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Experimental
The natural clinoptilolite (CP) purchased from Afrand
Touska Company. All analytical grade reagents were pre-
pared from Fluka or Sigma-Aldrich. A silica gel (60 mesh)
was used for product purification. The morphology of KF/
CP NPs was studied using a Philips XL30 scanning electron
microscope (SEM). In order to study the crystallinity of KF/
CP NPs, XRD patterns of the micron sized parent sample
were recorded by X-ray diffraction (XRD) analysis at room
temperature using a Holland Philips Xpert X-ray powder
diffractometer, with CuKa radiation (k ¼ 0.15406 nm).
Preparation of KF/CP NPs
Nano-sized natural clinoptilolite zeolite was generated by
grinding in a planetary ball mill using a zirconia vial set in
dry conditions with a time period of about 20 min. KF/CP
NPs was easily prepared by commercially available starting
materials according to previously reported method[37] by
dissolving KF (1.0 g) in distilled water (10 mL) and nano cli-
noptilolite (9.0 g). The mixture was stirred for 1.0 h and
then water was removed in a rotary evaporator under
reduced pressure at 60–70 ꢀC. The impregnated nano clinop-
tilolite was further dried at 70–80 ꢀC in a vacuum drying
oven for 30 h. The material was powdered with the help of
pestle and mortar. The size of prepared KF/CP NPs was
reported to be 41 nm by X-ray diffraction analysis.
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To a mixture of alcohols or phenol (1.0 mmol) and HMDS
(1.0 mmol) in CH2Cl2 (5 mL), catalyst KF/CP NPs (0.12 g,
20 mol%) was added. The mixture was stirred at room tem-
perature for the specified time (Table 1). The progress of
the reaction was monitored by GC or TLC. The reaction
mixture was filtered and washed with hexane to recover the
catalyst. The resulting solution was placed in a separating
funnel and washed with water and hexane. The organic layer
was dried with sodium bicarbonate, filtered, and concen-
trated in vacuo. The product was purified by column chro-
matography on silica gel eluting with ethylacetate-
hexane mixtures.
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Protection
of
Alcohols
and
Phenols
by
Using
Hexamethyldisilazane in the Presence of Cupric Sulfate
Pentahydrate under Neutral Reaction Conditions. Synthesis
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S.; Mirkhani, V.; Khosropour, A. R.; Taghavi, S. A. Electron-
Deficient Vanadium (IV) Tetraphenylporphyrin: A New, Highly
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of
Alcohols
and
Phenols
with
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The authors acknowledge the Islamic Azad University of Qaemshahr
Research Councils for support of this work.
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