′-(1,3,5-triazine-2,4,6-triyl)tribenzaldehyde is employed to synthesize Au and Pd nanoparticles well-dispersed on POPa. The as-prepared POPa-supported Au NPs and Pd NPs (AuNPs@POPa, PdNPs@POPa) with a narrow size distribution show remarkable catalytic activity for the reduction of nitrobenzene compounds and organic dyes and the Suzuki–Miyaura coupling reaction, respectively. Benefitting from POPa the AuNPs@POPa and PdNPs@POPa catalysts can be readily recovered and reused almost without loss of activity. The nitrogen-rich porous organic polyamines provide great opportunities to prepare functional metal nanocatalysts with potential in the heterogeneous catalysis field.