Iranian chemical communication 2423-4958 6 Issue 1, pp. 1-108, Serial No. 18 2018 01 01 MWCNT incorporated silica aerogel prepared by ambient pressure drying: A recyclable catalyst for multicomponent synthesis of benzylpyrazolyl coumarin at room temperature 19 29 4216 EN Isak Rajjak Shaikh School of Chemical Sciences, Swami Ramanand Teerth Marathwada University (SRTMU), Vishnupuri, Nanded – 431 606 (Maharashtra) India Noor Mahmad Nabisaheb Maldar Solapur University, Solapur (Maharashtra) India Caroline Sunyong Lee Hanyang University ERICA campus, 5th Engineering Building, 55 Hanyangdaehak-ro, Sangrok-gu Ansan-si, Gyeonggi-do 426-791, South Korea Rajendra Charandeo Pawar Hanyang University ERICA campus, 5th Engineering Building, 55 Hanyangdaehak-ro, Sangrok-gu Ansan-si, Gyeonggi-do 426-791, South Korea Hyung-Ho Park Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Yonsei University, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul 120-749, Republic of Korea Uzma Khwaja-Husain Bangi School of Physical Sciences, Solapur University, Solapur city (Maharashtra) India Journal Article 2016 12 21 Multiwalled Carbon Nanotube (MWCNT) reinforced silica aerogel was synthesized in a very simple and cost effective sol - gel method. The process was followed by ambient pressure drying, and then the aerogel material was characterized by XRD, BET, SEM, EDX and FT-IR. 2.3 x 10-3 wt% MWCNTs were successfully incorporated in sodium silicate based silica aerogel. This metal-free nanocomposite catalyzed a four component organic reaction among 4-hydroxy coumarin, benzaldehyde, phenyl hydrazine, and ethyl acetoacetate for synthesizing medicinally important benzylpyrazolyl coumarin at room temperature. The MWCNT/silica aerogel composite material having easy accessible active sites and high catalytic activity was easily recovered and reused. The aerogel composite when impregnated with ceria offered very efficient and selective reaction methodology. https://icc.journals.pnu.ac.ir/article_4216_9bbcaa7adf7e3f74e71d899454dfbaa7.pdf