Heterogeneous asymmetric multicomponent/multicatalytic
organocascade
faces the enormous challenges of tedious immobilization of catalysts,
mass transfer, and stereoselective control. In this paper, the mesopore-abundant
and well-shaped hollow mesoporous organic polymers, nanobowls (HMOPBs)
and nanospheres (HMOPSs), are fabricated via emulsion polymerization
of styrene on a polystyrene (PS) core and then removal of PS, accompanied
by the adsorption of Co2+ ions, transformation of Co2+ into Co(OH)2, and final removal of Co(OH)2. Among them, the nanobowl HMOPBs(a) with hollow interiors,
mesoporous shells, and thin shell thickness (16 nm) possesses the
largest surface area (185.7 m2 g–1) and
displays the highest reaction kinetics in the sulfonation (2.85 mmol
H+ g–1) and then immobilization of 9-amino(9-deoxy)epi-quinine (QNNH2, 1.35 mmol g–1). For the 2,4-substituted bulky reactants in an asymmetric double-Michael
cascade, the as-fabricated functional nanobowl can provide a suitable
microenvironment to meet the requirements of the good to excellent
double-Michael organocascades, which originates from its thin shell
thickness and mesopore-dependent shell.