Hao DONG, Hongyuan YANG, Tengfei ZHANG, Qing LIU

Amino-functionalized mesostructured cellular foam silica: a highly efficient and recyclable catalyst in the Knoevenagel condensation reaction

Mesostructured cellular foam silica was functionalized by an amino group (MCF-NH2) using the postsynthesisgrafting method and utilized as a recyclable catalyst for the Knoevenagel reaction to afford α, β -unsaturated compounds. The catalyst was systematically characterized by various analyses such as nitrogen adsorption, X-ray diffraction, Fourier transform infrared spectrophotometry, scanning electron microscopy, transmission electron microscopy, thermogravimetric analysis, and Hammett indicator method. The results showed that MCF-NH2 catalyst was successfully prepared with a high surface area of 215 m2g−1 and a large pore volume of 1.37 cm3 g −1 . Compared with the nonfunctionalizedMCF sample, the window and cell sizes of MCF-NH2 decreased after amino group modification, whose NH2 -loading density was 1.56 mmol g −1 . The optimal condition was investigated and the highest catalytic activity was obtained in the presence of 0.1 g of MCF-NH2 catalyst under ultrasound irradiation at room temperature in the mixed solvent of ethanol and water with a volume ratio of 3:1. Various aromatic aldehydes and active methylene compounds were converted to their desired products with excellent yields within a short time. Moreover, MCF-NH2 catalyst showed high recyclability, being used four times without any significant decrease in activity.

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