J. Iran. Chem. Soc., Vol. 7, No. 4 December 2010, pp.834~839.

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Metal-Free Catalytic Oxidation of Urazoles under Mild and Heterogeneous Conditions via Combination of Ammonium Nitrate and Catalytic Amounts of Silica Sulfuric Acid


A. Ghorbani-Choghamarania,*, M.A. Zolfigolb,*, M. Hajjamib and S. Mallakpourc


aDepartment of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Ilam University, P.O. Box 69315516, Ilam, Iran
bFaculty of Chemistry, Bu-Ali Sina University, P.O. Box 6517838683, Hamadan, Iran
cOrganic Polymer Chemistry Research Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, Isfahan University of Technology, Isfahan, Iran


Highly efficient production of 4-substituted-1,2,4-triazole-3,5-diones from urazole derivatives using ammonium nitrate and silica sulfuric acid (SiO2-OSO3H), as a cheap and nontoxic catalyst, in the presence of wet SiO2 (50% w/w) under mild and heterogeneous conditions is reported. The process presented here is operationally simple, environmentally benign and produces high yield.


Keywords: Urazole, Bis-urazole, Triazolinedione, Ammonium nitrate, Silica sulfuric acid

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