Polyaniline-Supported Zinc Oxide (ZnO) Nanoparticles: An Active and Stable Heterogeneous Catalyst for the Friedel–Crafts Acylation Reaction

SJT Rezaei, MR Nabid, SZ Hosseini…

Index: Rezaei, Seyed Jamal Tabatabaei; Nabid, Mohammad Reza; Hosseini, Seyedeh Zahra; Abedi, Mahvash Synthetic Communications, 2012 , vol. 42, # 10 p. 1432 - 1444

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Abstract

We report herein the synthesis of zinc oxide (ZnO) nanoparticles incorporating a polyaniline (PANI) matrix in aqueous medium and its catalytic performance toward Friedel–Crafts acylation reactions. The acylation reactions demonstrate that polyaniline/nano-ZnO composites are very active catalysts and are able to activate the reactant at ambient temperature. The obtained nanocatalyst was characterized by Fourier transform–infrared, scanning electron microscopy, ...