Highly efficient reduction of nitro compounds: Recyclable Pd/C-catalyzed transfer hydrogenation with ammonium formate or hydrazine hydrate as hydrogen source
journal contribution
posted on 2019-04-01, 11:25 authored by Xia Chen, Xiao-Yu Zhou, Hong Wu, Yi-Zhu Lei,, Jin-Hui LiHerein, we described a highly efficient heterogeneous Pd/C-catalyzed transfer hydrogenation of nitro compounds for the synthesis of primary amines, using ammonium formate and hydrazine hydrate as hydrogen source independently. The products were obtained with up to >99% yield. Furthermore, gram scale and recycling of catalyst had been tested with well results.
