Synthesis of phenols by using aryldiazonium silica sulfate nanocomposites

The hydrolysis of a new type of diazonium salt immobilized on the surface of silica sulfuric acid was studied in this work. By using diazonium salt nanocomposites, a number of phenol derivatives were synthesized in good yields. In contrast to the previous works, the present procedure was conveniently carried out under mild and solvent-free conditions. The effects of solvent and temperature were studied on the dediazoniation products. The notable advantages of this methodology were operational simplicity, availability of reactants, short reaction time and easy work-up. (C) 2017 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.