Iranian Researchers Produce Novel Green Catalysts

Golnaz Rahimzadeh, Ph.D. in chemistry organic chemistry at the University of Tehran, said, “In recent years, due to environmental and economic reasons, the use of heterogeneous and renewable catalysts has become very important in the synthesis of chemical compounds. However, since most of the catalysts that are used as industrial and laboratory catalysts are corrosive and expensive, their use faces problems and restrictions.”

“Because of that, the design and construction of heterogeneous nanocatalysts based on metal nanoparticles, which are a good substitute for most of the old catalysts, was placed on our research agenda,” she said, adding, “Solid catalysts on the nanoscale of this research have been produced with the least waste, and definitely, they have good selectivity,” a report by the Iran Nanotechnology Innovation Council (INIC) website said.

Rahimzadeh went on to say that the new compounds can be recycled and reused even on a large and industrial scale in the reaction mixture phase, adding, “Therefore, these catalysts can be a suitable alternative to the common dangerous acid catalysts.”

“Currently, most of the polymers employed are industrial and expensive compounds. For that, the use of biocompatible compounds is classified in green and environmentally friendly chemistry category while they also meet the goals of heterogeneous catalysts.”

“Carrying out this research resulted in the preparation of some medicinal heterocycle compounds with a new method and high efficiency. Nevertheles, the prepared samples can go under biological tests and their effects can also be checked.”

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