Atsu Nose, T. Kudo
Mar 25, 1989
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Chemical & Pharmaceutical Bulletin
Abstract
Nickel boride (Ni2B) easily reduced aromatic nitro compounds at 40°C in 3N HCl or 15N NH4OH medium to afford the corresponding amines in good yields. However, olefin, aldehyde, ketone, nitrile, amide, carboxylic acid and ester functional groups were unaffected under these conditions.