Affiliations: [a] Department of Chemistry, Ahvaz Branch, Islamic Azad University, Ahvaz, Iran
| [b] Department of Chemistry, Khuzestan Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Ahvaz, Iran
| [c] Department of Resin and Additives, Institute for Color Science and Technology, Tehran, Iran
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Corresponding author: Behzad Shirkavand Hadavand, Institute for Color Science and Technology, Tehran, Iran. Tel.: +98 21 22976814; Fax: +98 21 22947537; E-mail: shirkavand@icrc.ac.ir.
Abstract: Nowadays, different structures of organic macrocyclic compounds are considered because of their attractive applications. One of the main problems in the synthesis of these materials is their long reaction time but low reaction yield. The use of catalysts can be effective in solving this problem. Among the catalysts, nano-copper chromite can be a good choice due to its good performance in the synthesis of organic compounds. In addition, the Response Surface Methodology was used to investigate the effective parameters in the synthesis more precisely. Based on the previous results of the synthesis and experiments, the catalyst content from 0% to 5% to raw material and reaction time between 24 and 96 h was chosen for the design of the experiment. After determining the reaction yield results, a suitable model was selected and its accuracy was evaluated. Results showed for yields above 95% with minimum catalyst (2.29%) the reaction time of 88 h and for minimum time (65 h), 3.85% of the catalyst is required. This yield with copper chromite nanocatalysts approximately compared to conventional methods for the synthesis of calix[4]resorcinarene was doubled.
