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100
80
60
40
20
0
by 1H NMR and 13C NMR spectroscopy. The recovered catalyst was
used for the next cycle without any further purification.
3. Results and discussion
3.1. Catalyst characterization
The XRD patterns of the fresh and used Pd/MgLa mixed
oxide catalysts (Fig. 1) results revealed that the presence of
both La2O2(CO3) and PdO phases. Diffraction lines appeared at
2ꢀ = 29.55◦, 22.84◦, 13.1◦, 30.82◦, [ICDD # 23-0435] and their corre-
sponding ‘d’ values 0.302, 0.389, 0.675 and 0.289 nm is attributed
to the lanthanum oxide carbonate phase. The diffraction peaks
observed at 2ꢀ = 31.70◦, 45.54◦, 27.33◦ [ICDD # 46-1211] and the
‘d’ values of 0.282, 0.199, 0.326 nm is indicative of PdO phase.
The XPS analysis of the fresh and used (after 4th cycle)
Pd(II)/MgLa mixed oxide catalyst is presented in Fig. 2. The PdO
species are present on the surface which was confirmed by XPS
signal appeared at binding energies 336.41 eV and 341.87 eV of Pd
3d5/2 and Pd 3d3/2 respectively over fresh catalyst and 336.87 eV
and 342.75 eV of 3d5/2 and 3d3/2 over used catalyst.
Cycle 1
Cycle 2
Cycle 3
Cycle 4
Fig. 4. Recyclability of catalyst.
The 1H NMR and C NMR spectra were recorded on 200, 300 and
500 MHz spectrometer. Chemical shifts (ı) are reported in ppm,
using TMS as an internal standard. XPS spectra were recorded on
a KRATOS AXIS 165 equipped with Mg K␣ radiation (1253.6 eV)
at 75 W apparatus using Mg K␣ anode and a hemi spherical ana-
lyzer. The C 1s line at 284.6 eV was used as an internal standard
for the correction of binding energies. The X-ray diffraction (XRD)
patterns of the fresh and used samples were obtained on a Rigaku
Miniflex X-ray diffractometer using Ni filtered Cu K␣ radiation
The transmission electron microscopic (TEM) pictures of the
fresh and used (after 4th cycle) Pd/Mg–La mixed oxide catalysts
Table 3
Substrate scope of oxidative acylation of different 2-phenylpyridine derivatives with
benzyl alcohol.
(ꢀ = 0.15406 nm) from 2ꢀ = 10 to 80◦, at a scan rate of 2◦ min−1
,
with the beam voltage and beam current of 30 kV and 15 mA
respectively.
Pd(II)/Mg–La catalyst was prepared following
a
modified
.
procedure of the previous work reported by Figueras et al.
[50] Mg–La mixed oxide was obtained by co-precipitation of
Magnesium nitrate (Mg(NO3)2·6H2O) and Lanthanum nitrate
(La(NO3)3·6H2O). A solution containing 0.386 mol magnesium
nitrate (Mg(NO3)2·6H2O) and 0.129 mol lanthanum nitrate
(La(NO3)3·6H2O) dissolved in 0.5 L water for an atomic ratio
Mg/La = 3, was precipitated by using mixture of KOH (1 mol)
and K2CO3 (0.26 mol) in 0.52 L of distilled water maintained at a
constant pH 10. The solid was filtered, washed with distilled water,
dried at 373 K and calcined at 923 K for 5 h. The Mg–La mixed
oxide (1.5 g) was suspended in 150 mL of aqueous palladium (II)
nitrate hydrate (Pd (NO3)2·xH2O) [0.345 g, 1.5 mmol] solution
and stirred at 25 ◦C for 12 h under a nitrogen atmosphere. The
solid was filtered, washed with distilled water, dried at 373 K
and calcined at 923 K for 5 h. The BET-surface area of the calcined
Pd/Mg–La sample is found to be 47.5 m2 g−1 and the pore volume
Entry
1
2-Arylpyridine
Product
Yield (%)
82
O
O
N
N
O
Ph
N
2
80
N
O
Ph
F
F
N
3
4
5
6
70
80
77
60
N
O
Ph
Cl
Br
Cl
N
O
is 0.123 cc g−1
.
N
Ph
Ph
2.3. General procedure for the oxidative sp2
with alcohols
C H bond acylation
Br
N
O
N
In a typical reaction, a 10 mL oven-dried reaction vessel was
charged with Pd/MgLa mixed oxide (30 mg), 2-phenylpyridine
(29 mg, 0.2 mmol), benzyl alcohol (108 mg, 1 mmol), tert-butyl
hydroperoxide (70% solution in water, ∼129 mg, 1 mmol) and
chlorobenzene (0.5 mL) were added. The resulting solution was
stirred at 120 ◦C for 8 h in open air. The reaction was monitored by
thin-layer chromatography (TLC). After cooling to room tempera-
ture, catalyst was separated by simple centrifugation. The filtrate
was concentrated under reduced pressure and the residue was
purified by column chromatography using silica gel and a mixture
of hexane/ethyl acetate as eluents. All the products were confirmed
F3C
N
F3C
O
N
Ph
N
7
75
O
N
Ph
aReaction conditions: 0.2 mmol 2-phenylpyridine, 1 mmol benzyl alcohol, 30 mg
catalyst, 1 mmol TBHP (70% in water), chlorobenzene (0.5 mL) 120 ◦C, 8 h.