Platinum macrocatalyst for heterogeneous Si-O dehydrocoupling

Dalton Trans. 2023 May 9;52(18):5854-5858. doi: 10.1039/d3dt00651d.

Abstract

A platinum polymer catalyst (Pt-PDMS) was synthesized by immobilization of a platinum catalytic complex in a polysiloxane chain using an azide-alkyne CuAAC cycloaddition. Insoluble Pt-PDMS can be used as an effective heterogeneous macrocatalyst for Si-O dehydrocoupling. Pt-PDMS is easy to recover, purify, and reuse again for heterogeneous catalysis.