Nickel ferrite nanoparticles doped on hollow carbon microspheres as a novel reusable catalyst for synthesis of N-substituted pyrrole derivatives

• Published in: Scientific reports 2023-07, Vol.13 (1), p.10840-10840, Article 10840
• Main Authors: Mousavi, Setareh, Naeimi, Hossein, Ghasemi, Amir Hossein, Kermanizadeh, Shadan
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: 631/45; 631/92; 639/638; Amines; Biodegradation; Carbon; Catalysts; Chemistry; Efficiency; Ethanol; Green chemistry; Humanities and Social Sciences; Melting point; Microspheres; multidisciplinary; Nanoparticles; Nickel; Nitrogen; NMR; Nuclear magnetic resonance; Pharmacology; Pyrroles; Raw materials; Science; Science (multidisciplinary); Solvents
• ISSN: 2045-2322; 2045-2322
• DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-37817-3

Pyrroles are widely spread worldwide because of their critical applications, especially pharmacology. An expedition method for one-pot synthesis of N -substituted pyrrole derivatives has been presented by a reaction between 2,5-dimethoxytetrahydrofuran and various primary aromatic amines in the presence of NiFe 2 O 4 anchored to modified carbon hollow microspheres (NiFe 2 O 4 @MCHMs) as a recoverable reactive catalyst. The Classon-Kass method has been used to synthesize the pyrroles in excellent yields and short reaction times in the same direction with green chemistry rules. This reaction was carried out by employing NiFe 2 O 4 @MCHMs as a catalyst to make a simple procedure with short activation energy in water as an accessible, non-toxic, and biodegradable solvent. This catalyst provides a promising pathway to synthesize N -substituted pyrroles several times in a row through the recyclability without remarkable loss of its catalytic activity. The NiFe 2 O 4 @MCHMs nanocatalyst was characterized by applying FT-IR, XRD, FE-SEM, TEM, EDS, BET, TGA, VSM, and elemental mapping techniques. Also, the synthesized N -substituted pyrrole derivatives were identified using melting point, FT-IR, and 1 H NMR analyses.