Highly chemoselective reduction of aromatic nitro compounds to the corresponding hydroxylamines catalysed by plant cells from a grape (Vitis vinifera L.).
Cells from a grape (Vitis vinifera L.) reduce aromatic nitro compounds under mild conditions to the corresponding hydroxylamines with unprecedented chemoselectivity.
Li
Feng
F
State Key Laboratory of Fine Chemicals, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116012, China. jncui@chem.dlut.edu.cn.
Cui
Jingnan
J
Qian
Xuhong
X
Zhang
Rong
R
Xiao
Yi
Y
D002384:Catalysis; D006898:Hydroxylamines / Q000737:chemistry*; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D015394:Molecular Structure; D009584:Nitrogen / Q000737:chemistry*; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D027843:Vitis / Q000737:chemistry*
D006898:Hydroxylamines; D009584:Nitrogen