Selective reduction of nitroaromatic compounds on silver nanoparticles by visible light

…, X Hu, M Sun, J Li, D Yang, X Wang…

Index: Xia, Lixin; Hu, Xinhu; Sun, Mengtao; Li, Jushi; Yang, Donghui; Wang, Xiaofang; Xu, Hongxing Journal of Raman Spectroscopy, 2012 , vol. 43, # 8 p. 1024 - 1028

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Abstract

For the first time, we report experimentally and theoretically that nitroaromatic compounds, 2, 4-dinitrobenzenethiol and 4-chloro-2-nitrobenzenethiol, on silver sols can be selectively reduced to 2-amino-4-nitrobenzenethiol and 2-amino-4-chlorobenzenethiol simply by irradiating with a visible light in ambient conditions, and the selective photoreduction is a very facile process. The results of quantum chemical calculations are in good agreement ...