Nasrin Yarmohammadi,
Mohammad Ghadermazi* and
Roya Mozafari
Department of Chemistry, University of Kurdistan, P.O. Box 66135-416, Sanandaj, Iran. E-mail: mghadermazi@yahoo.com; Fax: +98 87 3324133; Tel: +98 87 33624133
First published on 2nd March 2021
In this work, the immobilization of copper(II) on the surface of 1,8-diaminonaphthalene (DAN)-coated magnetic nanoparticles provides a highly active catalyst for the oxidation reaction of sulfides to sulfoxides and the oxidative coupling of thiols to disulfides using hydrogen peroxide (H2O2). This catalyst was also applied for the one-pot synthesis of symmetrical sulfides via the reaction of aryl halides with thiourea as the sulfur source in the presence of NaOH instead of former strongly basic and harsh reaction conditions. Under optimum conditions, the synthesis yields of sulfoxides, symmetrical sulfides, and disulfides were about 99%, 95%, and 96% respectively with highest selectivity. The heterogeneous copper-based catalyst has advantages such as the easy recyclability of the catalyst, the easy separation of the product and the less wastage of products during the separation of the catalyst. This heterogeneous nanocatalyst was characterized by FESEM, FT-IR, VSM, XRD, EDX, ICP and TGA. Furthermore, the recycled catalyst can be reused for several runs and is economically effective.
DAN has been widely utilized in the structure of inorganic and organometallic complexes as a suitable ligand because of having bidentate nucleophilic centers. This ligand has a unique structure and properties that make it an interesting choice for a diverse range of applications over recent years. DAN complex has been used in various fields such as optical devices, biological applications, conducting polymers,14 sensors, and electronic science.15 This ligand has been recently considered because of its unique properties in heterocyclic synthesis.16
Noble metals such as Pt, Cu, Au and Rh have been incorporated into the structure of nanoparticles.17–21 Among the mentioned metals, copper nanoparticles have been paid attention due to their catalytic activity, suitable treating costs, and high conductivity, which make them useful in nanoscience.22–24 Cu-based materials, because of the several oxidation states of this metal, can catalyze many oxidative reactions via both one- and two-electron pathways. The feasible modification of the properties of these materials via different synthetic policies and post-synthetic chemical treatments has engendered considerable interest in the field of catalysis. Furthermore, Cu's high boiling point makes it a good candidate for reactions under hard conditions such as high temperature and pressure.25
It is clear that sulfides are significant precursors for the synthesis of sulfoxides. Sulfoxides have been reported to possess widespread pharmaceutical functions and biological properties such as anticancer, antifungal and anti-atherosclerotic activities.26,27 Furthermore, they have been extensively utilized for the preparation of carbon–carbon bond and rearrangement reactions.28,29
Moreover, disulfides have important applications in biological and industrial fields such as protecting agents25 stabilization of protein structures,30 and vulcanizing entities.31,32 The catalytic formation of the C–S bond is a basic transformation in synthetic reactions. Their importance is based on the application in pharmaceutical industries and preparing a scaffold for aryl sulfides as intermediates in synthetic organic chemistry.33,34 Although the sulfide and disulfide oxidation reactions have been studied extensively,35–44 it is necessary to introduce procedures that are more simple, efficient and selective. Herein, a magnetically separable heterogeneous catalyst was fabricated by anchoring a Cu complex supported on functionalized CoFe2O4 nanoparticles. This catalyst exhibits efficient oxidation reactions of sulfides to sulfoxides and oxidative coupling of thiols to disulfides utilizing hydrogen peroxide. It is necessary to introduce procedures that are more simple, efficient and selective. Moreover, we used the prepared nanoparticle as a catalyst for the odorless C–S cross-coupling reaction of aryl halides under mild conditions. Furthermore, the catalyst is separated from the reaction media via magnetic decantation and the nanocatalyst can be recycled several times.
