Ag-grafted covalent imine network material for one-pot three-component coupling and hydration of nitriles to amides in aqueous medium

Abstract

A nitrogen rich porous covalent imine network material (CIN-1) has been successfully employed for grafting silver nanoparticles (Ag NPs). The Ag NPs grafted CIN-1, Ag-CIN-1 has been characterized by elemental analysis, powder X-ray diffraction (XRD), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR), UV-vis diffuse reflectance spectroscopy (DRS), thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) and EPR spectroscopic studies. Ag-CIN-1 acts as a truly heterogeneous catalyst in the hydration of nitriles to amides and the A³ coupling reactions between the alkyne, amine and aldehyde to produce propargylamines by using water as a green solvent.