Ionic liquid attached to colloidal silica nanoparticles: as high performance catalyst for the preparation of dihydrofurans under microwave irradiation

Abstract

The preparation of trans-dihydrofurans has been achieved by a one-pot condensation reaction of 4-bromophenacyl bromide, aromatic aldehydes and 5,5-dimethyl-1,3-cyclohexanedione using bis (1(3-trimethoxysilylpropyl)-3-methyl-imidazolium) copper tetrachloride tethered to colloidal silica nanoparticles under microwave irradiation. Ionic liquid tethered to colloidal silica nanoparticles have been characterized by H NMR spectroscopy, scanning electron microscope, energy dispersive spectroscopy, thermogravimetric analysis and dynamic light scattering.