Highly Chemo??and Regioselective Transfer Reduction of Aromatic Nitro Compounds using Ammonium Formate Catalyzed by Supported Gold Nanoparticles

XB Lou, L He, Y Qian, YM Liu, Y Cao…

Index: Lou, Xia-Bing; He, Lin; Qian, Yue; Liu, Yong-Mei; Cao, Yong; Fan, Kang-Nian Advanced Synthesis and Catalysis, 2011 , vol. 353, # 2-3 p. 281 - 286

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Abstract

Abstract A highly chemo-and regioselective reduction of a wide diversity of aromatic nitro compounds to the corresponding amines has been achieved by a combination of gold nanoparticles supported on titania and ammonium formate (HCOONH 4) in ethanol at room temperature. Furthermore, a direct and mild route to formanilides from aromatic nitro compounds bearing different functional groups by reductive N-formylation using the gold- ...