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Metal-free chemoselective reduction of nitroaromatics to anilines via hydrogen transfer strategy

Qi Shuai, Jun Li, Feng Zhao, Weike Su, and Guojun Deng

Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, China

E-mail: pharmlab@zjut.edu.cn

Abstract: A novel protocol for chemoselective reduction of aromatic nitro compounds to aromatic amines has been established. The metal-free reduction goes through a hydrogen transfer process. Various easily reducible functional groups can be well tolerated under the optimized reaction conditions.

Keywords: Metal-free ; Chemoselective reduction ; Nitrobenzene ; Elemental sulfur 

Full paper is available at www.springerlink.com.

DOI: 10.1007/s11696-018-0634-0

Chemical Papers 73 (4) 965–975 (2019)