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Tavan Kikhavani

Academic rank: Assistant Professor
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Education: PhD.
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Faculty: Engineering
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Research

Title
A new samarium complex of 1,3‑bis(pyridin‑3‑ylmethyl) thiourea on boehmite nanoparticles as a practical and recyclable nanocatalyst for the selective synthesis of tetrazoles
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JournalPaper
Keywords
samarium; boehmite nanoparticles; recyclable nanocatalyst ;tetrazoles
Year
2023
Journal scientific reports
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Researchers Parisa Moradi ، Tavan Kikhavani ، Younes Abbasi

Abstract

Boehmite is a natural and environmentally friendly compound. Herein boehmite nanoparticles were primarily synthesized and, then, their surface were modifed via 3-choloropropyltrimtoxysilane (CPTMS). Afterwards, a new samarium complex was stabilized on the surface of the modifed boehmite nanoparticles (Sm-bis(PYT)@boehmite). The obtained nanoparticles were characterized using thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDS), Brunauer– Emmett–Teller (BET), wavelength dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (WDX), scanning electron microscope (SEM), Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR), Inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS), dynamic light scattering (DLS), and X-ray difraction (XRD) pattern. Sm-bis(PYT)@boehmite was used as an environmentally friendly, efcient, and organic–inorganic hybrid nanocatalyst in the homoselective synthesis of tetrazoles in polyethylene glycol 400 (PEG-400) as a green solvent. Notably, Sm-bis(PYT)@boehmite is stable and has a heterogeneous nature. Thus, it can be reused for several runs without any re-activation.