Highly selective reduction of nitroarenes by iron(0) nanoparticles in water
作者:Raju Dey、Nirmalya Mukherjee、Sabir Ahammed、Brindaban C. Ranu
DOI:10.1039/c2cc30999h
日期:——
Highly selective reduction of nitroarenes has been achieved using iron metal nanoparticles in water at room temperature. A wide spectrum of reducible functionalities remained inert under the reaction conditions. During the reaction a change in shape of Fe nanoparticles was observed.
Herein we report an effective and simple preparation method of substituted azoxybenzenes by reductive dimerization of nitrosobenzenes. This procedure requires no additional catalyst/reagent and can be applied to substrates with a wide range of substitution patterns.