Fe-polyaniline composite nanofiber catalyst for chemoselective hydrolysis of oxime

Sanjit Kumar Mahato, Madhumita Bhaumik, Arun Maji, Abhijit Dutta, Debabrata Maiti, Arjun Maity

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Abstract

A facile chemoselective one-pot strategy for the deprotection of oxime has been developed using Fe0-polyaniline composite nanofiber (Fe0-PANI), as a catalyst. Nano material based Fe0-PANI catalyst has been synthesized via in-situ polymerization of ANI monomer and followed by reductive deposition of Fe0 onto PANI matrix. The catalyst was characterized by FE-SEM, HR-TEM, BET, XRD, ATR-FTIR, XPS and VSM techniques. The scope of the transformation was studied for aryl, alkyl and heteroarylketoxime with excellent chemoselectivity (>99%). Mechanistic investigations suggested the involvement of a cationic intermediate with Fe3+ active catalytic species. Substituent effect showed a linear free energy relationship. The activation energy (Ea) was calculated to be 17.46 kJ mol−1 for acetophenone oxime to acetophenone conversion. The recyclability of the catalyst demonstrated up to 10 cycles without any significant loss of efficiency. Based on the preliminary experiments a plausible mechanism has been proposed involving a carbocationic intermediate.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)592-601
Number of pages10
JournalJournal of Colloid and Interface Science
Volume513
DOIs
StatePublished - Mar 1 2018

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Funding

S.K.M. thanks the University of South Africa (UNISA) for Post-Doctoral Fellowship Award. D.M. thanks DST-India (SR/NM/NS-1065/2015) for financial support. Fellowship received from CSIR-India (A. M) is gratefully acknowledged. Thanks to DST/CSIR National Centre for Nano Structured Material and Prof. Gerda Fouche of CSIR-Bioscience Pretoria, South Africa for providing the infrastructure. Nanostructured materials characterization unit is also acknowledged for materials characterization.

FundersFunder number
CSIR - Central Food Technological Research Institute India
DST-IndiaSR/NM/NS-1065/2015
University of South Africa

    Keywords

    • Chemoselective
    • Composite
    • Hydrolysis
    • Nanofiber
    • Oxime
    • Polyaniline

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
    • Biomaterials
    • Surfaces, Coatings and Films
    • Colloid and Surface Chemistry

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