1999 amines

amines (benzene compounds)Q 0120

42 - 094Reduction of Aromatic Nitro Compounds Using Samarium Metal inthe Presence of a Catalytic Amount of Iodine under Aqueous Media.— The title reaction allows the reduction of nitroarenes to the correspondinganilines in moderate yields. Other functionalities remain unaffected. In somecases significant amounts of hydrazobenzenes are also obtained. — (WANG,LEI; ZHOU, LONGHU; ZHANG, YONGMIN; Synlett (1999) 7, 1065-1066;Dep. Chem., Zhejiang Univ., Hangzhou 310027, Peop. Rep. China; EN)

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