ZnO Nanorods as an Efficient and Heterogeneous Catalyst for N-Boc Protection of Amines and Amine Derivatives

Title: ZnO Nanorods as an Efficient and Heterogeneous Catalyst for N-Boc Protection of Amines and Amine Derivatives

Volume: 8 Issue: 1

Author(s): Azita Nouri, Jafar Akbari, Akbar Heydari and Arezu Nouri

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Keywords: ZnO, nano, heterogeneous catalyst, protection, ditertbutyldicarbonate

Abstract: An efficient ZnO nano catalyst, which was readily prepared from Zn(CH3CO2)2, 2H2O and PVP by a chemical solution approach has successfully catalyzed N-tertbutoxy carbonylation of amines. The ZnO nanorods were successful and gave promising results for highly active and chemoselective as well as easily recyclable catalyst for the NBoc protection reaction of a wide variety of amines. The catalyst could be easily recycled for five times without noticeable decrease in catalytic activity. The ZnO nanocatalyst was characterized with XRD and SEM.

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Nouri Azita, Akbari Jafar, Heydari Akbar and Nouri Arezu, ZnO Nanorods as an Efficient and Heterogeneous Catalyst for N-Boc Protection of Amines and Amine Derivatives, Letters in Organic Chemistry 2011; 8 (1) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/157017811794557859