Highly Selective Electrocatalytic Reduction of Substituted Nitrobenzenes to Their Aniline Derivatives Using a Polyoxometalate Redox Mediator.

ABSTRACT: Anilines and substituted anilines are used on the multi-ton scale for producing polymers, pharmaceuticals, dyes, and other important compounds. Typically, these anilines are produced from their corresponding nitrobenzene precursors by reaction with hydrogen at high temperatures. However, this route suffers from a number of drawbacks, including the requirement to handle hydrogen gas, rather harsh reaction conditions that lead to a lack of selectivity and/or toleration of certain functional groups, and questionable environmental sustainability. In light of this, routes to the reduction of nitrobenzenes to their aniline derivatives that operate at room temperature, in aqueous solvent, and without the requirement to use harsh process conditions, hydrogen gas, or sacrificial reagents could be o

SUBMITTER: Stergiou AD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9896480 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature