Metal-Free Reduction of Aromatic Nitro Compounds to Aromatic Amines with B2pin2 in Isopropanol

• DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.6b01274
• Publication Date: 2016-05-23T16:37:48Z
• Authors: Hongtao Lu; Zhiyue Geng; Jingya Li; Dapeng Zou; Yusheng Wu; Yangjie Wu
• Keywords: 01 natural sciences; 0104 chemical sciences

A metal-free reduction of aromatic nitro compounds to the corresponding amines has been achieved by a combination B2pin2 and KOtBu in isopropanol. series containing various reducible functional groups were chemoselectively reduced good excellent yields.