Herein, the design, synthesis and characterization of Iridium (III) complex integrated into the backbone of a nanostructure conjugated microporous polymer based on BODIPY, named as IEP-41 (IMDEA Energy Polymer), is reported. The insertion of the Iridium complex followed the deprotection strategy of BODIPY moiety, achieving (dipyrrin)(bipyridine)Ir(III) heterogeneous complex. IEP-41 is an efficient and selective photocatalyst for iminium ion generation under visible light. Moreover, IEP-41 shows a broad scope with different nucleophiles (nitroalkanes, nitriles, and dimethylmalonate) but does not show reaction in the presence of ketonic substrates. IEP-41 shows high thermal and photochemical stability under irradiation, and it could be reused until six times without efficiency and selectivity losses. © 2024 Elsevier B.V.

This research was funded by MICINN/AEI/10.13039/501100011033 through PID2022-141688OB-I00, PID2020-112590 GB-C22 and PID2023-146114NB-C22 projects. Additional funding has been received from the strategic research lines project SOL-Future (PLEC2021-0079069) and SolarChem 5.0 (TED2021-130173B-C41), funded by both MCIN/AEI/ 10.13039/501100011033 and NextGenerationEU/PRTR. We acknowledge support from the Scientific Network FOTOCATÁLISIS funded by the Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Spain.

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