Selective hydrogenation of nitro compounds to amines by coupled redox reactions over a heterogeneous biocatalyst

D Sokolova, TC Lurshay, JS Rowbotham… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Cleaner synthesis of amines remains a key challenge in organic chemistry because of their
prevalence in pharmaceuticals, agrochemicals and synthetic building blocks. Here, we …

Synthetic and Mechanistic Studies into the Reductive Functionalization of Nitro Compounds Catalyzed by an Iron (salen) Complex

E Pocock, M Diefenbach, TM Hood… - Journal of the …, 2024 - ACS Publications
We report on the use of a simple, bench-stable [Fe (salen) 2]-μ-oxo precatalyst in the
reduction of nitro compounds. The reaction proceeds at room temperature across a range of …

Visible-light-induced iron-catalyzed reduction of nitroarenes to anilines

S Yang, M He, Y Wang, M Bao, X Yu - Chemical Communications, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
An efficient visible-light-induced iron-catalyzed reduction of nitroarenes to anilines by using
N-ethylmorpholine (NEM) as a reductant under mild conditions has been developed. The …

A high-valent Ru-PCP pincer catalyst for hydrosilylation reactions

S Mujahed, D Gandolfo, L Vaccaro, E Kirillov… - Molecular …, 2024 - Elsevier
In this communication, we report on successfully applying a high-valent Ru (IV) bifunctional
catalyst (1) for the hydrosilylation of carbonyl compounds, carboxylic acids, esters, nitriles …

Synergy of redox-activity and hemilability in thioamidato cobalt (iii) complexes for the chemoselective reduction of nitroarenes to anilines: catalytic and mechanistic …

DK Gioftsidou, MG Kallitsakis, K Kavaratzi… - Dalton …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Reduction of nitro-compounds to amines is one of the most often employed and challenging
catalytic processes in the fine and bulk chemical industry. Herein, we present two series of …

Enhanced catalytic selectivity in hydrogenation of substituted nitroarenes through hydrogen spillover over sodalite zeolite encapsulated platinum clusters

G Yang, Y He, C Zhang, Z Sun, M Han, P Peng… - …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Herein, we reported that the platinum (Pt) clusters encapsulated into sodalite (SOD) zeolite
as catalyst exhibited 100% selectivity at 100% conversion in the selective hydrogenation of …

Cobalt-Catalyzed Chemodivergent Synthesis of Cyclic Amines and Lactams from Ketoacids and Anilines Using Hydrosilylation

S Panda, A Nanda, R Saha, R Ghosh… - The Journal of Organic …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Here, commercially available Co2 (CO) 8 was utilized as an efficient catalyst for
chemodivergent synthesis of pyrrolidines and pyrrolidones from levulinic acid and aromatic …

Iridium-catalyzed reduction of o-hydroxyl phenyl enaminones for the synthesis of propiophenones and their application in 3-methyl chromone synthesis

Z Tu, JP Wan, L Wei, Y Liu - Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
A method of reducing o-hydroxyphenyl enaminones with silane as the reductant to provide o-
hydroxyl propiophenones has been achieved with iridium catalysis. The reduction reactions …

A green, cheap and robust method for selective hydrogenation of nitroarenes

P Ding, E Fayad, OAA Ali, HL Qin - Tetrahedron, 2024 - Elsevier
A commercially available nickel was utilized as an effective catalyst for the exclusive
hydrogenation of nitroarenes to primary anilines in gram-scale without additional column …

Electronic metal− support interaction of Pt1/V2O5 enables efficient and selective hydrogenation of aromatic nitros

Z Bian, X Zheng, G Xiao, W Wei, C Wang, Y Zhao… - Tetrahedron, 2024 - Elsevier
Arylamines play a key role in the synthesis of agricultural chemicals, dyes, medicine, rubber
and other fine chemicals. The hydrogenation of aromatic nitro is the most convenient …