Chemische Berichte

Cathodic Reduction of 1??Nitroalkenes to Oximes and Primary Amines

M Wessling, HJ Schäfer

Index: Wessling, Michael; Schaefer, Hans J. Chemische Berichte, 1991 , vol. 124, # 10 p. 2303 - 2306

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Abstract

Abstract 1-Nitroalkenes are reduced in high yields at-0.3 to-0.5 V (vs. SCE) at a mercury or graphite cathode to oximes. At higher cathodic reduction potentials (-1.1 V) primary amines are selectively obtained in fair yields. Nitroalkadienes are selectively reduced at the double bond conjugated with the nitro group to either the oxime or amine.