A Reusable Efficient Green Catalyst of 2D Cu-MOF for the Click and Knoevenagel Reaction

Kaushik Naskar; Suvendu Maity; Himadri Sekhar Maity; Chittaranjan Sinha

doi:10.3390/molecules26175296

A Reusable Efficient Green Catalyst of 2D Cu-MOF for the Click and Knoevenagel Reaction

Molecules. 2021 Aug 31;26(17):5296. doi: 10.3390/molecules26175296.

Authors

Kaushik Naskar¹, Suvendu Maity¹, Himadri Sekhar Maity², Chittaranjan Sinha¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Chemistry, Jadavpur University, Kolkata 700032, India.
² Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur 721302, India.

Abstract

[Cu(CPA)(BDC)]_n (CPA = 4-(Chloro-phenyl)-pyridin-4-ylmethylene-amine; BDC = 1,4-benzenedicarboxylate) has been synthesized and structurally characterized by single crystal X-Ray diffraction measurement. The structural studies establish the copper (II) containing 2D sheet with (4,4) square grid structure. The square grid lengths are 10.775 and 10.769 Å. Thermal stability is assessed by TGA, and subsequent PXRD data establish the crystallinity. The surface morphology is evaluated by FE-SEM. The N₂ adsorption-desorption analysis demonstrates the mesoporous feature (∼6.95 nm) of the Cu-MOF. This porous grid serves as heterogeneous green catalyst with superficial recyclability and thermal stability and facilitates organic transformations efficiently such as, Click and Knoevenagel reactions in the aqueous methanolic medium.

Keywords: 2D Cu-MOF; Click reaction; Knoevenagel reaction; green chemistry; square grid structure.

Grants and funding

01(2194)/17/EMR-II),/Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, India