Efficient and selective oxidation of alcohols in water employing palladium supported nanomagnetic Fe3O4@hyperbranched polyethylenimine (Fe3O4@HPEI.Pd) as a new organic–inorganic hybrid nanocatalyst

Abstract

Palladium immobilized magnetic nanoFe3O4@hyperbranched polyethylenimine (Fe3O4@HPEI.Pd) was prepared according to a simple and cost effective pathway and it was employed as a new efficient and selective organic–inorganic hybrid nanocatalyst for the aqueous oxidation of primary and secondary alcohols to their corresponding products in good yields applying oxone (potassium hydrogen monopersulfate) and H2O2 as an oxidant at room temperature. Moreover, the catalytic system was reused at least 13 times without significant loss of activity. The complete characterization of this efficient nanocatalyst was investigated by FTIR, UV–Vis, TEM, SEM, XRD, TGA, VSM, ICP and EDX techniques.