Scientia Iranica

Scientia Iranica

BF3/nano-sawdust as a green, biodegradable and inexpensive catalyst for one-pot synthesis of tri-substituted imidazoles under solvent free conditions

Authors
Bi Bi Fatemeh Mirjalili 1
A. Bamoniri 2
R. Zare Reshquiyea 1
1 Department of Chemistry, College of Science, Yazd University, Yazd, P.O. Box 89195-741, Iran
2 Department of Chemistry, College of Science, University of Kashan, Kashan, Iran.
10.24200/sci.2016.3881
Abstract
BF3/nano-sawdust as a green, inexpensive, natural, biodegradable and readily available biopolymer solid acid catalyst was synthesized and characterized. This catalystwas used successfully for the synthesis of various tri-substituted imidazoles in high yields under solvent free conditions.
Keywords
Sawdust
BF3/nano-sawdust
Tri-substituted imidazoles
Solid acid
Biodegradable catalyst
Scientia Iranica
Volume 23, Issue 3 - Serial Number 3
Transactions on Chemistry and Chemical Engineering (C)
June 2016
Pages 1111-1115

  • Receive Date 23 February 2015
  • Accept Date 27 July 2017