Synthesis, characterization and catalytic activity of supported vanadium Schiff base complex as a magnetically recoverable nanocatalyst in epoxidation of alkenes and oxidation of sulfides

A new magnetically separable nanocatalyst was successfully synthesized by immobilizing of vanadyl acetylacetonate complex, [VO(acac)(2)], onto silica coated magnetite nanoparticles previously functionalized with 3-aminopropyltriethoxysilane (3-APTES) and reacted by 5-bromosalicylaldehyde to form Schiff base moiety. The obtained nanocatalyst was characterized by elemental analysis (CHN), FT-IR spectroscopy, Powder X-ray diffraction (XRD), field emission scanning electron microscopy (FE-SEM), inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectrometry (ICP-OES) and thermogravimetric analysis (TGA). Eventually, the resulting nanoparticles were used as catalyst for epoxidation of alkenes and oxidation of sulfides using tert-butyl hydroperoxide (TBHP) as an oxidant. (c) 2019 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.