Mechanistic studies of the reduction of nitroarenes by NaBH4 or hydrosilanes catalyzed by supported gold nanoparticles

…, PL Gkizis, I Tamiolakis, GS Armatas, IN Lykakis

Index: Lykakis, Ioannis N.; Psyllaki, Androniki; Stratakis, Manolis Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2011 , vol. 133, # 27 p. 10426 - 10429

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Abstract

Herein, we show that mesoporous titania-supported gold nanoparticle assemblies (Au/MTA) catalyze the activation of NaBH4 and 1, 1, 3, 3-tetramethyl disiloxane (TMDS) compounds, which act as transfer hydrogenation agents for the reduction of nitroarenes to the