Entry | Catalyst (mg) | Oxidation agent | Solvent | Temp. (°C) | Time (min) | Yielda (%) |
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1 | 25 | H2O2 (0.5 mL) | Acetonitrile | 25 | 20 | 85 |
2 | 25 | H2O2 (0.5 mL) | n-Hexane | 25 | 120 | 25 |
3 | 25 | H2O2 (0.5 mL) | EtOAc | 25 | 25 | 80 |
4 | 25 | H2O2 (0.5 mL) | H2O | 25 | 30 | 75 |
5 | 25 | H2O2 (0.5 mL) | Ethanol | 25 | 15 | 99 |
6 | — | H2O2 (0.5 mL) | Ethanol | 25 | 140 | Trace |
7 | 25 | H2O2 (0.55 mL) | Ethanol | 25 | 15 | 98 |
8 | 25 | H2O2 (0.4 mL) | Ethanol | 25 | 25 | 85 |
9 | 25 | H2O2 (0.3 mL) | Ethanol | 25 | 25 | 79 |
10 | 25 | H2O2 (0.2 mL) | Ethanol | 25 | 25 | 68 |
11 | 25 | H2O2 (0.1 mL) | Ethanol | 25 | 25 | 43 |
12 | 25 | — | Ethanol | 25 | 140 | Trace |
13 | 7 | H2O2 (0.5 mL) | Ethanol | 25 | 25 | 55 |
14 | 9 | H2O2 (0.5 mL) | Ethanol | 25 | 25 | 68 |
15 | 10 | H2O2 (0.5 mL) | Ethanol | 25 | 25 | 85 |
16 | CuCl2·2H2O | H2O2 (0.5 mL) | Ethanol | 25 | 65 | 40 |
17 | 25 | NaIO4 (2 mmol) | CH3CN/H2O | 25 | 100 | 85 |
18 | 25 | Oxone (0.3689 g, 0.6 mmol) | Ethanol | 60 | 720 | 90 |
19 | 25 | O2 (2 MPa) | PEG | 100 | 720 | 10 |
Entry | Substrate | Product | Time (min) | Yieldb (%) | Mp (°C) |
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a Reaction conditions: catalyst (0.025 g), sulfide (1 mmol), 30% H2O2 (0.5 mL) and solvent (3 mL) at 25 °C.b Isolated yields. | |||||
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Entry | Catalyst (mg) | Base | Thiourea (mmol) | Solvent | Temp. (°C) | Time (h) | Yielda (%) |
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1 | 30 | NaOH | 1 | H2O | 130 | 4 | N.R. |
2 | 30 | NaOH | 1 | PEG | 130 | 4 | N.R. |
3 | 30 | NaOH | 1 | DMF | 130 | 3.5 | 52 |
4 | 30 | NaOH | 1 | DMSO | 130 | 2.5 | 95 |
5 | 30 | NaOH | 1 | Toluene | 130 | 3 | 35 |
6 | — | NaOH | 1 | DMSO | 130 | 5 | Trace |
7 | 30 | NaOH | 0.5 | DMSO | 130 | 3.5 | 67 |
8 | 30 | NaOH | 0.8 | DMSO | 130 | 3.5 | 82 |
9 | 8 | NaOH | 1 | DMSO | 130 | 3.5 | 37 |
10 | 10 | NaOH | 1 | DMSO | 130 | 3.5 | 52 |
11 | 20 | NaOH | 1 | DMSO | 130 | 3.5 | 79 |
12 | 30 | NaOH | 1 | DMSO | 45 | 3.5 | 40 |
13 | 30 | NaOH | 1 | DMSO | 65 | 3.5 | 65 |
14 | 30 | NaOH | 1 | DMSO | 85 | 3.5 | 75 |
15 | 30 | NaOH | 1 | DMSO | 100 | 3.5 | 85 |
16 | 30 | KOH | 1 | DMSO | 130 | 3.5 | Trace |
17 | 30 | Na2CO3 | 1 | DMSO | 130 | 3.5 | Trace |
18 | CuCl2·2H2O | NaOH | 1 | DMSO | 130 | 4 | Trace |
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Scheme 1 Preparation of CoFe2O4-DAN-Cu(II) nanocatalyst and its application in the oxidation of sulfides, thiols and C–S cross-coupling reactions. |
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Fig. 1 SEM images of CoFe2O4 at (a) 200 nm and CoFe2O4-DAN-Cu(II) at (b) 200 nm, (c) 20 μm, and TEM image of CoFe2O4-DAN-Cu(II) (d). |
