Heck coupling reactions are introduced as an efficient method to prepare porous polymers. Novel inorganic-organic hybrid porous polymers (HPPs) were constructed via Heck coupling reactions from cubic functional polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxanes (POSS), iodinated octaphenylsilsesquioxanes (OPS) and octavinylsilsesquioxanes (OVS) using Pd(OAc)2 /PPh3 as the catalyst. Here, two iodinated OPS were used, IOPS and p-I8 OPS. IOPS was a mixture with 90% octasubstituted OPS (I8 ) and some nonasubstituted OPS (I9 ), while p-I8 OPS was a nearly pure compound with ≥99% I8 and ≥93% para-substitution. IOPS and p-I8 OPS reacted with OVS to produce the porous materials HPP-1 and HPP-2, which exhibited comparable specific surface areas with SBET of 418 ± 20 m(2) g(-1) and 382 ± 20 m(2) g(-1) , respectively, with total pore volumes of 0.28 ± 0.01 cm(3) g(-1) and 0.23 ± 0.01 cm(3) g(-1) , respectively. HPP-1 showed a broader pore size distribution and possessed a more significant contribution from the mesopores, when compared with HPP-2, thereby indicating that IOPS may induce more disorder because of the geometrical asymmetry. HPP-1 and HPP-2 possessed moderate carbon dioxide uptakes of 134 and 124 cm(3) g(-1) at 1 bar at 195 K, making them promising candidates for CO2 capture and storage. The synthesized porous polymers may be easily post-functionalized using the retained ethenylene groups.

Based on the multi-reaction sites of benzene in the Friedel–Crafts reaction with octavinylsilsesquioxane, hybrid polymers with tunable porosity were prepared.

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A series of novel hybrid porous polymers (HPPs), derived from cubic octavinylsilsesquioxane (OVS; [(C2H3SiO1.5)8]) and tetraphenylsilane (TPS), were successfully synthesized through Friedel–Crafts alkylation reaction. The porosities of the HPPs could be tuned by modulating the molar ratio of OVS and TPS. The HPPs showed high porosity, with Brunauer–Emmett–Teller specific surface areas of 518–989 m2 g–1, and total pore volumes of 0.35–0.76 cm3 g–1, as well as narrow pore‐size distributions. For gas sorption application, HPP‐5 possessed a hydrogen uptake of 0.80 wt.‐% at 760 Torr/77 K and a carbon dioxide uptake of 3.31 wt.‐% at 760 Torr/298 K.

Increased excavation of dinosaurs from China over the last two decades has enriched the record of Asian titanosauriform sauropods. However, the relationships of these sauropods remain contentious, and hinges on a few well-preserved taxa, such as Euhelopus zdanskyi. Here we describe a new sauropod, Yongjinglong datangi gen. nov. et sp. nov., from the Lower Cretaceous Hekou Group in the Lanzhou Basin of Gansu Province, northwestern China. Yongjinglong datangi is characterized by the following unique combination of characters, including seven autapomorphies: long-crowned, spoon-shaped premaxillary tooth; axially elongate parapophyses on the cervical vertebra; very deep lateral pneumatic foramina on the lateral surfaces of the cervical and cranial dorsal vertebral centra; low, unbifurcated neural spine fused with the postzygapophyses to form a cranially-pointing, triangular plate in a middle dorsal vertebra; an “XI”-shaped configuration of the laminae on the arches of the middle dorsal vertebrae; a very long scapular blade with straight cranial and caudal edges; and a tall, deep groove on the lateral surface of the distal shaft of the radius. The new specimen shares several features with other sauropods: a pronounced M. triceps longus tubercle on the scapula and ventrolaterally elongated parapophyses in its cervical vertebra as in Euhelopodidae. Based on phylogenetic analyses Yongjinglong datangi is highly derived within Titanosauria, which suggests either a remarkable convergence with more basal titanosauriform sauropods in the Early Cretaceous or a retention of plesiomorphic features that were lost in other titanosaurians. The morphology and remarkable length of the scapulocoracoid reveal an unusual relationship between the shoulder and the middle trunk: the scapulocoracoid spans over half of the length of the trunk. The medial, notch-shaped coracoid foramen and the partially fused scapulocoracoid synostosis suggest that the specimen is a subadult individual. This specimen sheds new light on the diversity of Early Cretaceous Titanosauriformes in China.