An efficient protocol for the synthesis of pyridines and hydroquinolones using IRMOF-3/GO/CuFe2O4 composite as a magnetically separable heterogeneous catalyst

Mohammad Ali Ghasemzadeh; Boshra Mirhosseini-Eshkevari; Jaber Dadashi

doi:10.1038/s41598-023-36115-2

An efficient protocol for the synthesis of pyridines and hydroquinolones using IRMOF-3/GO/CuFe₂O₄ composite as a magnetically separable heterogeneous catalyst

Sci Rep. 2023 Jun 5;13(1):9089. doi: 10.1038/s41598-023-36115-2.

Authors

Mohammad Ali Ghasemzadeh¹, Boshra Mirhosseini-Eshkevari², Jaber Dadashi³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Chemistry, Qom Branch, Islamic Azad University, Post Box, Qom, 37491-13191, Iran. m.a.qasemzade@gmail.com.
² Department of Chemistry, Qom Branch, Islamic Azad University, Post Box, Qom, 37491-13191, Iran.
³ Catalysts and Organic Synthesis Research Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, Iran University of Science and Technology, Tehran, 16846-13114, Iran.

Abstract

This study reports a facile and cost-effective technique for preparing magnetic copper ferrite nanoparticles supported on IRMOF-3/GO [IRMOF-3/GO/CuFe₂O₄]. The synthesized IRMOF-3/GO/CuFe₂O₄ was characterized with IR, SEM, TGA, XRD, BET, EDX, VSM, and elemental mapping. The prepared catalyst revealed higher catalytic behavior in synthesizing heterocyclic compounds through a one-pot reaction between various aromatic aldehydes, diverse primary amines, malononitrile, and dimedone under ultrasound irradiations. Among the notable features of this technique are higher efficiency, easy recovery from the reaction mixture, removal of a heterogeneous catalyst, and uncomplicated route. In this catalytic system, the activity level was almost constant after various stages of reuse and recovery.