One-pot thioetherification of aryl halides with thiourea and benzyl bromide in water catalyzed by Cu-grafted furfural imine-functionalized mesoporous SBA-15
Cu-Grafted Functionalized Mesoporous SBA-15: A Novel Heterogeneous Catalyst for Facile One-Pot Three-Component C–S Cross-Coupling Reaction of Aryl Halides in Water
A highly ordered 2D hexagonal Cu-grafted functionalized mesoporous SBA-15 (Cu-PIF-SBA-15) has been designed through postsynthetic modification of mesoporous SBA-15. Surface functionalization technique has been employed to synthesize -NH2 fiinctionalized mesoporous SBA-15 material. Schiff base condensation of this -NH2 functionalized SBA-15 with phloroglucinol dialdehyde leads to the formation of PIF-SBA-15. Reaction of PIF-SBA-15 with Cu(OAc)(2)center dot H2O in ethanol under reflux leads to the formation of Cu-PIF-SBA-15 catalyst. This Cu-PIF-SBA-15 catalyst exhibits excellent catalytic activity in a one-pot three-component C-S coupling reaction for a diverse range of aryl halides (bromide and chloride) with thiourea and benzyl bromide in aqueous medium to offer aryl alkyl thioether in very good yields. Due to the strong binding ability of the imine-N and phenolic-OH functional groups present in the phloroglucinol diimine moiety of the framework, the anchored Cu(II) could not leach out from the surface of the mesoporous catalyst during the course of reaction, and it has been observed that six repetitive reaction cycles could not cause any appreciable loss in the catalytic activity of this material.