SELECTIVE C-C BOND HYDROGENATION IN UNSATURATED NITRO COMPOUNDS IN THE PRESENCE OF THE RhCl3-ALIQUAT 336 CATALYST SYSTEM

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/S0040-4039(00)95359-0

The ion pair formed from aqueous rhodium trichloride and Aliquat 336 catalyzes the selective hydrogenation of olefinic bonds of a variety of unsaturated nitro compounds in a two liquid phase system at 30 deg C.Nitrobenzene gives, under these conditions, a mixture of aniline and nitrocyclohexane.