One-pot synthesis of substituted imidazole derivatives by a new designed BiFeO3/CuWO4 heterojunction nanocatalyst

In this work a novel heterojunction nanocatalyst have been synthesized and employed as a highly efficient and recoverable heterogeneous catalyst for the one pot three-component synthesis of substituted imidazoles under mild reaction conditions in short reaction times and good to excellent yields. Analytical methods including Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) and X-ray diffraction (XRD) were used for the catalyst characterization.