One-pot reductive-acetylation of nitroarenes with NaBH4catalyzed by separable core-shell Fe3O4@Cu(OH)xnanoparticles.
One-pot reductive-acetylation of nitroarenes to acetanilides was carried out efficiently with NaBH4in the presence of magnetically separable core-shell Fe3O4@Cu(OH)xnanoparticles. All reactions were carried out in H2O followed by acetylation with acetic anhydride within 5-17min giving the N-arylacetamides in high to excellent yields. Reusability of the catalyst was examined 9 times without significant loss of its catalytic activity.
Faculty of Chemistry, Urmia University, Urmia 5756151818, Iran. Electronic address: zahrashokriorganic@yahoo.com.
Zahra
Z
Shokri
Faculty of Chemistry, Urmia University, Urmia 5756151818, Iran. Electronic address: bzeynizadeh@gmail.com.
Behzad
B
Zeynizadeh
Faculty of Chemistry, Urmia University, Urmia 5756151818, Iran.
Seyed Ali
SA
Hosseini
Acetanilides; Fe(3)O(4)@Cu(OH)(x); NaBH(4); Nanoparticles; Nitroarenes; Reductive-acetylation