Oxidative coupling of carboxylic acids or benzaldehydes with DMF using hydrotalicite-derived oxide catalysts

  • Priya S. Samudrala
  • , Akhil V. Nakhate
  • , Shyam Sunder R. Gupta
  • , Kalidas B. Rasal
  • , Gunjan P. Deshmukh
  • , Chandrakanth R. Gadipelly
  • , Srinivas Theegala
  • , Deepa K. Dumbre
  • , Selvakannan Periasamy
  • , V. R.Chary Komandur
  • , Suresh K. Bhargava
  • , Lakshmi Kantam Mannepalli

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    Abstract

    Hydrotalcite-derived (HT-derived) oxide catalysts were synthesised from hydrotalcite-like (HT-like) materials prepared by co-precipitation method (Cu-Al, Cu-Fe, Mg-Al, Mg-Fe, Ni-Fe and Ni-Al) followed by calcination and their catalytic activity was studied for oxidative amidation of carboxylic acids and substituted benzaldehydes with N,N-dimethylformamide (DMF). Catalyst screening was done using benzoic acid and DMF as a model reaction. Subsequently, we have optimised the reaction with different reaction parameters, catalyst loading, temperatures and oxidants. Cu-Fe HT-derived oxide catalyst showed excellent activity towards oxidative amidation using TBHP as an oxidant at 80 °C in 10 h. The fresh and spent catalysts were thoroughly characterised by different analytical techniques; XRD, SEM, HRTEM, TPD, N2 adsorption-desorption isotherm and XPS. Moreover, the catalyst was easily separated by simple filtration and reused up to four cycles without significant loss in catalytic activity.

    Original languageBritish English
    Pages (from-to)348-357
    Number of pages10
    JournalApplied Catalysis B: Environmental
    Volume240
    DOIs
    StatePublished - Jan 2019

    Keywords

    • Aldehydes
    • Carboxylic acid
    • Dimethylformamide
    • Heterogeneous catalyst
    • Oxidative coupling

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