The EDX spectrum can provide qualitative information about the types of different chemical elements in the catalyst. Fig. S1† shows an EDX spectrum of CoFe2O4-DAN-Cu(II) and Fe, Si, N, C, O, and Cu were detected. On the basis of these results, it is demonstrated that copper(II) was immobilized on the surface of diaminonaphthalene-coated MNPs. Moreover, the elemental mapping images indicate the uniform dispersion of copper in the nanocatalyst. This has been further confirmed from the EDX spectrum of the nanocatalyst. The ICP-OES technique was studied for the measurement of Cu amounts loaded onto the modified surface of the nanoparticles, from which the exact amount was found to be 0.43 mmol g−1.
The magnetic properties of bare CoFe2O4 (a) and CoFe2O4-DAN-Cu(II) (b) were studied using a vibrating sample magnetometer (VSM) with a peak field of 15 kOe (Fig. 2). The saturation magnetization value (Ms) of these nanoparticles was found to be 53.7 and 36.6 emu g−1 respectively. As seen, the magnetization of the synthesized nanocatalyst is decreased because of the copper complex coated on CoFe2O4 MNPs; however, this reduction is insignificant for the separation of this nanocatalyst using an external magnetic field.
Fig. S2† shows the thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) curve of CoFe2O4-DAN-Cu(II) at a temperature ranging from 25 °C to 800 °C. The first weight loss was about 2 wt%, until the temperature of 150 °C, which is attributed to the removal of adsorbed solvents and surface hydroxyl groups.47 In the range of 200–500 °C, decomposition of the organic layer and Cu complex grafted onto the surface of magnetite nanoparticles was shown. On the basis of these results, CoFe2O4-DAN-Cu(II) has high thermal stability that spreads its application for several types of organic reactions.
The FT-IR spectra shown in Fig. S3† exhibit a comparison of bare CoFe2O4, CoFe2O4Cl, CoFe2O4-DAN and CoFe2O4-DAN-Cu(II) nanoparticles. The pure nanoparticles exhibit bands at 430 and 586 cm−1 characteristic of the Fe–O stretching vibration in the tetrahedral and octahedral sites of the CoFe2O4, respectively. The broad band at 3403 cm−1 can be related to characteristic –OH bands of CoFe2O4 (Fig. S3a†).48 The band located at 2986 cm−1 in the spectrum of CoFe2O4–Cl could be attributed to the stretching vibration of C–H (Fig. S3b†). The sharp peak at 1101 cm−1 is attributed to the Si–O stretching vibration, and these bands are assigned to the characteristic absorptions of the linker CPTMS attached on the cobalt ferrite surface (Fig. S3b†).49 The peaks at about 1440–1660 cm−1 are due to the amine group bending vibration of the 1,8-diaminonaphthalene ring and also the band at 3400 cm−1 is assigned to the amine stretching band of the synthesized nanoparticles (Fig. S3c†).50 In the spectrum of CoFe2O4-DAN-Cu(II), however, the shift absorption of amine to a lower wave number occurs, which is attributed to a robust interaction between the N group of the copper complex on CoFe2O4 (Fig. S3d†).
