Volume 31, Issue 8 pp. 987-991
Communication

Selective Reduction of Nitroarenes with Molybdenum Disulfide

Lei Huang

Lei Huang

State Key Laboratory of Materials-Oriented Chemical Engineering, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University of Technology, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210009, China

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Pingfei Luo

Pingfei Luo

State Key Laboratory of Materials-Oriented Chemical Engineering, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University of Technology, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210009, China

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Man Xiong

Man Xiong

State Key Laboratory of Materials-Oriented Chemical Engineering, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University of Technology, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210009, China

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Rizhi Chen

Rizhi Chen

State Key Laboratory of Materials-Oriented Chemical Engineering, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University of Technology, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210009, China

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Yong Wang

Yong Wang

State Key Laboratory of Materials-Oriented Chemical Engineering, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University of Technology, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210009, China

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Weihong Xing

Weihong Xing

State Key Laboratory of Materials-Oriented Chemical Engineering, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University of Technology, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210009, China

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Jun Huang

Corresponding Author

Jun Huang

State Key Laboratory of Materials-Oriented Chemical Engineering, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University of Technology, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210009, China

State Key Laboratory of Materials-Oriented Chemical Engineering, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University of Technology, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210009, China, Tel.: 0086-025-83172276; Fax: 0086-025-83172261Search for more papers by this author
First published: 05 July 2013
Citations: 19

Abstract

Commercial MoS2 was found to be a highly selective catalyst for the reduction of nitrobenzenes to the corresponding anilines with hydrazine under mild conditions. MoS2 is not only much cheaper, but also more selective than noble metal catalysts for the reduction of functional nitrobenzenes to the corresponding anilines. Nitrobenzenes with halides (F, Cl, Br and I) were reduced selectively, and the corresponding anilines were obtained in excellent yields, and no dehalogenation was detected. Functional groups such as NH2, OH, alkene groups were tolerated during the reduction of the nitro compounds. The reduction of p-chloronitrobenzene was studied over MoS2 and Pd/C respectively with hydrazine. The yield of p-chloroaniline was much higher with MoS2 than that with Pd/C at full conversion.

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