An
ecofriendly inorganic–organic
hybrid and novel Schiff
base complex of copper coated on epoxy-modified Fe3O4@SiO2 MNPs was successfully designed and prepared
from readily available chemicals. In this method, a Schiff base complex
as a linker is utilized to protect copper nanoparticles to the core–shell
Fe3O4 exterior without agglomeration. The resulted
Schiff base complex of copper coated on epoxy-modified Fe3O4@SiO2 MNPs was characterized and confirmed
via different analyses such as FT-IR, TGA, XRD, VSM, FE-SEM, TEM,
ICP, EDX, and BET. The novel catalyst was examined for the synthesis
of various chromene-annulated heterocycles through the one-pot three
component reaction of aromatic aldehydes, various phenols (2-hydroxynaphthalene-1,4-dione/resorcinol/β-naphthol),
and malononitrile in ethanol at reflux conditions. This method includes
important aspects like no usage of column chromatography, very short
reaction times, simplicity of product isolation using ethanol, excellent
yields, simple procedures, and magnetic recoverability of the catalyst.
All in all, our method makes a novel and significant advancement in
the synthesis of various chromene-annulated heterocycles.