Fig. 3 represents the XRD patterns of CoFe2O4 and CoFe2O4-DAN-Cu(II). The diffraction peaks related to Bragg's reflections from the (2 2 0), (3 1 1), (4 0 0), (4 2 2), (5 1 1), (4 4 0), and (5 3 3) planes correspond to the standard spinel structure of CoFe2O4 (JCPDS 02-8517) (Fig. 3a).46 Furthermore, on the basis of the Debye–Scherrer equation, the crystallite size of CoFe2O4 was about 21 nm. The XRD pattern of CoFe2O4-DAN-Cu(II) exhibits characteristic peaks whose relative intensities match well with the standard XRD data of CoFe2O4. These results indicate that the spinel structure of the CoFe2O4 framework was well maintained during the process of catalyst preparation.
Because of the successful oxidation of methyl phenyl sulfide, the reactions of different sulfides under optimized conditions were examined (Table 2). Sulfoxides were prepared at excellent conversion in a short reaction time. It can be seen that phenyl sulfide with an electron-withdrawing group showed a longer reaction time and a lower yield (Table 2, entries 8 and 9). Researches show that in this case, the resonance of the sulfur electron pair with the aromatic ring is effective. Moreover, alkyl sulfides with longer alkyl chains proceeded in higher reaction times (Table 2, entries 4 and 6). These results are probably due to the substrate's insolubility in ethanol that decreased the substrate concentration in the reaction mixture and lowered the reaction rate. The selectivity of the catalyst is highly important in the industry and in the mentioned reaction, oxidation of sulfides with the optimal conditions is thoroughly selective and the sulfone was not observed as a by-product.
Sulfoxide usually acts as an electrophile, while sulfide is a nucleophilic reductant. This dual performance of the sulfur atom in the sulfide and the sulfoxide makes it an appropriate system to investigate nucleophilic behavior versus oxidant electrophilic behavior. H2O2 as a mild oxidizing agent reacts slowly and must be activated by homogeneous or heterogeneous catalysts. The catalytic cycle for the oxidation of sulfide by H2O2 catalyzed by the CoFe2O4-DAN-Cu(II) catalyst is proposed in Scheme 2. The explanation for this transformation is the formation of the intermediate A using the reaction of CoFe2O4-DAN-Cu(II) with H2O2, followed by the conversion of the intermediate A to the active oxidant. Then, nucleophile sulfide attacks active oxidants and with heterolytic cleavage of the Cu–O bond yields sulfoxide.56,57
In continuation of our experiment, the catalytic activity of CoFe2O4-DAN-Cu(II) was examined for the synthesis of symmetrical sulfides. The effect of catalyst dosage, the nature of the solvents and bases, and the reaction temperature were optimized (Table 3). Initially, the reaction of the coupling of iodobenzene (1 mmol), thiourea (1 mmol) as a sulfur source and NaOH was chosen for a model reaction. In order to investigate the influence of the solvents, we utilized DMF, toluene, water, DMSO and PEG as solvents (Table 3, entries 1–5). As shown, the reaction did not proceed in PEG, H2O and yielded only 35% in toluene (Table 3, entries 1, 2 and 5). The sulfide synthesis reaction was accomplished in excellent yields in DMSO as the reaction solvent (Table 3, entry 4), whereas the product yield prepared in DMF under the same condition was 52% (Table 3, entry 3). Additionally, different bases for the sulfide synthesis were checked (Table 3, entries 16, 17 and 4), and 0.4 g of NaOH was found to be the desired amount of the base (Table 3, entry 4). The reaction was carried out for catalytic amounts of thiourea (Table 3, entries 7, 8 and 4). The highest yield of diphenyl sulfide was achieved using 1 mmol of thiourea without increasing the catalyst loading (Table 3, entry 4). In order to gain the best reaction temperature, the mentioned reaction was investigated at several temperatures (Table 3, entries 12–15 and 4), and the results indicate that increasing temperature from 45 to 130 °C increased the yield. Therefore, the optimized temperature was found to be 130 °C. The effect of the catalyst amount was also checked (Table 3, entries 9–11 and 4), and the results show that with the increase in the amount of catalyst from 0.008 to 0.05, the yield also increased from 37% to 95%. The control experiment showed that catalyst-free conditions yielded trace amounts of products even after 5 hours (Table 3, entry 6). Furthermore, the reaction was carried out in the presence of CuCl2·2H2O as the catalyst, which afforded diphenyl sulfide in low yields (Table 3, entry 18).
