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Selenium‐Catalyzed Reduction of Aromatic Nitro Compounds to Amines by CO/H 2 O in the Presence of Triethylamine
Author(s) -
Miyata Toshiyuki,
Kondo Kiyoshi,
Murai Shinji,
Hirashima Tsuneaki,
Sonoda Noboru
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition in english
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 0570-0833
DOI - 10.1002/anie.198010081
Subject(s) - nitrobenzene , triethylamine , selenium , aniline , nitro , catalysis , chemistry , nitro compound , medicinal chemistry , inorganic chemistry , nuclear chemistry , organic chemistry , alkyl
Reductions with components of water gas (CO/H 2 O) can be catalyzed by selenium; thus nitroarenes are transformed in the presence of metallic selenium and triethylamine into arylamines. H 2 Se may plausibly be assumed as the reaction species. In a control experiment, nitrobenzene and H 2 Se underwent quantitative conversion (under N 2 ) into aniline.