Mesoporous polymeric catalysts synthesized from self-assembled organic nanotubes as templates

Mesoporous polymeric resins with cylindrical pores of 30 nm diameters are prepared by using self-assembled nanotubes as templates: the tubes are formed from association of a diamide compound in difunctional monomers; the monomer is polymerized and the tubes are leached out of the polymer matrix. Functionalization of the resin by basic treatment affords a polymeric solid catalyst.