In this study, oxalic acid has been successfully loaded on Fe3O4/PEG-400
under ultrasonic irradiation and Fe3O4/PEG/oxalic acid as a new nanomagnetic
catalyst has been synthesized. The chemical structure of the catalyst has
been investigated by FT-IR spectrum, XRD, EDX and SEM methods. The catalyst
has been used for the synthesis of 3-acyl-5-hydroxy-3-pyrrolin-2-one
derivatives from the corresponding aldehydes, anilines and dimethyl
acetylenedicarboxylate (DMAD) by one-pot and three-component the MCR
reaction in the excellent yields (90-95 %) of products within 24 hours at
room temperature. The fourteen samples are available. The recovered catalyst
could be satisfactorily used for the second and third run without
regeneration. This method has green and eco-friendly profile. Also, this
research introduces an improvement mechanism for the types of this reaction.
The chemical structures of new compounds have been characterized by FT-IR,
1H-NMR, 13C-NMR, and Mass spectra.