A facile method to fabricate Cu0 supported on nanofibers as efficient catalyst using N-arylation reactions

The preparation of the catalyst is shown in the above figure. As is shown above, a novel nanofiber was designed and synthesized with glucose and PAN by electrospinning, which was employed as a platform and reductant. Then a certain amount of ammonia water was added drop wise to the copper nitrate solution to form copper ammonia complex ion ([Cu(NH3)4]2+), and the [Cu(NH3)4]2+ was attracted to the nanofibers and was simultaneously reduced by glucose on the fibers.