Synthesis of Porous Organic Materials for Gas Storage Media

Synthesis of Porous Organic Materials for Gas Storage Media

The purpose of this research is to help synthesize porous organic materials as possible gas storage media. Moreover, experimentation and chemical reactions will assist in finding and producing products that will be porous. Their porous nature will enable them to hold a certain volume of gas, which is useful in science for drug delivery. Earlier experimentation for this same purpose has been discontinued, due to an inability to acquire the proper starting material. This earlier research involved a reaction to place an extra ring on the compound NBAIICuOAc. This molecule has two benzene rings, of which have shown to hold a trace amount of methane gas after DMF and H20 have been removed from it. It has been hypothesized that the porous molecule is unable to hold large amounts of gaseous substances because the removal of DMF and H20 cause the holes of this structure to collapse. Therefore, further study of this molecule is required to perfect it. Synthesizing this molecule with an extra benzene ring, for a total of three rings, may enable it to hold a greater volume of gas. Placing an extra ring on the molecule requires the use of 2, 3 napthalene dicarboxylic aldehyde, fumonitrile, and triethylphosphine. The final product is a Wittig reagent. In creation of this final product, advancements will be made towards the completion of synthesizing a molecule for drug delivery. The reaction to create a three membered ring is shown below: o o NH