A metal-organic framework Cu2(NDC)2(DABCO) was synthesized from copper nitrate trihydrate, 2,6-Napthalenedicarboxylic acid (H2NDC), and 1,4-diazabicyclo[2.2.2]octane (DABCO) by solvothermal method. Its physicochemical properties were confirmed by several techniques such as X-ray powder diffraction (PXRD), Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). Cu2(NDC)2(DABCO) appeared as well-shaped crystals. To get diphenyl sulfide as desired product from the C-S cross coupling reaction of iodobenzene and thiophenol, the Cu2(NDC)2(DABCO) was used as heterogeneous catalyst in the presence of LiO-tBu as base. The results showed that the transformation could proceed with more than 93% reaction conversion being obtained after 6 h at 120 oC when using 5 mol% Cu2(NDC)2(DABCO) catalyst in the presence of LiO-tBu. The solid catalyst could be recovered and reused five times without a significant degradation in catalytic activity. The coupling reaction could only proceed to achieve major product in the presence of the Cu2(NDC)2(DABCO catalyst.
In this study, nano Fe2O3 particles were synthesized by the combustion of gel from polyvinyl acohol (PVA) and tartaric acid (TA) for the degradation of methyl blue (MB) from the aqueous solution by the photocatalytic process. Factors affecting on Fe2O3 formation such as the pH of solution, temperature of gel formation, mole ratio of TA/PVA, temperature of calcination were investigated. The structure, morphology of Fe2O3 particles were characterized by analysis methods such as Differential Thermal Analysis, X- Ray Diffraction and Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscopy. The results showed that single-phase Fe2O3 was smaller than 60 nm of average grain size. When using Fe2O3 to investigate the photocatalytic capacity under the visible light irradiation, the results indicated that Fe2O3 catalysts showed a rather high photocatalytic ability to decompose MB. The intermediates coming from the photocatalytic degradation were identified.
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