Nickel-fe3 o4 magnetic nanoparticles supported on multiwalled carbon nanotubes: Effective catalyst in suzuki cross coupling reactions

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

4-1-2021

Abstract

Nickel-Fe3 O4 nanoparticles supported on multi-walled carbon nanotubes (Ni-Fe3 O4 /MW-CNTs) were synthesized by mechanical grinding of a sample of nickel salt, Fe3 O4 and MWCNTs using a ball-mill mixer. The preparation method allows for bulk production of Ni-Fe3 O4 nanoparticles at room temperature without the necessity of any solvent or chemical reagent. The nanoparticles prepared by this method exhibit small particles size of 5–8 nm with uniform dispersion of nickel nanoparticles on the surface of multi-walled carbon nanotubes. The Ni-Fe3 O4 /MWCNTs demonstrated remarkable catalytic activity for Suzuki cross coupling reactions of functionalized aryl halides and phenylboronic acids with excellent turnover number and turnover frequency (e.g., 76,000 h?1 ) using Monowave 50 conventional heating reactor at 120? C within a very short reaction time of 15 min. The catalyst is air-stable and exhibits easy removal from the reaction mixture due to its magnetic properties, recyclability with no loss of activity, and significantly better performance than the other well-known commercial nickel catalyst. The Ni-Fe3 O4 /MWCNTs nanoparticles were fully charac-terized by a variety of spectroscopic techniques including X-ray Diffraction (XRD), Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM) and X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy (XPS). Since nickel offers similar properties to other more expensive transition metals including the most widely used palladium counterpart in cross coupling catalysis, this work demonstrates a promising lower-cost, air-moisture stable and efficient alternative catalyst based on nickel nanoparticles for cross coupling reactions.

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