Several derivatives of aryl halides with electron-donating and electron-withdrawing groups were examined under optimal conditions (Table 4). In the synthesis of symmetrical sulfides, used haloarenes follow ArI > ArBr > ArCl (Table 4, entries 1–3). Aromatic haloarenes with electron-withdrawing groups are more reactive in comparison to electron-donating groups (Table 4, entries 4 and 7). Selectivity is one of the most notable advantages of this system by which the coupling reaction of 1-bromo-4-nitrobenzene, 1-chloro-4-nitrobenzene, and 1-iodo-4-nitrobenzene resulted in the favorite product without extra changes.
Entry | Substrate | Product | Time (h) | Yieldb (%) | MP (°C) |
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a Reaction conditions: catalyst (0.030 g), aryl halide (1 mmol), CH4N2S (1 mmol), base (0.040 g) and solvent (3 mL) at 130 °C.b Isolated yields. | |||||
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5 | 75 | 157–160 (ref. 58) |
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9.5 | 45 | 158–160 (ref. 59) |
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4.5 | 78 | 44–46 (ref. 56) |
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10.5 | 43 | 150–153 (ref. 26) |
A plausible mechanism for this transformation is outlined in the presence of the CoFe2O4-DAN-Cu(II) nanocatalyst (Scheme 3). First, the oxidative addition of Cu nanoparticles to the aryl halide forms intermediate (I). Then, the coupling reaction of the aryl halide with thiourea generates intermediate (II), which is transmitted to a thiol anion in the presence of NaOH. Finally, thiol anion reacts with intermediate (I) to produce the sulfide product as well as the initial catalyst.60
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Scheme 3 Plausible mechanism for the symmetrical sulfide synthesis by CoFe2O4-DAN-Cu(II) nanocatalysts. |
At last, the CoFe2O4-DAN-Cu(II) catalytic system was examined for oxidative coupling of thiols to disulfides using 4-methylthiophenol as the model substrate. To find out the optimized reaction conditions, the presence of various catalytic amounts of CoFe2O4-DAN-Cu(II) and several organic solvents using different amounts of H2O2 was tested (Table 5). Initially, the model reaction was carried out in several solvents such as acetonitrile, n-hexane, EtOAc, CH2Cl2, EtOH and H2O. Among them, acetonitrile (85%), EtOAc (87%) and EtOH (96%) showed better conversion for selective disulfide synthesis. However, because of the nontoxic and availability properties, EtOH was chosen as a green solvent (Table 5, entries 1–6). In order to study the effect of the oxidant nature, the reaction was also investigated in the presence of several oxidants such as NaClO2, NaIO4 and 1,3-dibromo-5,5-dimethyl-hydantoin (DBDMH) instead of H2O2 (Table 5, entries 17–19). Compared with the other oxidants, H2O2 showed higher activity. Then, the effect of the catalyst amount (0.008, 0.010, 0.020 and 0.025 g) on 4-methylthiophenol conversion was studied, and it was observed that the activity of the catalyst was affected by the amount of the catalyst (Table 5, entries 13–15 and 6). The highest yield was obtained in the presence of 0.025 g of CoFe2O4-DAN-Cu(II). The blank reaction showed that catalyst-free conditions produced trace amounts of products even after 140 minutes (Table 5, entry 7). When the catalyst CoFe2O4-DAN-Cu(II) was replaced with CuCl2·2H2O, the desired oxidation product was obtained in lower yields (45%) (Table 5, entry 16).
