Synthesis and characterization of Fe3O4@Sal@Cu as a novel, efficient and heterogeneous catalyst and its application in the synthesis of 2-amino-4H-chromenes.

This research paper presents the synthesis and characterization of the magnetic nanoparticle, Fe3O4@Sal@Cu, [Fe3O4@Si-CH2-CH2-CH2-NH-NH-CO-N=CH-(2-HO-C6H4-)@Cu] as a green and retrievable catalyst. This catalyst was characterized by FTIR, XRD, EDX and TGA analyses. In addition, the catalytic activity of this new catalyst was investigated for the synthesis of 2-amino 4H-chromenes by producing good-to-excellent yields under mild reaction conditions. The other advantages of the developed nanocatalyst are its ecofriendliness, being easy to handle, high reusability and being magnetically separable. The synthesis of some new derivatives of 2-amino-4H-chromenes in the presence of this nanocatalyst is also reported.