The graphene oxide–imidazolium
ionic liquid–CO2H–Cu (GO-IL-CO2H-Cu) catalyst has been successfully
synthesized in the present research, and its catalytic activity was
studied in a direct oxidative condensation reaction. Also graphene
oxide–imidazolium ionic liquid–Cu (GO-IL-Cu), MCM-41–imidazolium
ionic liquid–Cu (MCM-41-IL-Cu), MCM-41–imidazolium ionic
liquid–CO2H–Cu (MCM-41-IL-CO2H-Cu),
chitosan–imidazolium ionic liquid–CO2H–Cu
(Chit-IL-CO2H-Cu), and graphitic carbon nitride–imidazolium
ionic liquid–CO2H–Cu (g-C3N4-IL-CO2H-Cu) solid substrates were synthesized
and used in the oxidative condensation reaction. Obtained results
indicated that GO-IL-CO2H-Cu has higher catalytic activity
than the other substrates and could be used more than five times without
noticeable loss of its catalytic activity. The chemical structure
and morphology of synthesized GO-IL-CO2H-Cu were characterized
by Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) spectroscopy, Raman spectroscopy,
X-ray diffraction (XRD), energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDX),
scanning electron microscopy (SEM), transmission electron microscopy
(TEM), and thermogravimetric analysis (TGA).