The Journal of Organic Chemistry

Chemoselective reduction of nitroarenes and nitroalkanes by sodium dithionite using octylviologen as an electron transfer catalyst

KK Park, CH Oh, WJ Sim

Index: Park, Kwanghee Koh; Oh, Chang Hun; Sim, Woo-Jeon Journal of Organic Chemistry, 1995 , vol. 60, # 19 p. 6202 - 6204

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Abstract

Viologens (l, l'-dialkyL4, 4'-bipyridinium, V+) have been utilized as electron-transfer catalysts (ETC) for the reduction of various organic compound^.^-^ We have shown that various aromatic nitro compounds are reduced conveniently to the corresponding aniline derivatives with sodium dithionite using octylviologen (OcV+) as an ETC in a dichloromethane-water two-phase system, while aliphatic nitro compounds remain intact under the same reaction ...