Novel silica-coated ferrite nanoparticles supported with montmorillonite (K10) have been prepared and explored for their catalytic activity for the O, N, and S-acylation reactions under solvent-free conditions.

Applications of ferrite nanoparticles in various chemical transformations.

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The present article gives the synthesis, characterization, and applications of K10 supported silica-coated ferrite nanoparticles. The analysis was done using XRD, FT-IR, EDX FE-SEM techniques. Then N-Boc protected amine derivatives were catalyzed by using K10 supported silica-coated ferrite nanoparticles. In the presence of di-ter-butyl carbonate aromatic amines, K10-supported silica-coated nanoparticles were shown to be a reusable nanocatalyst for N-ter-butyloxycarbonylation of amine derivatives, and 2 mol percent nanoparticles were sufficient for the reaction conversion. The prepared nanocatalyst has several benefits, besides a solvent-free reaction, high yield, eco-friendly catalyst, lower cost, and the ability to be recovered from the reaction and reused without reducing catalytic properties.

The straightforward co‐precipitation approach was used to effectively manufacture novel silica‐coated magnetic nanoparticles doped with cobalt (Co3O4). These nanoparticles were characterized using Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscopy (FE‐SEM), Energy‐Dispersive X‐ray Spectroscopy (EDS), Wavelength‐Dispersive Spectroscopy (WDX), Powder X‐ray Diffraction Spectroscopy (PXRD), Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT‐IR), Thermo‐gravimetric Analysis (TGA), Inductive coupled plasma‐optical emission spectrometry (ICP‐OES), and Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM), etc. Intriguingly, the catalytic performance of these nanocrystals for the amines, phenols, alcohols, and thiols acylation processes was examined in solvent‐free conditions, with outstanding yields. These nanoparticles were recycled at least 12 times without losing their catalytic activity.

A novel magnetite silica-coated nanoparticle-supported molybdate nanocatalyst has been prepared successfully by a simple co-precipitation method. Prepared nanocatalyst has been characterized by different techniques like Fourier Transmission Infrared Spectroscopy (FT-IR), X-ray diffraction (XRD), Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscope (FE-SEM) and Energy Dispersive X-ray Spectroscopy (EDX). Further, the catalytic activity of the nanocatalyst was explored for N-formylation reactions under solvent-free conditions. Interestingly, the catalyst could be reused for 10 cycles and only 2 mol % of the catalyst was sufficient to catalyze the N-formylation reaction at 700C under solvent-free conditions.

Silica-decorated ferrite nanoparticles, a new kind, coated with ceric ammonium nitrate (CAN), have been prepared successfully by simple coprecipitation techniques. Powder X-ray diffraction spectroscopy (PXRD), Fourier transform-infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR), field emission-scanning electron microscope (FE-SEM), wavelength-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (WDX), energy-dispersive spectroscopy (EDS), inductive coupled plasma-optical emission spectroscopy (ICP-OES), and thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) techniques were used to characterize these nanoparticles. The catalysts are further studied for catalytic activity in solvent-free conditions. Importantly, these nanoparticles have been collected from the reaction mixture using an external magnet and recycled up to minimum of 15 cycles with no substantial loss of catalytic characteristics.