Catalytic reduction of nitroarenes to azoxybenzenes with sodium borohydride in the presence of bismuth

Article abstract of DOI:10.1080/00397919608003810

Aromatic nitro compounds have been found to be selectively reduced to axoxy compounds in good yields by NaBH₄ in the presence of bismuth powder.

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Catalytic Reduction of
Nitroarenes to Azoxybenzenes
With Sodium Borohydride in
the Presence of Bismuth
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Pingda Ren , Shifeng Pan , Tingwei Dong
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Shihui Wu
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Department of Chemistry, Fudan University,
Shanghai, 200433, China
Published online: 23 Aug 2006.
To cite this article: Pingda Ren , Shifeng Pan , Tingwei Dong & Shihui Wu (1996):
Catalytic Reduction of Nitroarenes to Azoxybenzenes With Sodium Borohydride in the
Presence of Bismuth, Synthetic Communications: An International Journal for Rapid
Communication of Synthetic Organic Chemistry, 26:21, 3903-3908
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