The reductive potential of dodecacarbonyltri-iron on basic alumina

H Alper, M Gopal

Index: Alper, Howard; Gopal, Madhuban Journal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications, 1980 , # 17 p. 821

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Abstract

By HOWARD ALPER* and MADHUBAN GOPAL (Department of Chemistry, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada KIN 9B4) ... Summary Dodecacarbonyltri-iron on basic alumina con- stitutes a simple, mild, and convenient method for reducing nitroarenes to aromatic amines. ... By-products of these reactions were the azo compounds (3, 4-7% yield). The inertness of the carbonyl-group in the reaction of p-nitrobenzophenone is noteworthy.