Pd‐Pt/modified GO as an efficient and selective heterogeneous catalyst for the reduction of nitroaromatic compounds to amino aromatic compounds by the hydrogen source

Abstract

In this work, different nitroaromatic compounds were successfully reduced to their corresponding aromatic amines with excellent conversion and selectivity in methanol at 50 °C by using Pd‐Pt nanoparticles immobilized on the modified grapheme oxide (m‐GO) and hydrogen as the reducing source. The catalytic efficiency of Pd and Pd‐Pt loading on the modified GO was investigated for the reduction of various nitroaromatic compounds, and the Pd‐Pt/m‐GO system demonstrated the highest conversion and selectivity. The catalyst was characterized by different techniques including FT‐IR, Raman, UV–Vis, XRD, BET, XPS, FESEM, EDS, and TEM. The metal nanoparticles with the size of less than 10 nm were uniformly distributed on the m‐GO. The catalyst could be reused at least five times without losing activity, showing the stability of the catalyst structure. Finally, the efficiency of the prepared catalyst was compared with Pd‐Pt/AC, and Pd‐Pt/GO catalysts.