Immobilization of CuO onto melamine functionalized magnetic nanocomposite: an efficient catalyst for the Preparation of benzimidazole compounds

In this paper, the synthesis of two novel and capable magnetic nanocomposites Fe₃O₄@Mel@CuO and Fe₃O₄@Mel-CC@TEPA@CuO with high efficiency, environmental-friendly, recoverable and excellent ability are reported. Both new nanocomposites were employed as catalysts for fast, simple and high yielding synthesis of important therapeutic agents, benzimidazole derivatives. The new nanocomposites were characterized using several analytical techniques such as Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR), Energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDS), Inductively Coupled Plasma (ICP), X-ray diffraction (XRD), Vibrating sample magnetometer (VSM), Thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) and Field emission scanning electron microscopy (FE-SEM).