A new modified SBA-15 meso-material with NH2-coordinately immobilized “iron-oxine” was fabricated by stepwise covalent grafting of -NH2 and then NH2-coordinate immobilization of tris(8-quinolinolato)iron onto the channels of SBA-15. The structural… Click to show full abstract
A new modified SBA-15 meso-material with NH2-coordinately immobilized “iron-oxine” was fabricated by stepwise covalent grafting of -NH2 and then NH2-coordinate immobilization of tris(8-quinolinolato)iron onto the channels of SBA-15. The structural properties and chemical nature of SBA-15/NH2-FeQ3 were characterized by FTIR, scanning electron microscopy (SEM), SEM-EDX/mapping, transmission electron microscopy (TEM), low angle X-ray diffraction (L-XRD), thermal gravimetric analysis (TGA), N2-adsorption–desorption isotherms (BET) and atomic absorption spectroscopy (AAS). A Fenton-like green and eco-friendly procedure for the catalytic oxidation of aromatic organic sulfides to sulfones using H2O2 was investigated for the synthesised Fe/SBA-15 catalyst. This porous catalyst was found to be reusable for ten runs without appreciable change in the activity, or the composition of the catalyst.
               
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