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Synfacts 2010(11): 1322-1322  
DOI: 10.1055/s-0030-1258830
Polymer-Supported Synthesis
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Imine Formation via Hydrogen-Transfer Nitroarene Reduction

Contributor(s): Yasuhiro Uozumi, Yoichi M. A. Yamada
Y. Xiang, Q. Meng, X. Li*, J. Wang
Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, P. R. of China
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21 October 2010 (online)

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Significance

The hydrogen-transfer reduction of nitroarenes was carried out in aqueous methanol at 408 K under 2.0 MPa Ar in the presence of Au-Pd/Al2O3 catalyst and conjugated aldehydes to give the corresponding imines with high selectivity.