Chinese Journal of Catalysis ›› 2015, Vol. 36 ›› Issue (5): 705-711.DOI: 10.1016/S1872-2067(14)60316-8

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A Fe3O4@Nico@Ag nanocatalyst for the hydrogenation of nitroaromatics

U. Kurtan, Md. Amir, A. Baykal   

  1. Department of Chemistry, Fatih University, 34500 B.Çekmece-?stanbul, Turkey
  • Received:2015-01-19 Revised:2015-02-06 Online:2015-04-17 Published:2015-04-17
  • Contact: A. Baykal

Abstract:

We report the fabrication and characterization of a magnetically recyclable Fe3O4@Nico@Ag catalyst for reduction reactions in the liquid phase. Fe3O4 is a magnetic core and nicotinic acid was used as the linker for Ag. The characterization was done with X-ray diffraction, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, scanning electron microscopy, thermogravimetric analysis, vibrating sample magnetometry (VSM), and ultraviolet-visible spectroscopy. VSM measurements proved the superparamagnetic property of the catalyst.

Key words: Magnetic recycable nanocatalyst, Nitro compound, Catalytic reduction, Magnetic nanomaterial, Hydrogenation