Selenium-Catalyzed Deoxygenative Reduction of Aliphatic Nitro Compounds with Carbon Monoxide

Y Nishiyama, S Ikeda, H Nishida…

Index: Nishiyama, Yutaka; Ikeda, Sadatatsu; Nishida, Hiroaki; Umeda, Rui Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan, 2010 , vol. 83, # 7 p. 816 - 818

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Abstract

A reduction method of aliphatic nitro compounds to oximes using carbon monoxide was developed. When aliphatic nitro compounds were treated with carbon monoxide in the presence of a selenium catalyst, the corresponding oximes were formed in moderate to good yields.