Fe3O(OAc)6(Py)3Mediated Reduction of Aromatic Nitro Compounds with 2-Mercaptoethanol

Authors :: Masahiro Miura
Satoru Murata
Masakatsu Nomura
Source :: Chemistry Letters. 17:361-362
Publication Year :: 1988
Publisher :: The Chemical Society of Japan, 1988.
Abstract: Aromatic nitro compounds were selectively reduced by 2-mercaptoethanol in the presence of Fe3O(OAc)6(Py)3 to give the corresponding amines in good yields.

Subjects :: chemistry.chemical_classification
Reduction (complexity)
chemistry.chemical_compound
Bicyclic molecule
Chemistry
Pyridine
Nitro
Chemical reduction
Nitro compound
Organic chemistry
General Chemistry
2-Mercaptoethanol
Catalysis

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