N-(3-silyl propyl) diethylene triamine N,N ',N ''-tri-sulfonic acid immobilized on Fe3-xTixO4 magnetic nanoparticles: A new recyclable heterogeneous nanocatalyst for the synthesis of hexahydroquinolines

摘要

In the present study, for the first time N-(3-silyl propyl) diethylene triamine N,N',N''-tri-sulfonic acid (SPDETATSA) was grafted on magnetic Fe3-xTixO4 nanoparticles. The structure of the resulted nanoparticles was characterized based on Fourier-transform infrared (FT-IR), energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDX), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), thermal gravimetric analysis (TGA), and vibrating sample magnetometer (VSM) analyses. The results confirmed the successful immobilization of sulfamic acid groups onto the magnetic support. These nanoparticles exhibited high catalytic activity as novel magnetically recyclable acid nanocatalyst in the synthesis of a diverse range of hexahydroquinolines through one-pot tandem reactions in excellent yields. Also, this nanocatalyst performed satisfactory catalytic maintenance of activity for the synthesis of the reaction products after 4 rounds of recycling with no considerable loss of activity.