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One-pot preparation of azobenzenes from nitrobenzenes by the combination of an indium-catalyzed reductive coupling and a subsequent oxidation

N Sakai, S Asama, S Anai, T Konakahara

Index: Sakai, Norio; Asama, Shun; Anai, Satsuki; Konakahara, Takeo Tetrahedron, 2014 , vol. 70, # 11 p. 2027 - 2033

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Abstract

Abstract We demonstrated how a reduction step with a reducing system comprised of In (OTf) 3 and Et 3 SiH and a subsequent oxidation that occurred under an ambient (oxygen) atmosphere allowed the highly selective and catalytic conversion of aromatic nitro compounds into symmetrical or unsymmetrical azobenzene derivatives. This catalytic system displayed a tolerance for the functional groups on a benzene ring: an alkyl group, ...