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Synthetic Communications
An International Journal for Rapid Communication of Synthetic Organic Chemistry
Volume 42, 2012 - Issue 24
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Original Articles

Synthesis and Characterization of a New Racemic Helically Chiral Ru(II) Complex and Its Catalytic Degradation of Eriochrome Blue Black B

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Pages 3620-3631 | Received 22 Mar 2011, Published online: 20 Aug 2012
 

Abstract

A new helically chiral ruthenium complex of fused aromatic rings was prepared in a one stepsequence and fully characterized. The new complex was used as an heterogeneous catalyst for the degradation of Eriochrome Blue Black B (one of the azoic dyes) in aqueous medium in the presence of hydrogen peroxide. Using a fixed dose of H2O2, experiments revealed that the dye degradation was affected by the reaction temperature and the initial dye concentration. The energetic parameters were also determined, and the activation energy (E a) was found to be low (31 kJ mol−1), confirming that the prepared catalyst was very efficient for the degradation of anionic dyes using H2O2. The complex exhibited excellent catalytic activity and has the advantage of easy separation from the reaction medium. In addition, the ruthenium helical complex–H2O2 system could remain with good catalytic activity after five cycles.

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ACKNOWLEDGMENT

The authors are grateful to the Direction Générale de la Recherche Scientifique of the Tunisian Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research for financial support.

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