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Iron oxide dust, discarded as industrial waste, has been used here to fabricate magnetic iron oxide nanoparticles (Fe3O4-NPs). We have proposed the thermo-catalytic reduction of carbon dioxide (CO2) using Fe3O4-NPs in the presence of H2O2 to get acetic acid (AcOH) at near ambient conditions (100 °C, 10 bar) with a maximum yield of â¼0.4 M in a batch-reactor. The importance of H2O2 can be described as it facilitates the production of higher concentrations of OHË and H+/Ë, which consequently supports the synthesis of AcOH.
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The MoS2-based reduced graphene oxide aerogel (MoS2-rGOA)-assisted organic transformation reactions are presented. MoS2-rGOA is used as a heterogeneous catalyst for the reduction of benzene derivatives such as benzaldehyde, nitrobenzene, and benzonitrile to benzyl alcohol, aniline, and benzamide and their derivatives, respectively, in green solvents (water/methanol) and green reducing agents (hydrazine hydrate having N2 and H2 as byproducts). The mechanistic features of the reduction pathway, substrate scope, and the best suitable conditions by varying the temperature, solvent, reducing agent, catalyst loading, time, etc. are optimized. All of the synthesized products are obtained in quantitative yield with purity and well characterized based on nuclear magnetic resonance analysis. Further, it is also observed that our catalyst is efficiently recyclable and works well checked up to 5 cycles.
