Hydrogenation of Aromatic Nitro Compounds with an Inexpensive and Efficient CuSO4/CoCl2 Catalyst Prepared in situ using NaBH4 as the Hydrogen Source

…, JF Petersen, JS Hansen, JB Christensen

Index: Ficker, Mario; Petersen, Johannes F.; Hansen, Jon S.; Christensen, Jorn B. Organic Preparations and Procedures International, 2014 , vol. 46, # 2 p. 176 - 182

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Abstract

Aromatic nitro compounds are in general not reduced by sodium borohydride. A number of research groups have investigated d-block metal salts reduced in situ to form a finely dispersed catalyst for such reductions with sodium borohydride. 1 However, current systems have disadvantages such as high catalytic loading, long reaction times and low reactivity resulting in low to moderate yields. Recently Pogorelic et al. reported the use of ...