摘要

Polyvinyl amine coated Fe3O4@SiO2 composite microspheres with a core‐shell structure were prepared and employed as a magnetic catalyst for Knoevenagel condensation under mild conditions. The catalyst can be readily recovered using a magnet and reused several times without loss in activity or selectivity. The performance of the magnetic base catalyst was compared with that of polyvinyl amine functionalized mesoporous SBA‐15, which showed that the magnetic nanoparticles gave improved reaction rate and yield.