Chemoselective transfer hydrogenation to nitroarenes mediated by cubane-type Mo3S4 cluster catalysts.
Chemoselective cubes: Cubane-type [Mo(3)S(4)X(3)(dmpe)(3)](+) clusters (dmpe = 1,2-(bis)dimethylphosphinoethane), in combination with an azeotropic 5:2 mixture of HCOOH and NEt(3) as the reducing agent, act as selective cluster catalysts (X = H) or precatalysts (X = Cl) for the transfer hydrogenation of functionalized nitroarenes, without the formation of hazardous hydroxylamines.
Departament de Química Física i Analítica, Universitat Jaume I, Av. Sos Baynat s/n, 12071 Castelló de la Plana, Spain.
Iván
I
Sorribes
Gerrit
G
Wienhöfer
Cristian
C
Vicent
Kathrin
K
Junge
Rosa
R
Llusar
Matthias
M
Beller
D000814:Aniline Compounds / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry; D002384:Catalysis; D056831:Coordination Complexes / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000737:chemistry*; D006865:Hydrogenation; D015394:Molecular Structure; D009574:Nitro Compounds / Q000737:chemistry*
D000814:Aniline Compounds; D056831:Coordination Complexes; D009574:Nitro Compounds; C023650:aniline