Fe3O4@SiO2@KIT-6@2-ATP@Cu-I as a catalyst for hydration of benzonitriles and reduction of nitroarenes

In this paper, a new type of magnetic mesoporous material (Fe3O4@SiO2@KIT-6@2-ATP@Cu-I) was designed and synthesized and its application in the synthesis of amides and anilines was investigated. The structure of Fe3O4@SiO2@KIT-6@2-ATP@Cu-I was characterized and identified using FTIR, SEM, XRD, TGA, BET, VSM, and ICP techniques. An external magnet can easily remove the synthesized catalyst from the reaction medium, and be reused in several consequence runs.

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In this study, a new type of magnetic mesoporous material (Fe3O4@SiO2@KIT-6@2-ATP@Cu-I) was designed and synthesized, and its application in the synthesis of amides and anilines was investigated. The structure of Fe3O4@SiO2@KIT-6@2-ATP@Cu-I was characterized and identified using various techniques. The synthesized catalyst can be easily removed from the reaction medium using an external magnet and can be reused multiple times.