Entry | Catalyst (mg) | Oxidation agent | Solvent | Temp. (°C) | Time (min) | Yielda (%) |
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1 | 25 | H2O2 (0.4 mL) | Acetonitrile | 25 | 35 | 85 |
2 | 25 | H2O2 (0.4 mL) | n-Hexane | 25 | 180 | 25 |
3 | 25 | H2O2 (0.4 mL) | CH2Cl2 | 25 | 40 | 60 |
4 | 25 | H2O2 (0.4 mL) | EtOAc | 25 | 35 | 87 |
5 | 25 | H2O2 (0.4 mL) | H2O | 25 | 30 | 75 |
6 | 25 | H2O2 (0.4 mL) | Ethanol | 25 | 20 | 96 |
7 | — | H2O2 (0.4 mL) | Ethanol | 25 | 140 | Trace |
8 | 25 | H2O2 (0.45 mL) | Ethanol | 25 | 25 | 97 |
9 | 25 | H2O2 (0.3 mL) | Ethanol | 25 | 40 | 80 |
10 | 25 | H2O2 (0.2 mL) | Ethanol | 25 | 40 | 75 |
11 | 25 | H2O2 (0.1 mL) | Ethanol | 25 | 40 | 65 |
12 | 25 | — | Ethanol | 25 | 140 | Trace |
13 | 8 | H2O2 (0.4 mL) | Ethanol | 25 | 40 | 58 |
14 | 10 | H2O2 (0.4 mL) | Ethanol | 25 | 40 | 72 |
15 | 20 | H2O2 (0.4 mL) | Ethanol | 25 | 25 | 86 |
16 | CuCl2·2H2O | H2O2 (0.4 mL) | Ethanol | 25 | 75 | 45 |
17 | 25 | NaClO2 (1 mmol, 0.090 g) | Methanol | 5 | 20 | 93 |
18 | 25 | NaIO4 (1 mmol, 0.213 g) | H2O | 25 | 25 | 100 |
19 | 25 | DBDMH (0.2 eq.) | CHCl3 | 25 | 2 | 96 |
Utilizing the optimum reaction condition, a variety of substituted thiols were selected for the synthesis of disulfides (Table 6). The results indicate that the CoFe2O4-DAN-Cu(II) nanocatalyst exhibited efficient catalytic activity with good to high yields in the reaction time. It was observed that aliphatic thiols oxidized more slowly than aromatic ones (Table 6, entries 1 and 9). It is also shown that aromatic thiols including electron-donating groups are more reactive than thiols with electron-withdrawing groups (Table 6, entries 1 and 7). This system shows good chemoselectivity by which the hydroxyl group of 2-mercaptoethanol remains constant, and a thiol functional group of these molecules was oxidized to disulfide. Furthermore, selectivity is one of the main important features of this system. Because of the selectivity of the mentioned heterogeneous catalyst, there is no overoxidation to thiosulfinates, disulfoxides, sulfinyl sulfones, or disulfones.
