Issue 39, 2011
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Chemical Communications

Efficient and highly selective iron-catalyzed reduction of nitroarenes†

Rajenahally V. Jagadeesh,a   Gerrit Wienhöfer,a   Felix A. Westerhaus,a   Annette-Enrica Surkus,a   Marga-Martina Pohl,a   Henrik Junge,a   Kathrin Jungea  and  Matthias Beller*a  

* Corresponding authors

a Leibniz-Institut für Katalyse e. V. an der Universität Rostock, Albert-Einstein-Str. 29a, 18059 Rostock, Germany
E-mail: matthias.beller@catalysis.de
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Abstract

Pyrolysis of iron–phenanthroline complexes supported on carbon leads to highly selective catalysts for the reduction of structurally diverse nitroarenes to anilines in 90–99% yields. Excellent chemoselectivity for the nitro group reduction is demonstrated.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C1CC13728J
Article type
Communication
Submitted
22 Jun 2011
Accepted
27 Jul 2011
First published
07 Sep 2011

Chem. Commun., 2011,47, 10972-10974

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Efficient and highly selective iron-catalyzed reduction of nitroarenes

R. V. Jagadeesh, G. Wienhöfer, F. A. Westerhaus, A. Surkus, M. Pohl, H. Junge, K. Junge and M. Beller, Chem. Commun., 2011, 47, 10972 DOI: 10.1039/C1CC13728J

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