A novel thiocarbamide functionalized graphene oxide supported bimetallic monodisperse Rh-Pt nanoparticles (RhPt/TC@GO NPs) for Knoevenagel condensation of aryl aldehydes together with malononitrile was written by Sen, Betul;Akdere, Esma Hazal;Savk, Aysun;Gultekin, Emine;Parali, Ozge;Goksu, Haydar;Sen, Fatih. And the article was included in Applied Catalysis, B: Environmental in 2018.Reference of 55490-87-4 This article mentions the following:
It is shown in this study that the graphene oxide can be mainly functionalized with a single species of sulfur and can be reduced to form a graphene which is functionalized with monothiol at the same time. By the help of thiocarbamide-functionalized graphene oxide (TC@GO) the monodisperse rhodium/platinum nanoparticles (RhPt/TC@GO NPs) have been synthesized as promising catalysts for the Knoevenagel condensation to benzylidenemalononitrile derivatives of aryl aldehydes. The monodisperse RhPt/TC@GO NPs have been prepared via a facile method. The novel thiocarbamide-functionalized graphene oxide (TC@GO) supported rhodium/platinum nanoparticles (RhPt/TC@GO NPs) are identified by characterization techniques such as the Raman spectroscopy, high resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), X-ray diffraction (XRD) and XPS. The spectroscopic and morphol. studies of the monodisperse RhPt/TNM@GO NPs indicate the highly crystalline form, well dispersity, ultrafine structure and colloidally stable NPs. After fully characterization of prepared nanoparticles, the novel nanocatalysts have been tried for the Knoevenagel condensation to benzylidenemalononitrile derivatives of aryl aldehydes and show excellent catalytic activity and a yield over 99% by the reaction at room temperature within 8-35 min in the presence of malononitrile and derivatives of aldehyde. As a result, the prepared nanocomposites exhibit very good heterogeneous catalyst properties for Knoevenagel condensation reactions. In the experiment, the researchers used many compounds, for example, 2-(Anthracen-9-ylmethylene)malononitrile (cas: 55490-87-4Reference of 55490-87-4).
2-(Anthracen-9-ylmethylene)malononitrile (cas: 55490-87-4) belongs to nitriles. Trimerization of aromatic nitriles requires harsh reaction conditions, high temperatures, long reaction times, and pressure. Nitrile groups in organic compounds can undergo a variety of reactions depending on the reactants or conditions. A nitrile group can be hydrolyzed, reduced, or ejected from a molecule as a cyanide ion.Reference of 55490-87-4
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