Silver Nanoparticles Supported on Mesoporous Triazine Carbon Material: A Versatile Catalyst for Reduction of Nitroaromatic Compounds

Abstract

AbstractIn this study, a new precursor was synthesized form the reaction of melamine and chloroacetonitrile. By using this pre‐material, the new mesoporous triazine based‐carbon material was prepared during ionothermal process with the help of ZnCl2, and used as the excellent support for silver nano‐particles. The new nano‐catalyst was named Ag/mCTF(mesoporous Carbon Triazine Framework), and fully characterized by various analytical methods including Fourier transformed infrared spectroscopy (FT‐IR), field emission scanning electron microscopy (FE‐SEM), energy‐dispersive X‐ray spectroscopy (EDX), X‐ray diffraction (XRD) and thermogravimetric analysis (TGA). The catalyst ability of Ag/mCTF was survived in the reduction reaction of nitroaromatic compounds. The results show that this new catalyst produced anilines in good yields in benign condition. The other merit of this heterogeneous catalyst was high recyclability without significant decrease in its performance.