Issue 4, 2023

Tetra-n-butylammonium decatungstate supported on Fe3O4 nanoparticles: a novel nanocatalyst for green synthesis of nitroso compounds

Abstract

The aim of this study was to prepare a Fe3O4/tetra-n-butylammonium decatungstate (TBADT) catalyst (M-DT) for the selective oxidation of aromatic amine compounds in the presence of hydrogen peroxide (H2O2). The material M-DT, prepared from the interactions between TBADT and Fe3O4, was fully characterized by Fourier infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), X-ray diffraction (XRD), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDS) and, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). The electron transfer between H2O2 and TBADT or Fe3O4 or M-DT was studied by cyclic voltammetry (CV) using carbon-modified electrodes. The optimized M-DT/H2O2 catalytic system can effectively oxidize sulfapyridine (SPD) to nitroso-sulfapyridine (N-SPD) in the pH range of 2.5 to 4.6 with an efficient (93%) and selective conversion (86%). The oxidation rate constant (1.20 × 10−2 min−1) is much higher with M-DT than with TBADT (2.09 × 10−4 min−1) or Fe3O4 (4.81 × 10−4 min−1) alone using 5 mM H2O2 as a co-catalyst. This M-DT catalyst can be reused 6 times with high efficiency and selectivity.

Graphical abstract: Tetra-n-butylammonium decatungstate supported on Fe3O4 nanoparticles: a novel nanocatalyst for green synthesis of nitroso compounds

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
28 10 2022
Accepted
02 1 2023
First published
17 1 2023

Catal. Sci. Technol., 2023,13, 1000-1008

Tetra-n-butylammonium decatungstate supported on Fe3O4 nanoparticles: a novel nanocatalyst for green synthesis of nitroso compounds

P. Cheng, M. Sarakha, C. Mousty, P. Bonnet and G. Mailhot, Catal. Sci. Technol., 2023, 13, 1000 DOI: 10.1039/D2CY01862D

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