Facile Synthesis of Iron-Titanate Nanocomposite as a Sustainable Material for Selective Amination of Substitued Nitro-Arenes
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Results and Discussion
2.1. Characterization of Fe9TiO15@TiO2 Material
2.2. Catalytic Applications of Fe9TiO15@TiO2 for Selective Reduction of Nitroarenes to Anilines
3. Experimental Section
3.1. Materials and Methods
3.2. Procedure for Preparation of Fe9TiO15@TiO2 Nanocomposite
3.3. Procedure for Catalytic Reduction of Nitroarenes to Anilines
4. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Entry | Catalyst | Conversion (%) | Yield (%) |
---|---|---|---|
a 1 | Fe9TiO15@TiO2 | >99 | 99 |
a 2 | Fe2O3 | <2 | <1 |
a 3 | TiO2 | <2 | <1 |
a 4 | Polymeric gel | ||
b 5 | Ferrocene + Titanium isopropoxide | <2 | <1 |
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Sohail, M.; Tahir, N.; Rubab, A.; Beller, M.; Sharif, M. Facile Synthesis of Iron-Titanate Nanocomposite as a Sustainable Material for Selective Amination of Substitued Nitro-Arenes. Catalysts 2020, 10, 871. https://doi.org/10.3390/catal10080871
Sohail M, Tahir N, Rubab A, Beller M, Sharif M. Facile Synthesis of Iron-Titanate Nanocomposite as a Sustainable Material for Selective Amination of Substitued Nitro-Arenes. Catalysts. 2020; 10(8):871. https://doi.org/10.3390/catal10080871
Chicago/Turabian StyleSohail, Manzar, Nimra Tahir, Anosha Rubab, Matthias Beller, and Muhammad Sharif. 2020. "Facile Synthesis of Iron-Titanate Nanocomposite as a Sustainable Material for Selective Amination of Substitued Nitro-Arenes" Catalysts 10, no. 8: 871. https://doi.org/10.3390/catal10080871