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Contents

1. Ceria and Modified Ceria: A Reusable Catalyst for the Green Synthesis of 2,3-diphenyl Quinoxaline at Room Temperature Sunaja Devi K.R., Nagesh K., Sreeja P.B., Riya Datta

2. Photo-Catalytic Degradation of Rhodamine-B by using UV/TiO2 and Nb2O5 Process: A Kinetic Study Niraj S. Topare

3. Synthesis, Characterization of Mesoporous Zeolite BEA and Its Application in Multicomponent Reactions Sunil R. Mistry, Kalpana C. Maheria

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Ceria and Modified Ceria: A Reusable Catalyst for the Green Synthesis of 2,3-diphenyl Quinoxaline at Room Temperature Sunaja Devi K.R.*, Nagesh K., Sreeja P.B., Riya Datta Department of Chemistry, Christ University, Bangalore, Karnataka, India Abstract Simple, highly versatile and efficient synthesis of 2,3-diphenylquinoxalines is achieved from benzil and o-phenylene diamine using ceria and modified ceria as the catalyst. Modification of ceria is done using different weight percentage of zirconia. The catalysts are characterized by XRD, FT-IR, BET surface area, TGA and EDX-SEM. The advantages of this method are short reaction times, milder conditions and easy work-up. The product could be separated from the heterogeneous catalyst by simple filtration and the catalyst could be recycled and reused several times without noticeably decreasing the catalytic activity. The product was characterized by physical constants, FT-IR and 1 HNMR analysis.

Keywords: Ceria, ceria-zirconia, heterogeneous catalysis, 2,3-diphenylquinoxaline

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Photo-Catalytic Degradation of Rhodamine-B by using UV/TiO2 and Nb2O5 Process: A Kinetic Study Niraj S. Topare* Department of Petroleum and Petrochemical Engineering, MAEER’S Maharashtra Institute of Technology, Pune, Maharashtra India Abstract The photo-catalytic degradation of Rhodamine-B (RB) in aqueous solution with titanium dioxide (TiO2) and niobium pentaoxide (Nb2O5) as photocatalyst in slurry form has been carried out using UV-A light (254 nm). The effect of various parameters such as catalyst loading, pH and initial concentration of the RB dye on degradation have been determined. An attempt has been made to study the effect of process parameters through concentration of dye, amount of catalyst, and operating pH on photocatalytic degradation of RB. The experiments were carried out by varying initial concentration of dye (10–50 ppm), amount of catalyst (0.25–1.5 g/l) and pH (2–11). The optimum catalyst dose was found to be 1.25 g/l of Nb2O5 and 1 g/l of TiO2 for RB at 30 ppm respectively. The maximum degradation rate was observed in acidic medium at pH 3 for catalyst Nb2O5 and TiO2 respectively. Photo catalytic activity of TiO2 was found to be greater than Nb2O5. Finally, the photo-degradation kinetics was fitted in terms of LangmuirHinshelwood kinetic model.

Keywords: photo-catalytic degradation, kinetics, Rhodamine-B, TiO2, Nb2O5

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Synthesis, Characterization of Mesoporous Zeolite BEA and Its Application in Multicomponent Reactions Sunil R. Mistry, Kalpana C. Maheria* Applied Chemistry Department, Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology, Surat, Gujarat, India Abstract Strongly acidic mesoporous zeolite beta (MZB or Beta/MCM-41composite) with bimodal pore structure and stepwise distributed acidity has been synthesized by novel route using zeolite BEA as silica-alumina source. The material was characterized by various techniques. Powder XRD showed the existence of well-structured microphase zeolite Beta and mesophase MCM-41 in the composite materials. The performance of the composite material as a catalyst was investigated for the synthesis of various biologically active compounds through MCRs. The composite Beta/MCM-41 displayed excellent activity towards the synthesis of diarylpyrimidinones and amidoalkyl naphthols through multicomponent reactions (MCRs) as compared to the microporous zeolite H-BEA.

Keywords: mesoporous zeolite, composite Beta/MCM-41, heterogeneous catalyst, MCRs