Chinese Journal of Catalysis ›› 2015, Vol. 36 ›› Issue (7): 1054-1059.DOI: 10.1016/S1872-2067(15)60830-0

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KSF supported 10-molybdo-2-vanadophosphoric acid as an efficient and reusable catalyst for one-pot synthesis of 2,4,5-trisubstituted imidazole derivatives under solvent-free condition

Laxmikant D. Chavan, Sunil G. Shankarwar   

  1. Department of Chemistry, Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University, Aurangabad 431 004, M.S., India
  • Received:2015-02-02 Revised:2015-03-04 Online:2015-06-12 Published:2015-07-30

Abstract:

The one-pot three-component cyclocondensation has been developed involving the reaction of benzil with an aromatic aldehydes and ammonium acetate under thermal solvent-free conditions in the presence of a KSF supported 10-molybdo-2-vanadophosphoric acid catalyst. 10-Molybdo-2-vanadophosphoric acid was immobilized on KSF with a 20% loading, which showed the highest catalytic activity. The catalyst was fully characterized using FT-IR spectroscopy, thermal analysis, XRD and SEM analysis techniques. There are several distinct advantages to this protocol, including high yields, short reaction time, operational simplicity and a recyclable catalyst with a facile work-up procedure.

Key words: 2,4,5-Trisubstituted imidazole, Heteropoly acid, 10-Molybdo-2-vanadophosphoric acid, KSF clay, Heterogeneous catalyst