An air-tolerant polymer gel-immobilized iridium photocatalyst with pumping recyclability properties

A novel methacrylate-based cross-linked polymer gel bearing an iridium photocatalyst showed air tolerance and pumping recyclability features through its tunable swelling and deswelling ability. The photocatalytic activity of the polymer gel was demonstrated through an E-to-Z isomerisation reaction and in an azide-alkene [2+3] cycloaddition.

Automated summary

A novel methacrylate-based cross-linked polymer gel containing an iridium photocatalyst exhibited air tolerance and recyclability due to its tunable swelling and deswelling ability. Photocatalytic activity of the polymer gel was demonstrated in E-to-Z isomerisation and azide-alkene [2+3] cycloaddition reactions.