Nickel-catalyzed formic acid reductions. A selective method for the reduction of nitro compounds

Article abstract of DOI:10.1080/00397910008087439

Aliphatic and aromatic nitro compounds were selectively reduced to their corresponding amino derivatives in good yields using formic acid and raney nickel. This system is found to be compatible with several sensitive functionalities such as halogens, -OH, -OCH₃, -CHO, -COCH₃-COC₆H₅, -COOH, -COOC₂H₅, -CONH₂, -CN, -CH=CH-COOH, -NHCOCH₃. The reduction can be carrid out not only with HCOOH but also with HCOONH₄.

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Nickel-Catalyzed Formic Acid
Reductions. A Selective Method
for the Reduction of Nitro
Compounds
D. Channe Gowda a , A. S. Prakasha Gowda a , A.
Ramesha Baba a & Shankare Gowda a
a Department of studies in Chemistry, University of
Mysore, Manasagangotri, Mysore, 570006, India
Available online: 04 Dec 2007
To cite this article: D. Channe Gowda, A. S. Prakasha Gowda, A. Ramesha Baba &
Shankare Gowda (2000): Nickel-Catalyzed Formic Acid Reductions. A Selective Method
for the Reduction of Nitro Compounds, Synthetic Communications: An International
Journal for Rapid Communication of Synthetic Organic Chemistry, 30:16, 2889-2895
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