A melamine supported on TiO<sub>2</sub> coated Fe<sub>3</sub>O<sub>4</sub>@C nanocomposite as a bifunctional, effective and reusable catalyst for the Knoevenagel condensation reaction
In this study, a novel magnetic melamine-supported on TiO<sub>2</sub> coated Fe<sub>3</sub>O<sub>4</sub>@carbon nanocomposite with a core-shell structure (Fe<sub>3</sub>O<sub>4</sub>@C@TiO<sub>2</sub>/melamine) as a bifunctional catalyst is successfully synthesized <i>via</i> chemical grafting of propylmelamine groups on an Fe<sub>3</sub>O<sub>4</sub>@C@TiO<sub>2</sub> nanocomposite. The physicochemical properties of this catalyst were characterized by VSM, EDX, XRD, FT-IR, TGA and SEM techniques. The catalytic activity of Fe<sub>3</sub>O<sub>4</sub>@C@TiO<sub>2</sub>/melamine was studied in the Knoevenagel condensation of ethyl cyanoacetate with various benzaldehydes (electron-donating and electron-withdrawing groups) at 50 °C under solvent-free conditions. This catalyst was recovered and reused several times without significant decrease in efficiency and stability.
Authors
- Aliyeh Barzkar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4217-9649)
- Somayeh Abaeezadeh
- Alireza Salimi Beni
Institutions
- Yasouj University (IR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Nanoscale Advances
- Published
- 2025-01-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1039/d5na00155b
- Primary Topic
- Multicomponent Synthesis of Heterocycles
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Yasouj University