Microwave-assisted immobilization of metallophthalocyanines in mesoporous channels of MCM-41
Abstract
Metallophthalocyanines have been assembled in MCM-41 channels by microwave irradiation of a mixture of ion-exchanged MCM-41, and 1,2-dicyanobenzene under solvent-free conditions in a considerably short period of time. The prepared materials have been characterized by diffuse reflectance UV-vis spectroscopy, X-ray powder diffraction XRD, differential scanning calorimetry DSC, and Brunauer-Emmett-Teller BET nitrogen adsorption desorption techniques. The X-ray diffraction and Brunauer-Emmett-Teller results showed that the textural properties of MCM-41 were preserved during microwave irradiation.

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