Microwave-Assisted Synthesis of Nano-Sized Cadmium Oxide As a New and Highly Efficient Catalyst for Solvent Free Acylation of Amines and Alcohols

Abstract

In present studies, a new and efficient method for synthesis of cadmium oxide nanoparticles by using microwave (MW) activation is reported. To ensure the specific efficiency of microwave irradiation versus conventional heating, the synthesis of Cd(OH)₂ as precursor of CdO was carried out under similar temperature (80 °C), time and reaction conditions without microwave irradiation. The formation of CdO was characterized by XRD, TEM, FT-IR analysis. Catalytic activity of CdO nanopowder for acylation of alcohols, phenols and amines has been investigated. The results show that the reaction times and yields of desired products were improved by using CdO.