Patent ID: 7772154

Claim:
A method for immobilizing an aryl-containing organic ligand, comprising: combining together the following in a single reaction medium: an organic ligand comprising at least one aryl group or functionalized aryl group; a functionalized support material having a plurality of available functional groups; and a tethering agent having an anchoring functional group capable of bonding with the functionalized support material and a bonding functional group that is capable of bonding to the aryl group or functionalized aryl group, wherein the anchoring functional group is selected so as to be capable of reacting with the functionalized support material in the same reaction medium as a reaction medium used to react the bonding functional group with the aryl group or functionalized aryl group of the organic ligand; and in the single reaction medium, (i) reacting the bonding functional group of the tethering agent with the aryl group or functionalized aryl group of the organic ligand and (ii) reacting the anchoring functional group of the tethering agent with an available functional group of the support material, so as to yield an aryl-containing organic ligand immobilized on the support material.