Highly ordered mesoporous carbon nitride nanoparticles with high nitrogen content: A metal-free basic catalyst

Xin Jin, Veerappan V. Balasubramanian, Sakthivel T. Selvan, Dhanashri P. Sawant, Murugulla A. Chari, G. Q. Lu, Ajayan Vinu

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Abstract

Nitrogen-rich carbon nitride is obtained as ultrasmall, discrete, mesoporous nanoparticles (see picture) by reaction of ethylenediamine with CCl4 in the nanochannels of a mesoporous silica template. Its high nitrogen content, large surface area, and large pore volume make it a highly active catalyst for transesterification of β-keto esters of aryl, aliphatic, and cyclic primary alcohols.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)7884-7887
Number of pages4
JournalAngewandte Chemie - International Edition
Volume48
Issue number42
DOIs
StatePublished - Oct 5 2009

Keywords

  • Carbon nitride heterogeneous catalysis mesoporous materials
  • Nanoparticles
  • Template synthesis

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