A novel strategy for the preparation of arylhydroxylamines: Chemoselective reduction of aromatic nitro compounds using bakers' yeast

  • Feng Li
  • , Jingnan Cui*
  • , Xuhong Qian
  • , Rong Zhang
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Using bakers' yeast as a biocatalyst, the chemoselective reduction of aromatic nitro compounds bearing electron-withdrawing groups gave the corresponding hydroxylamines with good to excellent conversion under mild conditions.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2338-2339
Number of pages2
JournalChemical Communications
Issue number20
DOIs
StatePublished - 21 Oct 2004
Externally publishedYes

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