Photochemical and Chemical Reduction of Nitroalkenes Using Viologens as an Electron Phase-Transfer Catalyst

Article abstract of DOI:10.1246/cl.1986.1359

An amphiphilic electron acceptor, i.e., N,N'-dioctyl-4,4'-bipyridinium, was used as an electron carrier between water-oil two phase, in which nitroalkenes in organic phase were readily reduced to the corresponding oximes and/or carbonyl compounds.