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Polyethyleneimine-Modified Superparamagnetic Fe3o4 Nanoparticles: An Efficient, Reusable and Water Tolerance Nanocatalyst Publisher



Khoobi M1 ; Delshad TM2 ; Vosooghi M1 ; Alipour M1 ; Hamadi H3 ; Alipour E2 ; Hamedani MP4 ; Sadat Ebrahimi SE1 ; Safaei Z2 ; Foroumadi A1 ; Shafiee A1
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  1. 1. Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, 14176, Iran
  2. 2. Department of Chemistry, Islamic Azad University, Tehran-North Branch, Zafar St., Tehran, Iran
  3. 3. Department of Chemistry, College of Science, Shahid Chamran University, Ahvaz, Iran
  4. 4. Iran Polymer and Petrochemical Institute, P.O. Box 14965/115, Tehran, Iran

Source: Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials Published:2015


Abstract

A novel magnetically separable catalyst was prepared based on surface modification of Fe3O4 magnetic nanoparticle (MNPs) with polyethyleneimine (PEI) via covalent bonding. [3-(2,3-Epoxypropoxy)propyl]trimethoxysilane (EPO) was used as cross linker to bond PEI on the surface of MNPs with permanent stability in contrast to PEI coating via electrostatic interactions. The synthesized catalyst was characterized by Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR), thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), X-ray powder diffraction (XRD), transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and vibrating sample magnetometry (VSM). The catalyst show high efficiency for one-pot synthesis of 2-amino-3-cyano-4H-pyran derivatives via multi-component reaction (MCR). This procedure offers the advantages of green reaction media, high yield, short reaction time, easy purification of the products and simple recovery and reuse of the catalyst by simple magnetic decantation without significant loss of catalytic activity. © 2014 Elsevier B.V.