%0 Journal Article %T ZnAl2O4@SiO2nanocompositecatalystfortheacetylationofalcohols,phenolsandamineswithaceticanhydrideundersolvent-freeconditions %A Saeed Farhadi %A Kosar Jahanara %J ´ß»¯Ñ§±¨ %P 368-375 %D 2014 %R 10.1016/S1872-2067(12)60758-X %X £¿AZnAl2O4@SiO2nanocompositewaspreparedfrommetalnitratesandtetraethylorthosilicatebythesol-gelprocess,andcharacterizedbyX-raydiffraction,Fouriertransforminfrared,transmissionelectronmicroscopy,andN2adsorption-desorptionmeasurements.Thenanocompositewastestedasaheterogeneouscatalystfortheacetylationofalcohols,phenols,andaminesundersolvent-freeconditions.Underoptimizedconditions,efficientacetylationofthesesubstrateswithaceticanhydrideovertheZnAl2O4@SiO2nanocompositewasobtained.Acetylationofanilinesandprimaryaliphaticaminesproceededrapidlyatroomtemperature,whilethereactiontimewaslongerfortheacetylationofalcoholsandphenols,showingthatanamineNH2groupcanbeselectivelyacetylatedinthepresenceofalcoholicorphenolicOHgroups.Thecatalystcanbereusedwithoutobviouslossofcatalyticactivity.ThecatalyticactivityoftheZnAl2O4@SiO2nanocompositewashigherthanthatofpureZnAl2O4.Themethodgiveshighyields,andisclean,costeffective,compatiblewithsubstrateshavingotherfunctionalgroupsanditissuitableforpracticalorganicsynthesis. %K Spinel-typeoxide %K Zincaluminate %K Silica %K Sol-gelprocess %K Nanocomposite %K Heterogeneouscatalyst %K Acetylation %K Solvent-freecondition %U http://www.chxb.cn/CN/abstract/abstract21239.shtml