A potential industrialized fiber-supported copper catalyst for one-pot multicomponent CuAAC reactions in water

A potential industrialized fiber catalyst for “click chemistry” via the one-pot multicomponent Cu(I)-catalyzed azide-alkyne cycloaddition (CuAAC) for the synthesis of 1,2,3-triazoles in water, is reported. Detailed characterization by appearance, mechanical properties, elemental analysis, FTIR spectroscopy, and SEM confirmed the rangeability of the fiber catalyst during the preparation and utilization processes. Moreover, the fiber catalyst-mediated reactions proceeded smoothly to afford triazoles with nearly quantitative yields in short time (15 min). Furthermore, the fiber catalyst has shown tandem activities and superior recyclability (over 10 cycles), and the procedure is operationally simple and amenable to the gram-scale on a simple fixed-bed reactor.