THE REDUCTION OF AROMATIC NITRO COMPOUNDS MAGNESIUM AND METHYL ALCOHOL

1953 ◽  
Vol 31 (11) ◽  
pp. 1064-1077 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karl F. Keirstead
Keyword(s):  
Methyl Alcohol ◽  
Relative Proportion ◽  
Complex Mixture ◽  
Nitro Compounds ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Azoxy Compounds ◽  
Aromatic Nitro Compounds ◽  
Aromatic Nitro

A study has been made of the reduction of substituted nitro compounds by magnesium in methyl alcohol. Some nitro compounds smoothly reduce to the corresponding azoxy compounds, while others yield a complex mixture of azo, azoxy, and other compounds. An investigation has been made of the various factors affecting the velocity of the reaction and the relative proportion of the products. An attempt is made to clarify the various reactions taking place.

Bismuth(III) chloride-zinc promoted selective reduction of aromatic nitro compounds to azoxy compounds

1994 ◽  
Vol 35 (19) ◽  
pp. 3167-3170 ◽  
Author(s):  
Harsha N. Borah ◽  
Dipak Prajapati ◽  
Jagir S. Sandhu ◽  
Anil C. Ghosh
Keyword(s):  
Selective Reduction ◽  
Nitro Compounds ◽  
Azoxy Compounds ◽  
Aromatic Nitro Compounds ◽  
Aromatic Nitro

Reduction of Aromatic Nitro Compounds to Azoxy Compounds with Sodium Borohydride

2014 ◽  
Vol 1033-1034 ◽  
pp. 18-21
Author(s):  
Ke Ying Cai ◽  
Ying Mei Zhou
Keyword(s):  
Sodium Hydroxide ◽  
Sodium Borohydride ◽  
Room Temperature ◽  
Nitro Compounds ◽  
Reaction Conditions ◽  
Azoxy Compounds ◽  
Aromatic Nitro Compounds ◽  
Aromatic Nitro ◽  
Actived Carbon

The reduction of aromatic nitro compounds to corresponding azoxy compounds with sodium borohydride was catalyzed by BiO(OH)/actived carbon (AC), which was prepared by equivalent-volume impregnation. The influences of catalyst, sodium borohydride and sodium hydroxide amount were investigated with 10 mmol of nitrobenzene as substrate in methanol at room temperature. The suitable reaction conditions are as follows: 0.2 g of catalyst, 10 mmol of sodium borohydride and 0.1 g of sodium hydroxide. Under the conditions, the seven aromatic nitro compounds were reduced to corresponding azoxy compounds with 27%-90% yields. Moreover, slight deactivation was observed after nine cycles of the catalyst.

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