Selective Oxidation of Alcohols through Fe3 O4 @SiO2 /K2 CO3 -Glycerin Deep Eutectic Solvent as a Heterogeneous Catalytic System

Sepideh Abbasi; Mohammad Reza Naimi-Jamal; Shahrzad Javanshir; Akbar Heydari

doi:10.1002/open.202200172

Selective Oxidation of Alcohols through Fe₃ O₄ @SiO₂ /K₂ CO₃ -Glycerin Deep Eutectic Solvent as a Heterogeneous Catalytic System

ChemistryOpen. 2022 Dec;11(12):e202200172. doi: 10.1002/open.202200172.

Authors

Sepideh Abbasi¹, Mohammad Reza Naimi-Jamal¹, Shahrzad Javanshir², Akbar Heydari³

Affiliations

¹ Research Laboratory of Green Organic Synthesis & Polymers, Department of Chemistry, Iran University of Science and Technology (IUST), 16846-13114, Tehran, Iran.
² Heterocyclic Chemistry Research Laboratory, Chemistry Department, Iran University of Science and Technology, 16846-13114, Tehran, Iran.
³ Chemistry Department, Tarbiat Modares University, 14155-4838, Tehran, Iran.

Abstract

K₂ CO₃ /Glycerin as a deep eutectic solvent (DES) was anchored covalently onto functionalized magnetic nanoparticles and showed a significant activity towards the oxidation of various alcohols under mild conditions with a short reaction time and good to high yield. A combination of the magnetic nanoparticles and deep eutectic solvent offers a novel, green, reusable catalyst with easy separation. Also, the catalyst structure was well characterized using techniques such as FT-IR spectroscopy, XRD, SEM, TGA, BET, VSM, TEM, and energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDS).

Keywords: alcohol oxidation; deep eutectic solvent; green chemistry; heterogeneous catalyst; magnetic nanoparticles.

Grants and funding

Research Council of the Iran University of Science and Technology