Chemoselective transfer hydrogenation to nitroarenes mediated by cubane-type Mo3S4 cluster catalysts

Angew Chem Int Ed Engl. 2012 Jul 27;51(31):7794-8. doi: 10.1002/anie.201202584. Epub 2012 Jun 18.

Abstract

Chemoselective cubes: Cubane-type [Mo(3)S(4)X(3)(dmpe)(3)](+) clusters (dmpe = 1,2-(bis)dimethylphosphinoethane), in combination with an azeotropic 5:2 mixture of HCOOH and NEt(3) as the reducing agent, act as selective cluster catalysts (X = H) or precatalysts (X = Cl) for the transfer hydrogenation of functionalized nitroarenes, without the formation of hazardous hydroxylamines.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Aniline Compounds / chemical synthesis*
  • Aniline Compounds / chemistry
  • Catalysis
  • Coordination Complexes / chemical synthesis
  • Coordination Complexes / chemistry*
  • Hydrogenation
  • Molecular Structure
  • Nitro Compounds / chemistry*

Substances

  • Aniline Compounds
  • Coordination Complexes
  • Nitro Compounds
  • aniline