Regio- and chemoselective catalytic transfer hydrogenation of aromatic nitro and carbonyl as well as reductive cleavage of azo compounds over novel mesoporous NiMCM-41 molecular sieves.
[reaction: see text] [corrected] Regio- and chemoselective reduction of nitroarenes and carbonyl compounds and reductive cleavage of azo compounds, including bulkier molecules, was achieved by the catalytic transfer hydrogenation method (CTH) using a novel nickel-containing mesoporous silicate (NiMCM-41) molecular sieve catalyst. In addition, the catalyst was also found to behave as a truly heterogeneous catalyst as the yield was practically unaffected.
Mohapatra
Susanta K
SK
Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology-Bombay, Powai, Mumbai 400 076, India.
Sonavane
Sachin U
SU
Jayaram
Radha V
RV
Selvam
Parasuraman
P