Synthesis of highly crystalline LaFeO₃ nanospheres for phenoxazinone synthase mimicking activity.

ABSTRACT: LaFeO₃ nanospheres with an orthorhombic perovskite structure were synthesized by a sol-gel autocombustion method in the presence of different citric acid ratios (x = 2, 4, 8, and 16) and utilized for the photocatalytic conversion of o-aminophenol (OAP) to 2-aminophenoxazine-3-one (APX) for the first time. OAP is one of the most toxic phenolic derivatives used as a starting material in many industries; however, the dimerization product APX has diverse therapeutic properties. Photocatalytic conversion was carried out in ethanol/water and acetonitrile/water mixtures in the absence and presence of molecular oxygen at ambient temperature via the oxidative coupling reaction that mimics phenoxazinone synthase-like activity. The LaFeO₃ samples showed a su

SUBMITTER: Khairy M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9033189 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature