Affiliations: Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Basic Sciences, Inorganic Chemistry-Nanochemistry, Shahr-e-Rey branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran | Department of Chemistry, Payame Noor University, Tehran, Iran
Note: [] Corresponding author: M. Kamel Attar Kar, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Basic Sciences, Inorganic Chemistry-Nanochemistry, Shahr-e-Rey branch, Islamic Azad University, P.O. Box.:18155-144, Tehran, Iran. Tel.:+98 2155229321; E-mail: mahnaz_kamel_a_k@yahoo.com
Abstract: The aim of this work is the synthesis of Ni-doped MgFe2O4 ferrite as a robust, safe and magnetically recoverable catalyst by sol-gel auto-combustion method to catalyze oxidation of benzyl alcohol. The catalyst was characterized by XRD, SEM, FT-IR and VSM. An environmentally benign oxidation of benzyl alcohol to benzaldehyde with hydrogen peroxide as oxidant and Ni-doped MgFe2O4 as catalysts was treated under solvent-free condition in microwave condition. Ni-doped MgFe2O4 showed convenient catalytic activity. The resulting product was characterized by FT-IR and 1H-NMR. This catalyst can be recovered and reused.
