Immobilization of Gd(III) complex on Fe3O4: A novel and recyclable catalyst for synthesis of tetrazole and S–S coupling

Abstract

In the present work, a novel catalysts prepared by the anchoring of Gd(III) complex with OH groups on the surface of Fe3O4 in which characterized by FT-IR, TGA, XRD, EDX, VSM, and ICP-OES techniques and tested in the synthesis of tetrazoles and S–S coupling. This designed methods indicated several advantages including easily recovered from the reaction mixture by magnetic field, several consecutive cycles without noticeable change in its catalytic activity, the use of green solvent, the use of aspartic acid as green ligand, chemical and physical stability of obtained catalyst, short time reaction and good to excellent isolated yields of all product. Also, up to date, Gd(III) complex don’t used for the synthesis of tetrazoles and S–S coupling.