▎ 摘　　要

In this paper, the synthesis of a novel imidazolium based N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC) containing imidazopyridine substitutes using a three-component reaction is described. This compound was immobilized on magnetic graphene oxide (GO) to make a heterogeneous catalyst for the direct aerobic amidation of benzaldehyde derivatives under solvent-free conditions, as well as the intra- and intermolecular cross dehydrogenative coupling of aldehydes. In addition, the catalytic activity of the NHC catalyst was homogeneously studied in the presence of Fe3O4 nanoparticles under the same conditions, and showed good activity with lower yields than the heterogeneous catalyst.