Entry | Substrate | Product | Time (min) | Yieldb (%) | MP (°C) |
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a Reaction conditions: catalyst (0.025 g), thiol (1 mmol), 30% H2O2 (0.4 mL) and solvent (3 mL) at 25 °C.b Isolated yields. | |||||
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A plausible mechanism for this transformation is shown in Scheme 4, on the basis of the literature works.23 A comparison for the efficiency of the catalytic activity of CoFe2O4-DAN-Cu(II) for the oxidation of sulfides to sulfoxides (Table 7, entries 1–7), synthesis of symmetrical sulfides (Table 7, entries 8–11), and oxidative coupling of thiols to disulfides (Table 7, entries 12–15) with several previously reported methods is presented. Recently, the use of Co@SiO2[(EtO)3Si–L3]/Mn(III) (Table 7, entry 1), FeNi3/SiO2 (Table 7, entry 3), Mn(III)-binapthyl Schiff base diamine-SBA-15 (Table 7, entry 4), K6H8[(SeV10O28(SeO3)3)2(M(H2O)4)]·24H2O (Table 7, entry 5), VO-TAPT-2,3-DHTA COF (Table 7, entry 6), CuFe2O4 (Table 7, entry 12), Pd-isatin Schiff base@KIT-6 (Table 7, entry 13), and TiO(O2CCF3)/NaI/thiol (Table 7, entry 14) was reported for oxidation reactions. These methods need toxic organic solvents with high reaction times. The use of Mn(III)-binapthyl Schiff base diamine-SBA-15 (Table 7, entry 4), K6H8[(SeV10O28(SeO3)3)2(M(H2O)4)]·24H2O (Table 7, entry 5), VO-TAPT-2,3-DHTA COF (Table 7, entry 6), and Pd-isatin Schiff base@KIT-6 (Table 7, entry 13) as the catalyst for oxidation reactions was reported, requiring high reaction times. Moreover, harsh conditions are found when using TiCl3(O3SCF3) (Table 7, entry 14), TiO(O2CCF3)2 (Table 7, entry 14), CuFe2O4 (Table 7, entry 12), and ethyl 2-oxocyclohexanecarboxylate as catalysts (Table 7, entry 8) in oxidation reactions and sulfide synthesis, respectively. FeNi3/SiO2 (Table 7, entry 3) causes to use of m-CPBA instead of green oxidant H2O2. Accordingly, this catalyst affords an absolutely green procedure, and these results clearly accentuate the efficiency of this applied methodology.
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Scheme 4 Plausible mechanism for the oxidative coupling of thiols by CoFe2O4-DAN-Cu(II) nanocatalysts. |
Entry | Substrate | Catalyst | Time (min) | Catalyst loading | Condition | Yieldb (%) | Ref. |
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a Abbreviations: 1Schiff-base Mn(III) and Co(II) complexes coated on Co nanoparticles, 2tungstate ions loaded onto triazine-based ionic liquid-functionalized magnetic nanoparticle, 3FeNi3 nanoparticle conjugated tetraethyl orthosilicate; 4chloro(S,S)(−)[N-3-tert-butyl-5-chloromethylsalicylidene]-N′-[3′,5′-ditert-butylsalicylidene]1,1′-binapthyl-2,2′-diamine manganese(III) complex over modified surface of SBA-15, 5transition metal-sandwiched heteropolyoxovanadate complexes, 6complex vanadium of Schiff base of 2,4,6-tris(4-aminophenyl)-1,3,5-triazine–2,3-dihydroxyterephthaldehyde (TAPT–2,3-DHTA), 8ethyl 2-oxocyclohexanecarboxylate ligand in the presence of Cu2O as catalyst, 9nickel(II) complex supported on modified surface of Fe3O4. 10Magnetite/silica nanoparticles supported N-heterocyclic carbene nickel catalyst, 12copper ferrite nanoparticles, 13Pd(II)-isatin Schiff base complex immobilized into three-dimensional mesoporous silica KIT-6, 14TiCl3(O3SCF3) and TiO(O2CCF3)2 as the catalyst.b Isolated yields. | |||||||
1 | 1Ph–S–CH3 | Co@SiO2[(EtO)3Si–L3]/Mn(III) | 50 | 0.06 g | Methyl phenyl sulfide (0.5 mmol), acetonitrile, 90 μL H2O2 and 65 °C | 99 | 61 |
