Original Article | 2009, Vol.31, No.5, pp. 541-545
Synthesis of A novel aminoalkoxide of iron by oxide one-pot process: Its sol-gel application to iron oxide powder
Manop Panapoy, Chutaporn Duangdee, Apirat Laobuthee and Bussarin Ksapabutr
pp. 541 - 545
Abstract
A low-cost and facile route to synthesize ferratrane complex, which can be employed as alkoxide precursor for iron oxide or doped iron oxide via sol-gel technique, has been developed from the reaction of a very inexpensive and plentiful starting materials via the oxide one-pot synthesis (OOPS) process. Ferratrane complex was directly synthesized from iron hydroxide, triethanolamine and ethylene glycol in the presence of triethylenetetramine as catalyst. The structure of resulting products was fully characterized using FTIR, 1H, 13C-NMR, elemental analysis, mass spectroscopy and TGA. Moreover, the influence of calcination temperature on the formation of iron oxide powders prepared by sol-gel route using the synthesized ferratrane complex was investigated. The microstructure, morphology and electrical property of iron oxide obtained were also elucidated.