2 | 2Ph–S–CH3 | MNP@TA-IL/W | 60 | 0.4 mol% | H2O, 1.5 mmol H2O2 and 25 °C | 99 | 62 |
3 | 3Ph–S–CH3 | FeNi3/SiO2 | 60 | 0.04 | DCM (2.0 mL), m-CPBA (2.0 mmol) and r.t | 99 | 63 |
4 | 4Ph–S–CH3 | Mn(III)-binapthyl Schiff base diamine-SBA-15 | 300 | 50 mg | CH2Cl2 and 25 °C | 94 | 64 |
5 | 5Ph–S–CH3 | M2+-sandwiched POVs: K6H8[(SeV10O28(SeO3)3)2(M(H2O)4)]·24H2O | 60 | 2 μmol | CH3OH and 25 °C | 97.9 | 65 |
6 | 6Ph–S–CH3 | VO-TAPT-2,3-DHTA COF | 240 | 20 mg | CH3CN and 25 °C | 95 | 66 |
7 | Ph–S–CH3 | CoFe2O4-DAN-Cu(II) | 15 | 0.025 g | C2H5OH and 25 °C | 99 | This work |
8 | 8Iodobenzene | Ethyl 2-oxocyclohexanecarboxylate | 1200 | 0.1 mmol | 80 °C and under Ar | 96 | 67 |
9 | 9Iodobenzene | Fe3O4@SBTU@Ni(II) | 210 | 0.030 | DMSO and 130 °C | 94 | 60 |
10 | 10Iodobenzene | MNP-Si-NHC(Pyr)-Ni | 600 | 10 mol% | DMF, 100 °C, base (2 mmol) and thiol (1 mmol) | 92 | 68 |
11 | Iodobenzene | CoFe2O4-DAN-Cu(II) | 150 | 0.030 g | DMSO and 130 °C | 95 | This work |
12 | 12Thiophenol | CuFe2O4 | 24 h | 10 mol% | 1.80 mmol of halide, 2.0 eq. of base, 5 mL of 1,4-dioxane and under N2 atmosphere | 95 | 69 |
13 | 134-Methyl thiophenol | Pd-isatin Schiff base@KIT-6 | 30 | 0.025 g | CH3CN, 25 °C and 5 mmol H2O2 | 95 | 70 |
14 | 14Thiophenol | TiO(O2CCF3)2/NaI/thiol | 150 | 1 mmol | CH3CN and under reflux conditions | 100 | 71 |
15 | Thiophenol | CoFe2O4-DAN-Cu(II) | 20 | 0.025 g | C2H5OH and 25 °C | 96 | This work |
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Fig. 4 Reusability of the CoFe2O4-DAN-Cu(II) nanocatalyst in the sulfide oxidation, sulfide synthesis and oxidative coupling of thiols. |
In order to clarify the changes in the chemical structure of the prepared catalyst towards oxidation during the nine cycles, FE-SEM and FT-IR analyses were performed. SEM and FT-IR analyses of this catalyst after nine runs show no significant changes during the reaction time (Fig. 5). Moreover, the amount of copper on recovered CoFe2O4-DAN-Cu(II) was measured by ICP-OES analysis for the conversion of methyl phenyl sulfide to methyl phenyl sulfoxide in the fresh catalyst and after nine consecutive cycles, it was found to be 0.43 mmol g−1 and 0.32 mmol g−1, which indicates the minimum amount of Cu leaching in the catalytic process. Furthermore, AAS analysis of the reaction mixture after catalyst removal showed no considerable amount of copper. AAS analyses of the recycled CoFe2O4-DAN-Cu(II) catalyst also exhibited no significant (<0.001 mmol g−1 of Cu) differences compared with the fresh catalyst, presenting that no considerable copper leaching occurred during the catalytic processes. Moreover, regarding the heterogeneous nature of CoFe2O4-DAN-Cu(II), the oxidation of methyl phenyl sulfide has been examined by a hot filtration experiment under optimal reaction conditions. In this test, we found the yield of product in a half time of the reaction to be 65%. Then, the reaction was repeated and at half time of the reaction, the catalyst was separated using a magnet and allowed to react further. The yield of the reaction in this stage was 69%, which confirmed that the reaction proceeded heterogeneously and after hot filtration, the reaction of the residual mixture was completely stopped.
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† Electronic supplementary information (ESI) available. See DOI: 10.1039/d1ra01029h |
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